Matar mushroom recipe with step by step photos. This is a semi-dry delicious vegetable dish made with green peas, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, herbs and spices. It makes for a delicious and healthy meal when served with a side of chapati or naan. Vegan and gluten-free.
I have already posted the recipes of South Indian mushroom peas curry. This recipe is more North Indian style and also home style. Usually I make matar mushroom this way.
You can replace mushroom with paneer or cottage cheese. Mushroom and paneer go well with most veggies and are often used to make rich curry dishes for vegetarians. In many recipes you can easily replace mushroom with paneer and vice versa. This is one such recipe.
If adding paneer, then just add them towards the end, once the peas are cooked and then switch off the heat.
You can have this matar mushroom with rotis, parathas, naan or as a side dish with dal tadka – rice or dal fry – rice combo.
How to make Matar Mushroom
1. Heat 2 to 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan or kadai. You can use any neutral-flavored oil.
Add finely chopped 1 medium-sized onion and saute the onions stirring often till translucent.
2. Then add 1.5 teaspoon crushed ginger-garlic or ginger-garlic paste. Saute for a few seconds or till the raw aroma disappears.
3. Add 3 medium-sized finely chopped tomatoes and 1 chopped green chili. Stir.
4. Then add the following spice powders:
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- (¼ or ½) teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
5. Stir and saute till oil starts to leave the sides of the onion-tomato masala mixture.
6. Add 200 grams of chopped mushrooms and (⅔ or ¾) cup of green peas.
7. Stir to mix. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
8. Then add 2 cups of water and salt as required. Cover the pan with a lid and cook till the peas are softened.
Please check point no 7-9 and notes section in the recipe card below for more info on the quality of peas and the amount of water to be added.
9. Once done, sprinkle (¼ or ½) teaspoon garam masala powder.
10. stir and Serve matar mushroom ki sabji hot or warm with rotis, naan, parathas or chapatis.
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Matar Mushroom
Ingredients
- 200 grams button mushrooms
- 2/3 or ¾ cup fresh or frozen peas *check notes
- 3 medium sized tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
- 1 green chili, chopped
- ¼ or ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ¼ or ½ teaspoon Garam Masala or punjabi garam masala
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
- 1.5 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste or crushed ginger-garlic
- 2 cups water or as required. reduce the amount of water to 1 cup if using tender or frozen peas * check notes
- 2 to 3 tablespoon oil
- salt as required
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan or kadai. Add the finely chopped onions and saute till translucent.
- Add crushed ginger-garlic or ginger-garlic paste. Saute till the raw aroma disappears.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and green chilies.
- Stir and then add the spice powders – turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder.
- Stir and saute till oil starts to leave the sides of the onion-tomato masala mixture.
- Add the chopped mushrooms and peas.
- Stir and saute for 2 to 3 mins. Then add water and salt. Add water as required. If using tender or frozen peas, then reduce the water to 1 cup. If using peas which are not tender or old, then add 2 cups of water or as required.
- In case there is too much water even after the peas or mushrooms are cooked, then reduce the water by simmering the matar mushroom curry without a lid for some more minutes till you get the desired consistency.
- In case the water become less, then add some more water. The consistency is a semi dry gravy or curry. So before the gravy reaches this consistency, the peas and mushrooms should be cooked well. So add water or reduce the water from the matar mushroom gravy accordingly.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook till the peas are softened.
- Once done, sprinkle garam masala powder.
- Stir and serve matar mushroom hot with rotis, naan or chapatis.
Notes
Nutrition Info (Approximate Values)
This Matar Mushroom post from the blog archives first published in June 2014 has been updated and republished on December 2022.
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Thanks a lot for your lovely comment and best wishes. Most welcome!
Yummy recipe! Always a hit at my home.
Made this recipe last night, it was yummy. I finally added coconut (grated and grinded) to the gravy. I made it as curry for rice and dosa. It was very delicious. Thank you for the wonderful recipe
thank you sasi. coconut will give a good taste and flavor. matar mushroom goes very well with dosa and rice. welcome and happy cooking.
Tried this recipe last night. My family loved it so much, they made me make it again tonight. I always trust this site for veg dishes. ????
Thanks Anuja for your positive feedback on matar mushroom recipe. Glad to know that you like the website.
Amazing and delicious…thank yuu for this recipe. I used to think I couldn’t make good Indian food at home. Can’t wait to try some of your other recipes.
welcome jerry and thanks for the feedback and rating. sure do try some more recipes from the blog. happy cooking.
My husband relished this dish. I just started following your blog for veg recipes and I am loving it
Love this dish! Sometimes I use frozen mushrooms to save time and it still turns out great. Thank you Dassana for another amazing recipe which is simple and healthy.
thank you ruby for this positive feedback on matar mushroom. glad to know. happy cooking.
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Thanks Divyansh
Hi I’m from Indonesia and I like Indian food, thanks for sharing this recipe
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I like it….yummyyyy
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thanks a lot ashwani.
Hi Dasana! I’m newly married and also new to cooking! LOL Also since I prefer vegetarian cuisine and healthy food made with less oil/ghee I was happy to come across your recipe. I tried this out today and it has come out truly delicious! I’m sure my husband is going to love it as well! Do keep posting healthy vegetarian recipes Dasana and thank you!
glad to know this elizabeth. congratulations on your wedding 🙂 thanks for positive views. surely will keep posting more recipes.
Hello Dasana
This dish was a hit..
Thanku so much..
Ur non of the dishes got failed…
Keep posting.
pleased to know this thankyou so much rash 🙂 for your positive and encouraging words.
