Name: mushroom kurma
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: ½ cup grated coconut (or ⅓ cup desiccated coconut); 10 to 12 cashews ((kaju)); ⅓ cup water for soaking cashews; ⅓ cup water (for grinding coconut and cashews); 51 grams onion (or 1 medium onion chopped or ⅓ cup chopped onions); 105 grams tomatoes (or 1 large tomato chopped or 1 cup finely chopped tomatoes); 200 to 250 grams mushrooms, (sliced or chopped); 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste (or 3 to 4 medium garlic cloves and ½ inch ginger crushed to a paste in mortar pestle); 2 tablespoon oil ((can use peanut oil or sunflower oil)); ½ teaspoon mustard seeds; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon urad dal ((split husked black gram)); 8 to 10 fenugreek seeds ((methi dana) - optional); ½ teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder (or red chilli powder); 1 teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander)); 1 teaspoon garam masala powder; 10 to 12 curry leaves (or 1 sprig of curry leaf (kadi patta)); 2 cups water (or add as required); salt as required; 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves for garnish

Mushroom kurma recipe with step by step photos – a delicious one pot recipe of South Indian style mushroom kurma curry. Gluten-free and vegan recipe.

Veggie based kurma is made at times at home. While we like to have korma with chapatis or pooris, I also serve it with steamed rice. Till now I have only posted the South Indian varieties of kurma. I do plan to add the North Indian varieties too.

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The mushroom kurma recipe is adapted from the Mushroom peas curry, I had posted four years back. The mushroom peas curry recipe is adapted from jigg’s kalra book prashad – cooking with masters. From the first time I tried this recipe till today, on occasions I make this kurma with mushroom & peas and at times with potatoes & peas.

The recipe uses coconut and cashew as base ingredients. Try adding fresh coconut. It gives a very good flavor. If you live in a city where fresh coconut is not available, then use desiccated coconut.

This mildly flavored and yet delicious Mushroom kurma can be savored with chapatis, pooris with plain steamed rice. You won’t need any other accompaniment.

How to make mushroom kurma

1. Soak 10 to 12 cashews in ⅓ cup hot water for 10 to 15 minutes. Soaking cashews helps to grind them better, especially if you have a blender or mixer-grinder, which has difficulty grinding nuts and seeds. But if you do not have time to soak, then just chop them and grind with coconut.

2. Once the cashews are soaked, add them to the grinder along with ½ cup grated coconut or ⅓ cup desiccated coconut.

3. Add ⅓ cup fresh water and grind to a smooth paste. If using desiccated coconut, then use warm water while grinding. Keep the coconut-cashew paste aside.

4. Now heat 2 tablespoon oil. You can use peanut oil or sunflower oil. Add ½ teaspoon mustard seeds. On a low to medium flame saute till they begin to crackle.

5. Once they begin crackling, then add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, 8 to 10 fenugreek seeds and ½ teaspoon urad dal. If you do not have fenugreek seeds, then skip them.

6. Saute till the urad dal turns a maroonish red. Cook on a low flame, so that the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds do not burn.

7. Then add ⅓ cup chopped onions.

8. Begin to saute the onions on a low to medium flame.

9. Saute till the onions begin to get light brown.

10. Then add 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste. Stir and saute till the aroma of ginger-garlic goes away.

11. Next add 1 cup chopped tomatoes.

12. Mix well and begin to saute the tomatoes.

13. Saute till the tomatoes soften.

14. Then add ½ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder (can also use regular red chili powder), 1 teaspoon coriander powder and 1 teaspoon garam masala powder.

15. Mix the spice powders very well with the onion tomato masala.

16. Now add the sliced or chopped mushrooms. 200 to 250 grams white button mushrooms, which have been rinsed and then sliced.

17. Mix well and saute the mushrooms on a low to medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes.

18. Then add the coconut-cashew paste and 10 to 12 curry leaves.

19. Mix very well.

20. Stir and saute for 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame.

21. When the masala is getting sauteed, add 2 cups water in the blender jar. Swirl and rotate the jar gently so that the remaining coconut-cashew paste gets mixed with water.

22. Now add this water to the masala mixture.

23. Mix well.

24. Season with salt as per taste.

25. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 14 to 15 minutes.

26. When the mushroom kurma is done, you will see specks of oil floating on top and the curry will also thicken a bit.

27. Garnish with some chopped coriander leaves and Serve mushroom kurma hot with steamed rice, chapatis or poori. For more delicious mushroom recipes, you can check this collection of Mushroom recipes.

If you like korma, then you can have a look at these Kurma recipes: