Mushroom Pepper Fry

Sunday afternoon gets busy at times. So, cooking an elaborate meal gets tough. However, cooking something quick and easy helps feed my family on time. This yummy delight of Mushroom Pepper fry is always a family favorite when mushrooms are in a hand’s distance.

Mushroom Pepper Fry
Mushroom Pepper Fry

As Navratri was around the corner, we had no involvement with the non-veg dishes in the kitchen. Indian festivals are always so much of grandeur, that sometimes indulgence often leads you to seek the subtle and comfort food. And this recipe of Mushroom Pepper Fry is such one. This recipe has minimal spices which makes the elegant mushrooms more ravishing. This dish was quite a favorite in our Bangalore days, where we used to pick it up with food on busy weeknights. The small restaurants make them better than any fancy recipe.

So here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

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  1. Mushroom – 1 lb or 450 gms
  2. Green Bell Peppers – 1 large finely sliced
  3. White Onion – 1 medium sized finely sliced
  4. Garlic – 3 cloves
  5. Red chilies – 2
  6. Spring onions –  1/4 cup
  7. Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
  8. Freshly ground Black Pepper – 1tbsp
  9. Turmeric – 1tsp
  10. Salt – according to taste
  11. Vegetable Oil – 2 tbsp

Steps of Preparation for the Chili-Garlic Paste:

  1. Soak the red chilies and garlic for 30 mins.
  2. Make a coarse paste, using a mixer or mortar pestle.

Steps of Preparation for the Mushroom Pepper Fry:

  1. Heat a skillet, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
  2. Add the cumin seeds and let it splutter in the hot oil.

    Steps of Preparation
    Steps of Preparation: Spluttering of Cumin Seeds
  3. Add the sliced white onions and let it fry till it softens.

    Steps of Preparation
    Steps of Preparation: Addition of White Onions
  4. Then add the 2tbsp of chili-garlic paste and let it cook till the raw smell of garlic goes away.
    Addition of Chili Garlic Paste
    Addition of Chili Garlic Paste

    Cooked Onions and Chili Garlic
    Cooked Onions and Chili Garlic
  5. Now, add the mushroom and cook it for 10-15 mins on a medium flame till the water dries up.
    Addition of Mushroom
    Addition of Mushroom

    Half cooked Mushrooms
    Half cooked Mushrooms
  6. After this, add the sliced green bell pepper.

    Addition of Green Bell Pepper
    Addition of Green Bell Pepper
  7. Add the powdered spices like, crushed black pepper, salt and turmeric and stir it.

    Addition of Dry spices
    Addition of Dry spices
  8. Mix the spices well and add the spring onion greens to elevate the flavor and color of the dish.

    Addition of Dry spices
    Addition of Dry spices

Serve it with hot rotis or Dal-Rice. The crunch of white onions and green bell pepper is a perfect company to the subtle mushroom.

Mushroom Pepper Fry
Mushroom Pepper Fry

 

 

 

Mushroom Pepper Fry
Recipe Type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Shreemaa Bhadra
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Serves: 4
Mushroom pepper fry is a subtle mushroom recipe cooked with onions and bell peppers, spiced with crushed black pepper. Perfect side dish to an Indian plate.
Ingredients
  • Mushroom – 1 lb or 450 gms
  • Green Bell Peppers – 1 large finely sliced
  • White Onion – 1 medium sized finely sliced
  • Garlic – 3 cloves
  • Red chilies – 2
  • Spring onions – 1/4 cup
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Freshly ground Black Pepper – 1tbsp
  • Turmeric – 1tsp
  • Salt – according to taste
  • Vegetable Oil – 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Soak the red chilies and garlic for 30 mins.
  2. Make a coarse paste, using a mixer or mortar pestle to make chili garlic paste.
  3. Heat a skillet, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
  4. Add the cumin seeds and let it splutter in the hot oil.
  5. Add the sliced white onions and let it fry till it softens.
  6. Then add the 2tbsp of chili-garlic paste and let it cook till the raw smell of garlic goes away.
  7. Now, add the mushroom and cook it for 10-15 mins on a medium flame till the water dries up.
  8. After this, add the sliced green bell pepper.
  9. Add the powdered spices like, crushed black pepper, salt and turmeric and stir it.
  10. Mix the spices well and add the spring onion greens to elevate the flavor and color of the dish.
  11. Serve it with hot rotis or Dal-Rice. The crunch of white onions and green bell pepper is a perfect company to the subtle mushroom.

 

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