Mushroom Chilli – an Indo-Chinese appetizer.
Mushrooms, the latest superfood on the block is a good source of Vitamin D and rich in antioxidants. Mushrooms can be used to make a number of dishes. You can choose to make Mushroom stir fry, Mushroom masala, grilled mushrooms, mushroom pulao, the list is endless.
Amongst the variety of mushrooms, the most commonly available are the button mushrooms. They need to be cleaned properly before cooking as they are grown in the wild.
Mushroom Chilli is an easy to make, delicious dish . It can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish with fried rice.
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Mushroom Chilli
Mushroom Chilli is an Indo-Chinese appetizer where marinated mushrooms are shallow /deep fried and tossed in various sauces. This turns out extremely tasty and makes for a perfect appetizer. It can also be served as a side dish with Chinese meals.
List of Ingredients to make Mushroom Chilli
Button Mushrooms
Flours – wheat flour or refined flour to clean the mushrooms
– cornflour
Sauces : soya sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato sauce
Veggies : capsicum, spring onions
Herbs and spices : ginger-garlic paste, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, black pepper powder
Oil and salt
How to make Mushroom Chilli
Firstly the mushrooms are to be cleaned thoroughly . To clean the mushrooms, in a large bowl, add the mushrooms. Add water and rinse well to remove all the dirt.
Drain the water and add flour . Coat the mushrooms with flour and rub it well. Add water again and rinse thoroughly. Repeat this till the mushrooms are cleaned well.
Pat dry the mushrooms using tissue paper. Chop the mushrooms into thick slices. Keep aside.
In a mixing bowl, add ginger garlic paste, soya sauce and sliced mushrooms. Mix well. Add cornflour and coat the mushrooms well with cornflour. Keep aside.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add marinated mushrooms and shallow fry.
Remove the fried mushrooms and keep aside.
In the same pan, add chopped ginger, chopped garlic and chopped spring onion and saute. Add capsicum cubes and saute.
Add salt, black pepper powder, 1 tsp soya sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato sauce and mix well.
Add fried mushrooms, vinegar and give a mix.
Finally, garnish with chopped spring onion greens. Serve hot.
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Mushroom Chilli
Ingredients
- 10 to 12 grams button mushrooms (khumbh)
- 2 tbsp of wheat flour or refined flour (gehu ka aata or maida) to clean the mushrooms
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste (adrak lehsun paste)
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp soya sauce
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp oil (tel)
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
- 2 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
- ¾ cup chopped spring onions (hara pyaaz)
- 1 medium sized capsicum, cut into cubes (Shimla mirch)
- 1 tsp black pepper powder (kali mirch powder)
- salt as per taste (namak)
- 1 tbsp red chilli sauce (laal mirch sauce)
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce (tamatar sauce)
- 1 tsp vinegar (sirka)
- 1 tbsp chopped spring onion greens (hare pyaaz)
Instructions
- Firstly, the mushrooms are to be cleaned thoroughly.
- In a large bowl, add the mushrooms.
- Add water and rinse.
- Drain the water.
- Add the flour and coat mushrooms with it.
- Then add water and rinse thoroughly. Drain the water.
- Add water again and wash the mushrooms well. Drain the water.
- Pat dry the mushrooms using tissue paper.
- Next, cut the mushrooms into thick slices and keep aside.
- In a large bowl, mix ginger garlic paste and 1 tbsp soya sauce.
- Add chopped mushrooms and mix well.
- Add cornflour and coat the mushrooms well with cornflour. Keep this aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
- Add marinated mushrooms.
- Shallow fry the mushrooms.
- Remove the fried mushrooms and keep aside.In the same pan, add chopped ginger, chopped garlic and chopped spring onions.
- Saute for a minute.
- Now, add capsicum cubes.
- Saute for few minutes.
- Add salt, black pepper powder, 1 tsp soya sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato sauce and mix well.
- Add fried mushrooms, vinegar and give a mix.
- Finally, garnish with chopped spring onion greens.
- Serve hot.
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