Butter Mushroom

Ingredients

• 200 g button mushrooms, sliced (மஸ்ரூம்)
• 100 g butter (பட்டர்)
• 1 onion, chopped (வெங்காயம்)
• 1 bay leaf (பிரியாணி இலை)
• 15, crushed black peppercorns (மிளகு)
• 1 inch, finely chopped ginger (இஞ்சி)
• as needed salt (உப்பு)
• 1 piece cinnamon (to roast and powder) (பட்டை)
• 2 cloves (to roast and powder) (கிராம்பு)
• 2 green cardamom (to roast and powder) (ஏலக்காய்)

Method

1. Dry-roast the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and grind to a powder (or use garam masala).
2. Melt 50 g butter in a kadai; fry the bay leaf, green chilli, ginger and crushed pepper, then the onion.
3. Add the mushrooms and salt; let them cook in the water they release without adding any extra.
4. When the mushrooms are done and the liquid has reduced, stir in the spice powder and the remaining butter, then take off the heat.

Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 8. Method rewritten in our own words; ingredient quantities follow the book, with gram weights estimated for the nutrition figures. The book thanks the Arokkiya Unavugal (Healthy Foods) Facebook group and tamilpaleorecipes.com.