Food Blog: Easy Mushroom Curry Recipe to Prepare at Home

Food Blog: Mushrooms curry turns out to be an exemplary culinary dish when it is prepared with an appropriate mushroom curry recipe. In the first place, mushrooms are still being used as a medicine in traditional medicine. Well, adding mushrooms in your diet will surely provide you all the medicinal benefits. We will share a quick mushroom curry which you can use to prepare the dish.

Our slogan for our mushroom curry recipe is: Mushroom Curry Yummy Tummy.

Quick Mushroom Curry Recipe

Although mushroom curry is a vegetarian dish; the outcome of our recipe is that we got mushroom curry like chicken curry. Unlike other easy mushroom recipes available online, our dish preparation time is only 30 minutes, which is comparatively low.

Preparation Time:  12 min

Cooking Time: 30 min 

Ingredients Required for Mushroom Curry

1. ½ tsp cumin seeds
2. ¼ tsp pepper 
3. 1 tsp of red chili powder
4. 4 tsp oil
5. 1 cinnamon stick 
6. 2 medium sized onion
7. 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
8. 2 tomatoes
9. ½ tsp turmeric powder 
10. ½ tsp garam masala 
11. salt as per taste
12. 15 mushrooms (Button Mushrooms)
13. 1.5 cup water
14. 2 tbsp Fresh Cream
15. 2 tbsp coriander leaves
16. ½ (tsp kasuri methi) dry fenugreek leaves

Note: During Preparation time wash the mushrooms well and chop them and finely chop onions.

How to Prepare Mushroom Curry at Home?

1. In a medium karahi, heat oil and sauté cumin seeds, cinnamon.
2. Then add onions (Finely Chopped), ginger garlic paste and sauté till they turn slightly golden brown.
3. Further for tempering add tomato (Pulp form is done using a Mixer) and sauté till oil separates from sides.
4. Add turmeric powder, Chili powder, garam masala powder, and salt.
5. Keeping the flame low, add the 10 chopped mushrooms into the karahi. 
6. Let the mushrooms get completely soft in 5-7 minutes on the flame.
7. Further, add 1 cup of water and simmer for 12-15 minutes. 
8. Add cream, coriander leaves, and Kasuri methi to it; mix them well.
9. After 2 minutes, turn off the flame, and the dish is ready to be served.

Best Mushroom Curry Prepared by our Food Blogger

Benefits of Mushroom:

Mushrooms are low in calories, but their nutritional value is exponentially high compared to other vegetables.

1. High Nutritional Value: One cup of mushrooms will give below benefits to your health: (attach image)
2. Low Calories: Despite being fully loaded with vital nutrition; mushrooms won’t add an inch to your waistline, this is because it has the lowest calories.
3. Lowers Cholesterol: A special dietary fiber is present in mushrooms known as Beta Glucan, which will help you in lowering your body’s cholesterol.
4. Fulfills Vitamin D Requirement: The source of Vitamin D in vegetables & fruits is considerable to zero. Vitamin D is required in the body to store Calcium, which further aids in bone-building. During their growth process, mushrooms store UV rays in them which results in proliferates concentration of Vitamin D.

Mushroom Nutrients:

Nutrients available in Mushrooms

Wrapping up our Mushroom Curry Recipe

Mushrooms are a great source of Vitamin D, Selenium, Phosphorous, & Folate, etc. Adding them in your diet will surely benefit your body – you can add them raw or use our mercury recipe. Our mushroom curry recipe is as easy as pie to prepare, and you can savor it with fried rice, kulche, or rumaali roti – as per your choice.

You can enjoy a sweet dish after this delicacy - try a sweet delicacy from our catalog:

• Instant Coconut Ladoo
• Chocolate Bourbon Biscuit Cake

You can even try our fruit salad recipe before going for our Mushroom Curry.

Frequently Asked Questions on Mushroom Curry Recipe

Question 1: Are mushrooms poisonous to consume?

Answer 1: There are many varieties of mushrooms present in nature which are classified under poisonous & non-poisonous. But when you buy mushrooms from your nearby supermarket or shop, they are edible and are not poisonous.

Question 2: Are mushrooms vegetarian or non-vegetarian?

Answer 2: Mushrooms are officially categorized under the fungi family, but they are edible if brought from the nearby market.

Question 3: What are the edible mushrooms available in India for cooking?

Answer 3: There are several edible mushrooms available in the Indian market, which are Button Mushroom, Straw Mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Milky Mushrooms, Cremini Mushroom, Shiitake Mushroom, & Portobello Mushroom. In our Mushroom curry recipe, we have used Button Mushrooms, as they are easily available in the market.