Recipe: Makai Saag Baked Mushroom

Celebrity chef Rakhee Vaswani shares an easy-to-make appetiser recipe.

Here's a creamy, tasty dish with mushrooms that you must try.

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Makai Saag Baked Mushroom

Ingredients

• 4 to 5 palak leaves
• 2 to 3 bhatua leaves
• 5 to 6 sarson leaves
• 1/2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp ginger, minced
• 1 tbsp onion, minced
• 1 tbsp tomato, chopped
• 1 green chilli, minced
• 2 to 3 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp maize flour
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• A pinch of turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 5 to 6 mushrooms
• 10 gm white cheddar cheese

Method

• Blanch all the three leafy vegetables and keep in cold water. Blend into a puree.
• Heat oil in a pan. Saute butter and garlic.
• Add onions and saute until they turn golden.
• Add minced ginger, green chilli, maize flour, season with salt, red chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder. Stir for a minute.
• Add some milk followed by the vegetable puree. Cook for a minute.
• Once done, set aside the prepared saag.
• Clean the mushrooms, remove the stem, brush with butter inside out and fill them with the saag.
• Top it with white cheddar cheese.
• Gratinate in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celcius.

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