Mushroom Pepper Fry

Ingredients:

button or oyster mushrooms - 200 gms
coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
pepper - 1 tsp
fennel - 1 tbsp
grated coconut - 1/3 cup
red chillies - 5-6
garlic - 6 flakes
ginger - small piece
oil - 4 tbsp
cinnamon - 2 pieces, 2 cm each
onions - 1 cup, chopped
tomatoes - 1 cup, chopped
salt to taste

Preparation:

* Clean and cut mushrooms into quarters.
* Roast all the ingredients from coriander to ginger in a little oil and grind to a smooth paste.
* Heat oil, add cinnamon and onion.
* When onions are brown and ground masala tomatoes, fry well.
* Add mushrooms and salt. Cover and cook on a slow flame for about 10 minutes, till the mushrooms are tender. Serve with rice or chapathi's.

Easy version :

* To simplify the preparation replace coriander, pepper , fennel and chillies with ½ the quantities of respective powders.
* Mix them together with 2 Tbsp of water to a paste.
* Use 2 tsps of packaged ginger-garlic paste instead of ginger and garlic, 2 Tbsp of coconut cream instead of grated coconut and ¼ cup of tomato puree instead of chopped
tomatoes.
* Heat oil, fry Cinnamon and onions, add the spice paste, fry for 1 minute.
* Add ginger garlic paste, fry till fragrant. Add mushrooms, tomato puree and coconut
cream. Add salt to taste and simmer till mushrooms are tender.