Makhana Mattar Mushroom

Makhana(fox nuts) ,Mattar(green peas) and Mushroom Yummy Mix

Ingredients and Preparation
1 cup makhana
Take a kadhai add 1-2 tsp of ghee ,when the ghee gets warm Add the makhana and roast it till it turns beige and becomes crisp.
Remove and keep aside

8-10 mushrooms
Cut into 4 pieces each of them
In the same kadhai add 1-2 tsp of oil, when the oil becomes warm
Add the cut mushrooms and stir fry in full flame ,so that it does not leave water
When the mushrooms becomes a little soft, remove from the kadhai and keep aside

1/2 cup peas
If using fresh peas then need to cook it 75% and keep aside
If using frozen peas
Stir fry in the kadhai with 1 tsp of oil for a minute or so and keep aside

For the masala
1 1/2 onions sliced
6-8 pods of garlic
1 " pc ginger cut into pieces
2 tbsp of cashew
1 tbsp of melon seeds
1 " piece of cinnamon stick
2 pieces of green cardamom

• In the same kadhai add 1 1/2 tbsp of oil 
• Add the cardamom and cinnamon 
• Stir for few seconds then 
• Add the sliced onions and stir fry till it becomes beige 
• Then add the garlic pods and the cut ginger and stir fry till the raw smell of the ginger garlic goes 
• Now add the cashew and melon seeds to the kadhai and stir fry till they are roasted in the masala .
• Remove and keep aside 
• When this mixture cools down 
• Put in a grinder and make it into a smooth paste 
• Keep the paste aside 

In a bowl put 2 tbsp of curd ,salt to taste ,pinch of turmeric, 2 tsp of kashmiri chilli powder, 2 tbsp of dry kasturi leaves and 1 tsp coriander powder ,mix it all in together well .
Keep this mixture aside .

Remaining ingredients
1 tsp whole cummin
Few slitted green chillies
1 tsp dry kasturi methi leaves
1/2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp of ghee

Method

• Take a pan add the ghee ,when the ghee becomes warm 
• Add the whole cummin ,slitted green chillies and the kasturi methi leaves 
• Stir fry till the cummin starts spluttering 
• Then add the cashew onion paste and saute fir 5-7 minutes on low to medium flame 
• Now add the curd and masala mixture and saute for 5-10 minutes on low flame 
• In the masala add the stir fried mushrooms and peas 
• Stir in in well with the masala 
• Then had the roasted makhana and mix it in well together 
• Cook on low flame for few minutes 
• Now add 1-11/2 cups of warm water 
• Mix it in well ,so that th masala infuses with the water 
• Let the makhana cook in it 
• Now add the sugar ,mix it in 
• Cook on low flame till the gravy thickens .
• Done