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Mushroom Palak Makhani – Meatless Monday!

August 17, 2015 by simplyvegetarian777 10 Comments

Mushroom Palak Makhani

Mushroom Palak Makhani

I have realized that when I am on the refrigerator cleaning spree, the waste of the ingredients land in my pan, only to make the delicious-est of the recipes. Does that happen with you? Random ingredients coming together in a marriage to create a community?

Mushroom Palak Makhani

Mushroom Palak Makhani

A food for thought or a thought for food! Whichever works best in the given scenario.

 

Mushroom Palak Makhani

Mushroom Palak Makhani


No meal is complete for me, without a simple salad, some rice and roti on the side.

This Monday is extra special Meatless Monday (well it’s meatless everyday in my kitchen anyways), since mushrooms are a perfect substitute for any meat and when combined with silk-kind, richer and healthier spinach gravy, it is just heavenly.

The secret behind the creamy texture is cashews. A simple and enriched dish!

Mushroom Palak Makhani

Mushroom Palak Makhani

Cashews are not only good for heart health and diabetics, but for weight watchers too, if taken in controlled portions, may be 10-12 a day, where as a handful of the nuts a day is a normal portion size. Spinach doesn’t need a special introduction. Does it? It is rated as one of the super foods which is almost carb negligent and rich in minerals and other nutrients. Mushrooms, a fungi in origin, is another nutrition dense mine in minerals and vitamins.

This is how I made it!

Mushroom Palak Makhani

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Mushroom Palak Makhani

Mushroom Palak Makhani


Kitchen Equipments Required

Chopping board, knife, heavy bottom non stick or hard anodized pan with lid, stirring spoon, a small pan.

Ingredients

Button Mushrooms – 350 gms or 2&1/2 cups, chopped coarsely

Spinach / Palak – 150 gms or 2 cups, packed and coarsely chopped

Onion – 1/4 cup, chopped roughly

Tomato – 1 medium, chopped roughly

Garlic – 2 small cloves, chopped roughly

Ginger – 1 small piece, chopped roughly

Green chili – 1 small, chopped roughly

Cashews – 12

Oil – 1/2 tbsp

Oil / Butter – 1&1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Red chili powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Method

1. Heat oil in the pan and add cumin seeds. Once these crackle, add cashew nuts and lower the flame. Roast them till slightly pink on low flame. Then add green chilli, garlic, ginger and onions. Sauté them till onions turn slightly pinkish golden, approximately 5 minutes on low flame.

2. Add tomatoes and cook on medium heat for 3-4 minutes more till tomatoes are all mushy and mix well with onions.

3. Now add washed and coarsely chopped spinach and cook for 2 more minutes. Switch off the flame. Let it cool for 5-7 minutes.

4. Take the blender and add the cooked vegetables in it. Blend it till you get smooth purée.

5. Add it back to the same pan with 1 cup of water, salt, red chili powder and garam masala to the pan. Bring it to a boil and cook for 2 minutes on medium heat. Adjust water as desired.

6. Heat 1&1/2 tsp butter in another pan. Toss mushroom in it with a pinch of salt and garam masala and cook for 2-3 minutes. It will leave some water and that’s okay.

7. Add this to the spinach curry and cook for a minute more incorporating it all together.
Mushroom Palak Makhani is ready.

Notes

1. You can make it onion and Garlic free by skipping both the ingredients and add tomatoes and ginger to the pan and following the instructions from there on.

2. If you don’t like mushrooms, add veg koftas, potatoes, soy chunks, or any other vegetable of your choice.


Serving Suggestions –
Serve it with Rotis or Naan or even Cumin Rice!

I loved cooking this curry and feeding my family thereafter in my Indian American Kitchen. Hope you will too 🙂

Sonal

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Comments

  1. nusrat2010

    August 23, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    The word ‘Makhani’ is good enough to give me goosebumps all over 🙂

    A truly healthy and nourishing recipe. Who says healthy food doesn’t look pretty? – It looks fabulous! And Fantastic!

    Many thanks for the recipe. Love.

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  2. simplyvegetarian777

    August 21, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    Thank you dear girl ❤️

    Reply
  3. afracooking

    August 19, 2015 at 9:56 am

    This dish looks as beautiful soft velvet (but I am sure it tastes much better – hihi)

    Reply
  4. chefceaser

    August 18, 2015 at 4:18 am

    Reblogged this on Chef Ceaser.

    Reply
  5. Elaine @ foodbod

    August 18, 2015 at 1:36 am

    I love that challenge of using up random ingredients, it’s when you have to be your most creative 🙂 this looks fab xx

    Reply
  6. Divine Spice Box

    August 17, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    Absolutely stunning recipe.. i am always looking out for Spinach and mushroom recipes separately and here u combined the two in such a fab way !!

    Reply
  7. tinywhitecottage

    August 17, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    This is a combination of ingredients I would never in a million years come up with and I love it! What a recipe Sonal. I want to make this!

    Reply
  8. apsara

    August 17, 2015 at 10:42 am

    Love this recipe, and the notes that you have provided makes it so versatile.

    Reply
  9. Sandhya

    August 17, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Sonal, I can so relate to cleaning out the fridge:) I go overboard when I see fresh vegetables and fruit and then am thinking of what I can make with the odd ones left 🙂 Your spinach mushroom Makhani is brilliant! Love the creaminess in the dish. I agree with Loretta about the naan…..just wish I could sop it thru the computer screen now!

    Reply
  10. Loretta

    August 17, 2015 at 7:56 am

    Just look at the richness of this dish. Would love to sop up that thick curry with some naan bread.

    Reply

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