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This has been adapted from a recipe in the book "Vegetarian Balti Cooking" by Mridula Baljekar.

Preparation

• Crush the garlic.
• Grate the ginger.
• Slice the mushrooms.
• Cut the pineapple into about 1 inch pieces.
• Rinse the cherries and cut in half.
• Toast the sweetcorn (optional).

Cooking

1. Heat a pan over a medium heat and add the oil.
2. Add the ginger and garlic and fry for 30 seconds.
3. Reduce the heat and add the coriander, cumin, turmeric and chilli powder and fry for 30 seconds.
4. Add the mushrooms and 180 ml of C41 base sauce and stir for 2 min.
5. Add 180 ml of C41 base sauce, increase the heat and bring to a simmer.
6. Add the sweetcorn, pineapple and cherries and simmer for 5 min, gradually adding the rest of the C41 base sauce.
7. Stir in the garam masala.

Serving

1. Serve with rice and optionally garnish with fresly chopped coriander.

The preparation stage
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The finished meal