Thursday 5 January 2017

Chilli mushroom

Chilli Mushroom Recipe 



PREP TIME   COOK TIME.   TOTAL TIME  
15 MIN.           15 MIN.           30 MIN
Chilli mushroom recipe - easy to prepare spicy Chilli mushroom. an Indian Chinese starter snack.
course: starter
cuisine: Indian Chinese
servings: 2 to 3
ingredients - measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml
1) 200 to 250 grams white button mushrooms

2) 1 medium onion or 1 to 2 spring onions whites - halved or quartered and the layers removed, reserve the greens for garnish

 3) 3 green chilies  - slit 1 small 

4) capsicum chopped into squares (optional). you can use red or green or yellow capsicum 

5) 7 to 8 garlic cloves  - finely 

6) Chopped 1-inch ginger  - finely chopped

7)1 Tablespoon naturally fermented soy sauce or as required½ tablespoon sesame oil or any veg oil for the sauce½ to ¾ teaspoon cornflour 1 to 2 teaspoon water½ to 1 teaspoon sugar or as required salt and pepper as required oil for deep frying the mushrooms
for the batter
5 to 6 tablespoon whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour 3 tablespoon corn flour¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper powder or add as required salt as required water as required to make a medium consistency batter.

How to prepare recipe
STEP.1

Rinse and wipe dry the mushrooms. trim the stalks.
halve them if big in size and quarter them if smaller in size.

STEP.2

Make a flowing medium consistency batter with the ingredients listed above "for the batter".

STEP.3
Heat oil for shallow frying in a Kadai or wok.
Dip each mushroom slice in the batter and coat uniformly with the batter.
Add them to the medium hot oil and fry till they are golden and crisp.
Fry the mushrooms in batches and drain excess oil on paper towels.

STEP.4
In another wok or pan, heat sesame oil.
Add the onions and capsicum and stir fry on medium heat for a minute.
Add the ginger, garlic and green chilies. Stir fry on a high flame till you see the onions getting browned at the edges.
Add the soy sauce, salt, sugar, pepper, and stir-fry for half a minute.
add the fried mushrooms and stir on a low to medium flame
sprinkle about 1 to 2 tsp water and 1/2 to 3/4 tsp corn flour on the mushrooms
Saute for a minute or two.
 Continue to stir this gives a nice glaze.
Switch off the flame and serve the chili mushroom hot with veg fried rice. 




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