Mushroom Ambat Tikhat

Ingredients:

1. Mushrooms (quartered) - 200 gm (1 packet)
2. Scrapped coconut - 1 1/2 cup
3. Green chilly -1
4. Kashmiri mirchi - 2
5. Red chillies/ Chilly powder - as per your requirement
6. Turmeric powder - 1/3 tsp
7. Tamarind - marble sized ball
8. Dried kokum (solaan) - 4 petals
9. Coconut oil - few drops
10. Tephlaan/ chirphal - 15



Tephlaan

11. Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Cook mushrooms by adding salt. They get cooked in their own moisture. If necessary, add little water.
• Add green chilly (cut both the ends), when mushrooms are about to get cooked.
• Combine coconut, red chillies, kashmiri mirchi, turmeric powder and tamarind. Grind to a fine paste by adding 3/4 cup water.
• Add the mixture to cooked mushrooms. 
• Crush tephlaan slightly with the help of mortar and pestle.
• Add tephlaan, salt and 1/2 to 3/4 cup water.
• Bring it to boil.
• Add coconut oil and kokum.
• Stir well and simmer for 2 min.
• Serve with steamed rice.

Tip:

• Tephlaan and kokum should not be cosumed directly. They should be discarded.