The third gravy is everyone's favourite. It is the Paneer butter masala but with the mushrooms. This gravy is very mild. There are no strong spice or flavour used in it. It is also an easy recipe that can be tried by an novice cook. Here is another mouth-watering, shiny and luscious gravy that is liked by many.
Mushroom Butter Masala
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Rich and decadent tomato cashew sauce topped with butter
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 4 Medium sized Tomatoes about 2 Cups chopped tomatoes
- 15-16 Cashews
- 10 Mushrooms cubed
- 2 tablespoon + ½ tablespoon Butter
- 1 no's Bay leaf
- 2 no's Green chillies
- A small piece Ginger crushed
- ½ teaspoon Garam Masala
- ½ teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Kasuri Methi finely crushed
- 2 tablespoon Cream optional
- A small piece Ginger, juliened
- Coriander leaves for garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan, add tomatoes and cashews with water. Simmer it for about 15 minutes until everything softens. Once it is cooled, drain the water (reserve it) and grind the ingredients to a very smooth paste.
- In a kadai, with little oil saute the mushrooms until it softens. Keep it aside.
- In a kadai, heat butter. Add the bay leaf , green chillies, ginger and the ground mix. Keeping it on medium flame, stirring in between, let it reduce and thicken. Once the oil starts separating on the sides, add the garam masala and chilli powder. Mix it well.
- Add water, the mushrooms and let the gravy boil for another 5-6 minutes.
Just before turning off the flame add the kasuri methi, ½ tablespoon Butter, cream and coriander leaves. While serving, add the ginger juliennes.
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Usha says
Butter masala looks creamy and a nice accompaniment to flat breads.
Chef Mireille says
love the creamy consistency of the gravy
Archana Potdar says
Awesome we will surely love it
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
I will happily replace the mushrooms with paneer and enjoy this creamy side dish 🙂
vaishali sabnani says
Mushrooms look awesome in that gravy..nice presentation.
Smruti Shah says
Using mushrooms in a North Indian curry is a great idea. I loved this one!
Pavani N says
Another crowd pleaser recipe Nisha. Mushroom butter masala looks amazing.
Priya Suresh says
Omg, wat an excellent butter masala, completely irresistible.Just need some rotis to clean that bowl.
Srivalli says
Oh I don't eat mushroom, so I will have the paneer pls..:)...lovely colour yaar..