Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Shamu Datshi (Cheese Mushroom)

“Shamu Datsi”
it is prepared with different kinds of mushrooms. As Bhutan is blessed with a rich natural forest, which is a home to many species of mushrooms, we get to enjoy different varieties of mushrooms. During the mushroom season, people go mushroom picking in the forest.

I remember as a kid, on our way back from visiting our grand aunty in a far away village, how we came across those pretty orange Chanterelle peeking out of the fallen autumn leaves. It was so thrilling to collect them.


Another fond memory is, while we were at that village, our cousin invited us for lunch. So, he lead us down the hill to his house and just before we got there, we saw a beautiful big white mushroom standing tall, which he plucked and cooked for lunch. It was so delicious that i still dream of it and salivate!


Shamu Datsi with Sisi Shamu and Sangay Shamu are my two personal favourites. Actually i love all kinds of mushrooms


Instead of the usual cheese, today i tried a combination of vegan cheese and soya cream. This combination tasted very close to cheese. Simply yumyyyyy. Good vegan shamu datsi 


What to use:

1. 250 gr. Oyster Mushroom

2. 1 big Onion
3. 1 medium Tomato
4. 2 Chillies
5. 100 ml Water
6. 2 tbsp. Margarine/butter/oil
7. 30 gr. vegan cheese/ 30 gr. Feta Cheese
8. 2 tbsp. soya cream/ 1 slice of processed cheese

Procedures

1. Wash the mushroom, tomato and chillies. 
Break or cut the Mushrooms into stripes, half the chillies lengthwise and slice the tomato. Peel and rinse the onion, cut in half and into slices.

2. Heat the the margarine in a pot. 
Add in onions and let it sweat for 2-3 minutes.
 Throw in mushrooms and salt, and fry lightly together with the onions for 3 minutes.


3. Add the tomato and chillies and continue cooking for 2 minutes. 

Pour in water and sprinkle in the cheese, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes until the cheese melts.

If you are using the normal cheese, then add water and both feta and sliced cheese together, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes until the cheese melts. Stir gently and serve.


4. Reduce the flame to minimum . 

Let it sit for a minute and remove from the heat.

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