I tried it, and came out very nice. Thanks for sharing it.
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Very very tasty I made it first time the result was too good
glad you liked bushra thankyou 🙂
Hey dear
following you from past two years, right after my marriage.
have not cooked before getting married. you made cooking easy for me.
going to try this mashroom-matar recipe .
n yes, a full 5 star for everything you taught me.
thanks dear…………
we are pleased to know this ankita 🙂 and thankyou so much for your kind words and 5 star rating.
Hi dassana, i have made the matar mushroom recipe so many times … never failed … but never gave you feedback …. …. 5 stars ,…
rgds n tk care
marina
thanks marina for this 5 star rating. glad to know this.
I love this one. Thank you!!! Your pic’s help a lot to get the right consistency.
welcome sari. nice to know this.
Hi Dasanna,
You know what? I love your recipes, I cook everyday watching your recipes,
I was looking for simple recipe everywhere till now until I found you and these Days I search on Google like this ” mushroom recipe by dassana” or whatever I want to cook on daily basis , you are truly a good talented cook, I liked few recipe from Sanjay Tumma and only one recipe from Sanjeev kapoor, rest all my likes goes to you. Keep up the good work.
thanks tina for sharing such an encouraging feedback. felt good to read it. happy cooking.
Dassana, you’re a life saver!
Your recipes are delicious and easy to make. Now even I like what I’m cooking!
Thank you so much for posting. And explaining so well!
welcome neetu. glad to know this. thanks for sharing positive feedback.
This is such a delicious recipe – I also put very little khoya in it for a little richness and sweetness 🙂 Beautiful pics !
Thanks TG. Good to know this.
Lovely recipe. Saw some lovely chestnut mushrooms at the greengrocer yesterday and then found your recipe. Had it with dal and rice and a coconut sambal. Thank you
welcome ray. thanks for sharing positive feedback.
I have been wanting to cook more indian food for a long time now but was always very intimidated. My mom is an amazing indian cook so anything I tried never matched up. I randomly found your blog yesterday and I tried this subji along with yellow dal. AMAZING and your recipe is so easy to follow! You gave me the confidence I needed to keep experimenting. Thank you so much! I will be a following your blog very closely now, keep posting!
welcome renita. glad to know that you liked the recipe and following the blog. do try some more recipes.
I tried this recipe, taste was good but my consistency was too watery in-spite of using your mentioned 2 cups (200 ml cup), and like you have mentioned to simmer without the lid if gravy has more water but i still couldn’t attain the semi dry gravy like in the picture.
P.S. I have not used tender or frozen peas! 🙁
hmmm. frozen peas take less time to cook than fresh peas. as the gravy was watery. if you had continued to cook for some more time, then the water would have for sure reduced. when such things happen, always cook on a medium to high flame for the water to evaporate. in fact i have mentioned in the notes section to add less water if using frozen peas.
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thanks ankita for this awesome feedback. i am good in cooking but not so always in writing. i don’t know how to thank you for this sweet and motivating feedback. thanks again.
I usually visit your website for any kind of recipe…and trust me whenever I have tried it at home it has turned out very well…SO, great job and keep it going
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As always, there were no surprise that this dish too is going to be a Super Hit, as are the others on your blog. Just writing to give you the credit. Amazingly simple to follow instructions. Pictures to illustrate that we are going the right way and the final presentation to make the icing on the cake. What more can one ask for. Once again, Thank you Dassana for everything that you teach us through your blog about cooking ! ! !
welcome hemanth. once again you have shared a very positive feedback. thanks for that. glad to know that you are liking the recipes. do try some more recipes. happy cooking.
really…ur recipe made me the cooking king of my pg…as am living away frm home in pg…bored from mess ka khana….i made this matar mushrum yesterday…It was awesome
thankssss
welcome saksham. glad to know this. must be a welcome change for all.
waah maamu kya raapchik recipe daalle la hai…..bole toh ekdum dhansoo
apun ke muh mein toh paani aa gaya re baap
bole toh full thank you hai beedu
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I am new to kitchen.Tried this yesterday.Was rated awesome by my dad 🙂
Thanks 🙂
welcome shankha
I have done this recipe today and it turned out DELICIOUS!
Thank you for your work! I am new married with a punjabi and we don’t live in India so I am in process of learning how to prepare indian food… 🙂 You blog helps me a lot!!!!!
Be blessed!
welcome gori. nice to know this. thanks for your best wishes.
thank you so much for this lovely and easy recipe…i just cooked it and matar-mushroom taste like heaven…thanks a lot…:)
welcome reena
Hi there
Your recipies, each one of them is awesome and so easy to cook
thanks deepa
Your recipes are very good and easy to understand. The pictures are mouth watering.
Thanks for sharing.
welcome sheetal
Tried it today…turned out great….me and my husband liked it very much…thanks:)
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Nice post, i hope everyone will like your post..
thanks nandini
Amazingly easily recipe. Came out very well on the first try. Your blog is very well written and a huge help to new cooks like me.
welcome naomi. nice to know that you liked the recipe.
The mushroom matar is looking so very delicious. I can eat that entire bowl in one sitting.
thanks preeti
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no issue pooja. big thanks for taking the effort to write this motivating comment. its nice to read such positive feedback.
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thanks pooja for this positive feedback. its very motivating to read such comments. keep visiting and try new recipes. happy cooking.
Mushroom and Matar are two of my most favourite veggies and I think they pair wonderfully together. This recipe is a definite winner in my books!
thanks meena