Wanna hear some interesting facts about Mushroom? 'The Egyptian pharaohs reserved mushrooms for their own plates. It was forbidden for anyone else to eat them. They believed that the mushrooms had magical powers. The ancient Romans fed mushrooms only to their warriors because they believed mushrooms gave them god like strength'.
I don't know about the strength but it sure does add a lot of satisfaction to my taste bud 😛 Since I moved to US, I have tried different varieties of mushroom. Some of them became my favorites, like the portobello mushroom. And some of them not so favorite, like the abalone mushroom. In India, I didn't have access to so many varieties of mushroom. We only had white button mushroom that were available throughout the year.
After trying all these different varieties of flavorful mushroom, I started to find the button mushroom very plain and boring!! I know these mushrooms were with me making my tummy happy for so many years and now I call them boring plain.. But, I haven't ignored them completely!
This is a very creamy mushroom dish which I made with button mushroom.. See I haven't forgotten my button mushrooms 😉 Usually, I like to enjoy mushroom with noodles or fried rice or just as an appetizer, but this time I tried it with Poori and it tasted really nice. The creamy mushroom gravy with crispy poori made for a really amazing combo. Next time, I might try it with garlic bread.. Something tells me it will taste good with that too.
Creamy Spinach Mushroom
Ingredients
- handful of button mushroom
- 1 cup pearl onion
- ½ medium onion (grated)
- 2 cup baby spinach (roughly chopped)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 to 3 green/red fresh chillies (finely chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 tsb chilly powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- salt
- oil
Instructions
- Cut the mushroom into thin slices . If you want a big bite, you can cut them in quarter instead.
- In a pan, heat some oil and add cumin seeds, garlic and chopped chillies.
- Once the seeds start to sizzle, add pearl onions, grated onion and cook in low heat until the onions are slight brown in color.
- Add the mushrooms and fry for another couple of minutes.
- Next, add spinach, cumin powder, coriander powder and chilly powder.
- Add ½ cup water and heavy cream. Then, let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Check for salt and spice. If you want more heat, add a little bit more chilly powder.
- Serve it hot with your choice of bread.
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daksha
I have never made these before. I'm adding them to my "must make soon list". YUMMY!
Sommer@ASpicyPerspective
What a lovely dish. Such deep earthy flavors!
sonia
Hi Kankana, Spinach curry is looking absolutely delightful. Loved the new combo of ingredients and the recipe is so nicely made and presented. Saving this recipe of urs and wud love to give ur version a try on the coming weekend. Have a great day….Sonia !!!
Priya
Give me that bowl,i'll happily finish it with some rotis...yummy spinach mushrooms..
ShopCookMake
Ohhhhh, this is bad for my diet. Bad, bad, bad.
Maybe I can substitute the heavy cream? Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Kankana Saxena
I know Yadi .. not very healthy with all that heavy cream 🙂 I emailed you about the other option, which is to add milk and pure the spinach instead of rough chop !:)
Sanjeeta kk
Love the mushrooms in a different make over..looks lovely!
aipi
Spinach n mushroom is such a classic combo and when cooked this way it definitely goes a couple of notches!
US Masala
Lori
Looks wonderful...I love the little chili pepper on the top of the 'packet'...crunchy and creamy are such a great combination!
Maria @ Scandifoodie
I adore both mushrooms and spinach - this recipe sounds so tasty!
Nishi
This curry looks super delicious Kankana. I bet it would have made a great combo meal with those fluffy Puris 🙂
torviewtoronto
delicious curry with the puri wonderful 🙂
Sandra's Easy Cooking
What a great flavors, one my favorite combinations! Thanks for sharing this fantastic recipe and your amazing photos!!!
Sawsan@chef in disguise
I just love your pictures!
I read a study recently that says if you eat 10 grams fresh mushrooms daily you reduce the risk of breast cancer by 60%
I love them too but now I have a new reason to eat them and a new yummy recipe to try thanx to you
Karishma
This is such a welcome change from the usual aloo-poori combination and I love mushrooms! Bookmarking this! Wonderful pics, as usual...and by the way, I tried my first recipe from your blog-the egg bowls....came out really tasty, although I suspect I may have overbaked them..still, its something I'm going to file away for frequent use from now on...thank you!
Dewi
How delightful Kankana. I love dishes like this.
Nandini
This is seriously so tempting and droolworthy! Really creamy!
Vimitha
That looks so delicious and the combination is making me drool...
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I tell you, one of these days I am going to lick my screen - this is totally worth it!! ~slurping up my drool~ 🙂 Beautiful dish!!
Stacey West-Feather
Looks divine!!! I will be making this very soon! Thanks for sharing!!
Manu
Yum! I love all kinds of mushrooms... porcini are my favorite, but they are hard to find. I like the combo with puris!!! Great pictures, as always! 🙂