Mushroom Risotto

Contributor: sirisha
This is Mushroom risotto recipe( i dnt like wth chicken, i luv da taste of lots of mushrooms)

You get dried mushrooms in Chinki stores. soak a handful in boiling water for abt 30 mins. Dnt put too much water. enuf so da mushrooms u put are completely soaked. (not too less or not too much). After that you can remove the mushrooms but dnt throw away the water.

Heat olive oil and butter in a pan. Put chopped onion (1 small onion shud be enuf, too much of onion fades away da original taste anta)You need to then put lots of garlic cloves. DH maa iddari ki chesina appudu he puts abt 6-7 cloves. The quantity he makes is generally enuf for 3 ppl..so adjust accordingly. Dnt burn the garlic, just make it a little soft.

Add the Arborio rice (1 cup of rice is enuf for 2 ppl..adi maa intlo normal rice quantity kuda same. So adjust accordingly).Just coat the rice with the oil and garlic for a couple of minutes. In a separate pan (you can lso do this in the beggining and put them aside) put some butter and fry fresh mushrooms. We use Shitake and button mushrooms. We generally pick put da bigger size shitake mushrooms they taste gud.

Fry them and you get a nice smell. put some salt and pepper to it.Saute for a couple of minutes and add them to the rice.Cook for another 2 minutes. Now add the dried mushrooms and fry again for 2 minutes. Make sure you have to keep stirring to not get it burnt. Add the rest of the water from these dried mushrooms. (use it like stock, it will be thick in consistency unlike plain water after u have soaked the dried mushroom in them for 30 mins.

**At any point in time if the rice becomes dry add water or stock.

Now when that water is reduced to almost nil add Stock ( my husband uses chicken stock, tastes better than veg stock).

Dont pour eveything at the same time,pour little by little. And make sure as and when it gets drier add stock. After 20 mins..you will feel the rice is cooked. Dont over cook or under cook. It shud not be like a paste or it shud not be crunchy.

Once you feel its done. Add a little grated parmesan, chooped parsely andbasil leaves to it.
Also, add a little pepper and salt at this stage after tasting.

* Add salt at the end becoz the stock you are using may already contain salt.


Enjoy the Risotto. If you like it let me knw :)

Sorry forgot to mention if u want chicken Risotto..jus fry chicken along with the Mushrooms. Put in the chicken first and then after a few minutes add the mushrooms.

That is the only addition.

Oopps gals sorry, marchipoya..


You have to add some pesto sauce just abt 2 tea spoons and like half cup cream to it around the end. before you put the parmesan and everything.

Sorry..nenu cheyyanu kada..marchipoya ..This is wat brings awesome taste to the recipe..