Mushroom Saung

Potato Saung or Batata Song is a very popular konkani side dish. It is one of those HOT side dishes that every amchi loves. Given my special level of tolerance for spicy food, Amma used to make this dish with coconut. I came to know only last year that this dish doesn't call for any coconut. I assumed that Rasachandrika had made a printing mistake by omitting this vital ingredient.

I visited Dee & Chai's blog sometime back and read about Mushroom Saung. I thought this would be a great variation to Potato Saung for 2 reasons:

1. We love mushrooms
2. We don't use too many potatoes in our cooking

I decided to try the recipe out and just love it. My version is completely simplified as I always have readymade tamarind paste and I also bought some readymade red chilli paste.

400g Button Mushrooms, chopped

4 Onions, sliced

2 tbsp Tamarind Paste

2 tsp Red Chilli Paste

1 tbsp Oil

Salt to taste

Heat the oil in a kadhai. Add the onions and fry for 4-5 minutes. Add the tamarind and chilli pastes. After a couple of minutes, add the mushrooms and salt. Cover and cook for a few minutes. Serve with rotis or with rice and dal.

This was a super duper hit at home and I think I may have added a little more chilli paste than I should have. Even S felt he had smoke coming out his ears, so you can think of what happened to me. So, I have reduced the chilli in the recipe here. Of course, I wasn't complaining one bit.

I bought a whole host of baking books last evening and baked a batch of Banana Muffins this morning. I am so excited about this. I will start my X'mas cake baking only tomorrow. I am running late on just about everything, but let me be right on time to wish you all a merry X'mas.