Mushroom do pyaaza

Todays special was mushroom do pyaaza... A dish I must admit I have never cooked before... Let's see how it turns out:
The literal translation of the dish is twice the quantity of onions from what is required and also two different textures of onion
Here's the ingredient list: (for two)
Mushrooms : 100 g : diced
Onions : 3 large : half ground and half diced
Tomatoes : 2 large : pureed
Garlic cloves : 5
Ginger : an inch
Coriander : a few leaves
Oil : 2 tablespoons
Asafoetida / heeng : 1 pinch
Cumin seeds : 1 teaspoon
Salt : to taste
Garam masala: 1 teaspoon
Water : 1 cup
Grind together half the onions, garlic ginger
In a pan warm the oil, add heeng, cumin seeds. Once the cumin starts to sputter add the onion paste and cook till they turn brown.
Now add the tomato puree  and cook for 2 mins on high flame stirring in between... Then turn the flame to medium and cook till the paste turns a beautiful reddish brown and the oil separates slightly... If required add a lill water just a few spoons so that the mixture doesn't burn.
Now add the remaining onions, mushrooms and green chillies. cook till the mushroom is wilted or slightly cooked. Add a cup of water and bring to boil. Add salt to taste. Let it boil for a minute, stirring occasionally.
Turn the stove to sim and cover the pan. After about 3 mins, add Varanasi masks, stir and cover again. Cook for another few mins till the mushroom and onion are tender. Switch off the stove and sprinkle the coriander leaves. Cover the pan again & let it stay for a few minutes.... The dish is ready to serve :)
Serve with some raita and paranthas..... Yumm yumm
My first attempt actually turned out good.... Slurp 
But for next time, probably I would add the onions a lill later so that I get that crunchiness of a look raw onion

onions and tomatoes

onions 

dish at the boiling stage

serve with some raita, papad and mango pickle

Making him eat the slimy veggie.....

Well generally people complain about kids not eating half of the veggies, I have a grown-up who believes that everything vegetarian should be fed to an animal & then their by-products should be consumed by us.......

So I come up with the different different ways of making him eat all those veg that I want to :)

Here's one of them: Arbi Tikki


Ingredients:
Arbi : 250 gms
1 Onion : finely chopped
1 inch ginger: finely chopped
6 cloves of garlic: chopped
3 green chillies: finely chopped
2 bread: corners cut
Salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon Garam Masala
1/2 teaspoon Dry mango powder
1/2 cup oil for cooking

Cooking:
Boil Arbi in a pressure cooker for 8 - 12 mins. Once done, peel the skin & mash arbi.
To this mash add onion, ginger, garlic, chillies, salt, garam masala & dry mango powder & mix well. The paste becomes extremely sticky to handle, add the bread (or you can opt for flour) to bring the consistency to a level that can be used to make small balls(Dont make it too dry). I personally do not add too much flour, I would rather have irregular shapes than have the taste of flour/bread in my tikki.
Roll small balls from the mixture/like me just use a spoon to scoop the mixture & let it take its own shape.
Heat a flat non-stick pan/tawa on max. flame. Pour just a lill oil, enough to coat the pan. Now put the small balls/scoops on the pan & flatten them with a spatula. Cook at medium flame changing the sides, untill your tikki turns brown.

Serve in a plate with some pudina chutney, Dal Tadka & raita along with parantha.

Bon Apetit!