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Wild Mushroom Biryani with Tandoori Onion Raita
Bring uncompromising Indian flavours to your table with Mindful Chef x Gymkhana Fine Foods. Inspired by their iconic 2-star Michelin restaurant, you’ll simmer two different types of wild mushrooms in Gymkhana’s fiery Rogan Josh Sauce (you’ll get a full-sized jar with your recipe!). Pair with homemade raita to cool it all off. Michelin-star quality, ready in no time.
1/3 daily fibre
4 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 285g rogan josh (use half) (Nuts) (onions (40%), tomatoes, water, rapeseed oil, deggi mirch powder, salt, garlic, ginger, kashmiri chilli powder, fennel, garam masala [spices], cinnamon, black cardamom, green cardamom, turmeric, bay leaves)
- 160g brown rice (brown rice (100%))
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh mint (use half)
- 120g shiitake mushrooms (use half)
- 240g chestnut mushrooms (use half)
- 40g baby spinach (use half)
- 1 midi cucumber (use half)
- 80g almond yoghurt (use half) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 910
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 136g
Fat: 28g
Ingredients
- 1 handful of fresh mint
- 1 onion
- 120g shiitake mushrooms
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 80g almond yoghurt (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
- 40g baby spinach
- 240g chestnut mushrooms
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 1 midi cucumber
- 160g brown rice (brown rice (100%))
- 285g rogan josh (Nuts) (onions (40%), tomatoes, water, rapeseed oil, deggi mirch powder, salt, garlic, ginger, kashmiri chilli powder, fennel, garam masala [spices], cinnamon, black cardamom, green cardamom, turmeric, bay leaves)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 614
Protein: 13g
Carbs: 78g
Fat: 25g
Wild Mushroom Biryani with Tandoori Onion Raita
Bring uncompromising Indian flavours to your table with Mindful Chef x Gymkhana Fine Foods. Inspired by their iconic 2-star Michelin restaurant, you’ll simmer two different types of wild mushrooms in Gymkhana’s fiery Rogan Josh Sauce (you’ll get a full-sized jar with your recipe!). Pair with homemade raita to cool it all off. Michelin-star quality, ready in no time.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a sieve, a small frying pan, a large frying pan, a grater & a small mixing bowl
Get the rice on
- Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked, then drain
Make the crispy onion
- Thinly slice half the onion, and finely dice the other half
- Heat a small frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the sliced onion, and cook for 10-15 mins, until soft and deep golden brown. Add a splash of water if it starts to burn
Build the dish
- While the onions cook, thinly slice the mushrooms. Rinse the spinach
- Heat a large frying pan with 2 tsp oil over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the cumin seeds, and cook for 30 secs before adding the mushrooms
- Cook the mushrooms for 5-6 mins, until beginning to soften and brown
- Add the jar of Rogan Josh sauce, and simmer for 4-5 mins, until thickened
- Add the spinach and cook until wilted
Make the raita
- Finely grate the cucumber and squeeze out the liquid
- Finely chop the coriander. Pick the mint from the stalks and finely chop
- Add the cucumber, half the mint and coriander, diced onion and yoghurt to a small mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- When the rice is cooked, drain and add to the mushroom pan and gently mix together
- Serve the mushroom biryani in bowls, and garnish with the remaining chopped mint, coriander and crispy onions
- Dollop over the raita
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