GINGER GARLIC SAUTEED OYSTER MUSHROOMS

Ingredients

200 grams Oyster Mushrooms

4 tablespoons Butter

4 Crushed Garlic

1 Small Chopped Onion

1 Spring Onion or Green Onions

few Rosemary

few Thyme

little chopped Parsley

1/4 tsp Rock Salt

1/4 tsp Crushed or Cracked Pepper

1/4 tsp Red Chilli Flakes

Method:

Wipe the Oyster Mushrooms with a wet paper towel. Heat a pan and add 2 tablespoons of butter and fry the mushrooms on one side for three minutes. Turn over and fry other side for another three minutes. Remove. Add another two tablespoons butter and fry the second batch of mushrooms and remove.

In the same pan with the remaining butter add the crushed garlic and the chopped onion and fry for a minute. Add minced ginger and fry for another 30 seconds. Now add the fried mushrooms, spring onion, rosemary, thyme and stir fry for another 3 minutes. Now add the rock salt and crushed pepper and mix and fry for a minute. Sprinkle chilli flakes, fry for a minute and take off flame.

JACKFRUIT SEEDS (BIKNA) AND SPINACH CURRY

Ingredients

1 bunch of Spinach Leaves, chopped

1 cup of Jackfruit Seeds (boil in little water and remove covering, cut into bits). Boil for 30 minutes

Masala:

10 red chillies dry roasted

1.5 spoon coriander seeds dry roasted

1 tsp of cumin seed or jeera dry roasted

1 tsp of mustard seeds dry roasted

1 cup of scraped coconut, roasted slightly

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

little tamarind

half onion

3 cloves garlic

Grind the above ingredients in little water to make a paste

Method:

Heat a pan and add two spoons oil. When hot add 1 tsp mustard seeds. Add half chopped onion and 1 sprig curry leaves. Fry for a minute and add ground masala. Add Spinach, Jackfruit seeds and 1 tsp salt. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes. Ready.

JACKFRUIT SEEDS (BIKNA) CURRY

Ingredients:

1 Cups of Jackfruit Seeds (remove the white covering, cut into bits and boil in little water for 30 minutes)

3 tablespoon Channa Dhal or Bengal Gram (dry roast until slightly brown). Grind in blender and add two tomatoes and grind it.

3 tablespoons of scraped coconut, dry roast till you get a aroma and then add to blender and grind it.

Heat a pan and add two tbls of oil. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds and 1.5 tsp of cumin seeds or jeera. Add 1 sprig curry leaves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 star anise. Fry for a minute and add 1.5 chopped onion. Fry till onions are slightly fried and add two sliced green chillies, 2 tsps ginger garlic paste. Mix it and fry. Add 1/3 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp of garam masala powder, 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp salt, add the ground masala. Fry for two minutes and add jackfruit seeds, add little water and tamarind water (half cup hot water with tamarind immersed in it). Cook for a few minutes and take off flame.