Restaurant Style Mushroom Chicken Curry

Mushroom Chicken curry is an awesome cuisine for the mushroom and chicken lovers. The peanuts and cashews cream gives it a unique rich flavor. The spices that we add to this, gives it yummy taste. It is one of the most loved gravy at our home. As we are adding hot spices and nuts cream to it, it goes very well with both rice and chapathi. One of the must try recipe. I am sure that you will repeat cooking this dish again and again.

Required ingredients:

For seasoning:

Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp
Bay leaves- 2
Cinnamon stick- 1 inch
Cardamom – 3
Cloves – 4
Whole pepper- 1 tsp
Curry leaves
Star anise – 1

Chicken – 1/2 kg
Mushroom – 100g
Small onion / Shallots – 15
Onion – 1 medium
Tomato – 1

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Chilli – 1 crushed
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Nutmeg powder – 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds powder – 1/2 tsp
Aniseed powder – 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder – 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Cashew nuts – 8
Fried peanut – 2
Coriander leaves

Preparation Method:

1. Cut the onions and tomatoes finely; Cut Mushrooms into chunks.
2. Heat the Kadai and add oil.
3. Once oil is heated, add in all the whole spices mentioned under seasoning.
4. Add chopped onions and crushed chilli and fry till onion turns transparent.
5. Add ginger garlic paste and fry until raw smell goes off.
6. Add mushrooms and fry until they are cooked.
7. Add chicken, turmeric, nutmeg, fennel, aniseed and pepper powders and fry for 5 minutes.
8. Add chopped tomatoes and fry.
9. Add red chilli powder and coriander powder and mix well.
10. Cook for 10 minutes without adding water. Chicken should be half cooked in this itself.
11. Add a cup of water and cook until chicken is tender.
12. Grind the cashew nuts and peanuts into a paste.
13. Add this paste in the mushroom chicken masala and cook for 3 minutes.
14. Garnish with coriander leaves and turn off the heat.

Sharing is caring... please share and like us: