MUSHROOM CHOWDER

Ingredients:
500 gm Button Mushrooms
1 1/2 Onion
2 Potatoes
2 cup Stock (Chicken or Veg)
3 tbsp Butter
1 tsp any Herbs of your choice (optional)
1 cup Cream
Salt to taste
Pepper powder to taste

Recipe:
Chop onions and mushrooms. Dice potatoes in 1 inch cube.
Melt butter in a pan and saute onions until translucent.
Add Mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes, stirring in between.
Add potatoes stir for 2 minutes then add stock and bring to a boil. Add herbs, salt and pepper.
Cover and cook in low heat until potatoes are of mashing quality.
Take half of the soup, with all the potatoes in a blender and give a couple of pulse.
Add again to the soup in pan, mix well.
Add cream and stir. Check the seasoning and serve.

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DHANIYA PANEER KORMA

Ingredients:
500 gms Cottage Cheese cubes
1/2 cup Fresh Coriander Leaves
1 cup Curd
1-2 cloves of Garlic
1/2 inch Ginger
1 inch Green Chilli
2 Bay Leaves
5 Peppercorns
5 Green Cardamom
5 Cloves
1 big Black Cardamom
1/2 inch Cinnamon
1 tbsp All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Turmeric
1/2 tsp Dry Ginger Powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
3 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Recipe:
In a Bowl take curd. Add turmeric powder, dry ginger powder, cumin powder, salt and flour and mix well.
Grind garlic, ginger and green chilli with 1/2 cup water. Grind 1/4 cup of coriander leaves with 1/2 cup water.
Add these two mixtures to curd paste and mix well.
Heat oil in wok or pan at low and add bay leaves, peppercorns, black and green cardamoms, cloves cinnamon and saute.
Add the curd mixture to wok and cook to a boil or until done.
Finely chop the remaining 1/4 cup coriander leaves and add to curd mix.
Add cottage cheese cubes and mix gently. Adjust salt and mix well. Turn off the heat, add garam masala and mix well.
Transfer in a serving bowl, sprinkle a pinch of garam masala and garnish with some coriander leaves and serve.


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