Veggie Stuffed Mushroom Nuggets

The New year day is always overwhelming, you are completely drained out by the New Year’s Eve party and are dead tired to start a year. However, with all the perfect thoughts on the very first day, your mind tells to not to disappoint yourself . So, despite the freezing warning, we somehow managed to wake up early, go for a short temple visit. We had a very simple lunch, as we didn’t want any more indulgence. But beneath all the simplicity, something was forcing me to go for a small special evening snack. I wanted the old fashioned Pakodas with a cup of hot tea, whereas hubby wanted something made out of mushrooms. I decided to make stuffed mushrooms nuggets.

Here goes the recipe for Veggie stuffed Mushroom Nuggets:

Ingredients:

1. Button Mushrooms – 8 to 10 pieces, stalks removed
2. Garlic – 2 tbsp, finely chopped
3. White Onion – 1/4 cup, finely chopped
4. Green Bell Pepper – 1/4 cup, finely chopped
5. Boiled Potato – 1 medium sized, Mashed
6. Black Pepper – 4, freshly crushed
7. Salt – according to taste
8. Vegetable Oil – 2 tsp
9. Vegetable Oil – 1 cup, for deep frying
10. All Purpose Flour – 1/4 cup
11. Old Fashioned Rolled Oats – 1/4 cup

Steps of Preparation:

1. Heat a pan, add 2 tsp of oil.

   

2. Add the finely chopped garlic to the pan and saute for a min so that the oil gets the garlic flavor.

   

3. Then to the pan, add the chopped onions and saute it till light brown.

   

4. Once onions are cooked, add the chopped Green Bell Pepper and saute it for a min. Add the mashed potatoes, chopped coriander and the salt and pepper. Saute the mixture for 2 mins and switch off the flame. Let the mixture cool to a normal temperature.

   

   

   

   

   

5. Meanwhile, in a bowl, take the flour and add the salt and water slowly and mix it to form a runny batter. I used around 1/4 cup of water and later added 2 tbsp.

   

   

6. Once the veggie mixture is at room temperature, remove the stalk of the mushrooms and stuff them in the center.

   

7. Then dip individual mushroom into the flour batter, and then coat it with the oats.

   

   

   

8. In the meantime, in a wide bottomed pan, add a cup of oil and make it ready for the deep frying.
9. Once the oil is heated up, add the oats crusted mushrooms and fry it till golden brown.

   

Serve it with the dip of your choice with a cup of tea or coffee. Perfect party appetizers and snacks for holidays.