• 5 dried red chillies ( I used the ''bedki'' variety)
• 8 cloves garlic peeled
• 1 medium sized onion-roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup tightly packed basil leaves
• 1/4 cup thick coconut milk ( I used Dabur homemade)
• 1 tub fresh mushrooms (wiped thoroughly and chopped roughly)
• 2 green peppers-chopped roughly
• 1/2 cup frozen peas.
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• Salt
• Turmeric -pinch
• 1 tbsp peanut oil / vegetable oil

In a saucepan, take a cup of water. Add the chillies, garlic, onion. Bring to a boil and simmer for 7-8 minutes, till the spices have softened. Remove in a bowl and cool.

Once cooled, grind the spices with the basil leaves to a fine paste adding a little bit of water which was used for boiling. In case you dont have tomato puree, you can grind a big tomato into the paste.

In a pan, heat the oil. Saute the green peppers with a pinch of tumeric and salt, for 3-4 minutes, then add the mushrooms, peas and saute till almost cooked.

Add the red paste, tomato puree, coconut milk, salt to taste. Garnish with freshly chopped basil.

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by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 964 views