Thursday, April 2, 2009

MUSHROOM Indo-Chinese Style
This is a recipe I found accidently. As always I was thinking what side dish to make with chapatti, and I decided to make something out of mushroom. I started out in India and ended up in China. And surprisingly it came out well, so here goes the recipe.
Ingredients: Button Mushrooms, cut into half- 1cup, green pepper(capsicum) diced- 1cup, onion diced- ½ cup, tomato diced-1 small, green chili sliced- 2, garlic ginger paste- 1tsp, cumin seeds- ½ tsp, red chili powder- 1tsp, coriander powder- ½ tsp, garam masala powder- ¼ tsp, black pepper powder- ¼ tsp, tomato sauce- ½ tsp, chili sauce- ½ tsp, soy sauce- ½ tsp, salt to taste, spring onion chopped finely- ¼ cup, oil- ½ tsp.
Method: Heat a non stick cooking pan, add oil and add the cumin seeds, when they splutter, add onion and green chili and sauté until the onion turns slightly transparent. Now add the garlic ginger paste, fry for a minute, add tomato sauté for another minute, and add mushroom, then add the masala powders and salt, sauté for 2minutes and add the capsicum, sauté for 3 – 4 minutes, add the sauces and mix well, simmer the heat and cover and cook for another 4-5 minutes. Add the spring onion and remove from fire. Serve hot with chapatti or plain rice.