Mushroom Pepper Fry Recipe with stepwise photos. A lip-smacking, spicy appetizer or side dish with mushrooms that is apt to serve with fried rice or pulaos and Chapathis or Naans.
Mushrooms are so versatile as they taste so good when cooked as a side dish or when added to a pizza, tossed with pasta, made into a pulao & when made into a curry.
These are battered mushrooms, deep-fried & then tossed along with crunchy onions, capsicum & spice powders.
Just imagine this fry as a desi version of Indo-Chinese Manchurian without the sauces but made with Indian spices that taste spicy & hot.
Making this Kaalaan Milagu Varuval will also prove to be a fantastic gastronomic experience when eaten as an appetizer or along with rice or chapati as a side dish.
Table of Contents:
About
This Mushroom Pepper Fry is
- soft
- crunchy
- spicy
- tangy
- lip-smacking delicious
If you are fasting & missing out on non-veg food, this fry would hit all the right spots both in taste and texture-wise.
Ingredients
Mushrooms: Button Mushrooms are the best to use in this fry. Clean them well before use.
Other vegetables: Onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, green chilli & capsicum.
Spice powders: Red chilli, coriander, black pepper & turmeric powders
Batter: Corn flour or starch, All-purpose flour, Rice flour, salt & water.
Oil: I used refined groundnut oil for deep frying & cold-pressed gingerly oil for sauteing.
Instructions
To make Mushroom Pepper Fry,
In a bowl, mix - cornflour, all-purpose flour, rice flour & salt.
Add ¼ to ⅓ cup water little by little and make a thin batter.
Add sliced mushrooms into the batter.
Mix with fingertips till the mushrooms are coated well & mixed into a mass.
Drop spoonfuls of battered mushrooms into the hot oil.
Deep fry till crisp & brown.
Drain into a plate & set this aside.
Heat a skillet with gingelly oil. When hot add green chili, followed by onions.
Add minced garlic.
Add minced ginger.
Saute till onions turn pink.
Now add capsicum & tomato.
Tip in the spice powders - coriander, red chilli, turmeric & black pepper powder & mix well to combine.
Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoon water, salt & mix well to combine.
Cook over medium flame for 2 to 3 mins.
Add the deep-fried mushrooms to the pan and mix well till the vegetables & masala coat the mushrooms.
Mushroom pepper fry is ready. Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot with fried rice.
Recipe Notes
Using freshly crushed black peppercorns makes this dish tastier.
Do not rest the mushrooms after adding them to the batter. Deep fry them immediately.
Nutrition Profile
These pepper mushroom fry are
- Dairy-Free
- Egg-Free
- Gluten-Free
- Nut Free
- Soy-Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
FAQ's
If you do not like to use mushrooms, you can use baby corn, sweet corn kernels, cauliflower or bajji molaga.
You can try this very spicy Andhra version, Mushroom Vepudu which is similar but uses different spices.
It is best to consume it piping hot as refrigerating will make the fry soggy & slimy.
You can deep fry the mushrooms in advance a few hours before & mix them to the vegetables just before serving.
Serving Suggestions
This mushroom pepper fry goes well with,
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Recipe
Mushroom Pepper Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 200 gms Button Mushrooms thinly sliced
- ¼ cup Onion chopped
- 2 tablespoon Tomato chopped
- ¼ cup Capsicum cubed
- 2 Green chili slit lengthwise
- ½ tablespoon Ginger minced
- ½ tablespoon Garlic minced
- 2 teaspoon Coriander powder
- ½ to 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 2 teaspoon Black pepper freshly crushed
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoon Gingelly oil
- Salt to taste
- Spring onion greens for garnish
For the batter
- ¼ cup Corn flour or Corn starch
- 2 tablespoon All-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon Rice flour
- Salt to taste
- Oil to deep fry
Instructions
Make Batter
- In a bowl, mix corn flour, all-purpose flour, rice flour & salt together.
- Add ¼ to ⅓ cup water little by little and make a thin smooth flowing batter.
Deep fry Mushrooms
- Add sliced mushrooms into the batter and mix with fingertips till the mushrooms are coated well.
- Meanwhile, add oil to a deep fry pan and let it become hot.
- Drop spoonfuls of battered mushrooms into the hot oil and deep fry till crisp & brown.
- Drain into a plate. If the clusters are large, break them into bite-sized pieces & set them aside.
Make mushroom pepper fry
- Heat a skillet with gingelly oil. When hot add green chili, followed by onions, garlic, ginger & saute till onions turn pink.
- Add capsicum, tomato, spice powders - coriander, red chili, turmeric & black pepper powder. Mix well to combine.
- Add 2 to 3 tablespoon water, salt & mix well to combine.
- Cook over medium flame for 2 to 3 mins. The veggies will soften & the raw smell of the spice powders will be gone.
- Add the deep-fried mushrooms to the pan and mix well till the vegetables & masala coat the mushrooms.
- Mushroom pepper fry is ready. Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot with fried rice.
Notes
- Using freshly crushed black peppercorns makes this dish tastier.
- Do not rest the mushrooms after adding them to the batter. Deep fry them immediately.
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Suryaprabha
Looks gorgeous and delicious!!
Country Gourmet Traveler
Great recipe, food and the photos are amazing.
Renu navin paliwal
looks grt... i recently made mushroom malai .. will try this or ur mushroom masala next time
The Mad Scientist
Tempting clicks. Love it.
Lizzy
Peppers and mushrooms are such a great combination...what a delectable side dish!
Kavitha
just mouthwatering.....spicy and delicious fry 🙂
Anjali Shukla
A superbly healthy yet catchy recipe, Radhika!
I loved the peppery feel; absolutely divine! 🙂
I was not online for a couple of days, so could not visually have all the treats from you, and also could not contribute for the baking group, but hope to join it back soon. 🙂
Shobha Kamath
Lovely and yummy looking dish !
Jay
drooooooooling dish of yours radhika...sounds very interesting..:)
Meg's Delicious Adventures
Absolutely love it. yummy.
anusha praveen
if you keep cooking like this then i ll turn up uninvited shamelessly at your doorstep..i will turn up with all the ingredients, team up with Arun and Arjun and demand that you make all our favorites..stay warned radhi cos that curry looks lip smacking
Non stick, Nutty and Sous chef
Ah! this looks yum! And nice pics! 🙂
Gayathri NG
Spicy n delicious fry...
runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com
Was planning something similar today:)) love the spicy preparation and lovely click!
Priya
Slurp, mouthwatering here..Super tempting mushroom fry.
Jay
this is amazing..would love to devour now..:)
Maayeka
Very delicious and perfectly done mushroom curry..
Shweta in the Kitchen
I am a great fan of mushrooms, your mushroom pepper fry looks great, Lovely pics too
Nalini's Kitchen
Lip smacking and tempting pepper mushroom,sounds delicious.
Anu
Nice recipe and nice side.
jeyashrisuresh
I have never tried mushrooms except in soups. Nicely done radika. flavorful curry
Sanoli Ghosh
Very delicious, super tempting recipe. Nice colour. Surely try for it.
Spice up the Curry
very delicious
Sayantani
yummilicious recipe. cant wait to make some for myself.
Reshmi
looks amazing... tempting to have
Kaveri Venkatesh
Truly Awesome Radhika..Looks delicious
Prathima Rao
Truly lip smacking!!!
Prathima Rao
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Prathima Rao
Truly lip smacking!!
Prathima Rao
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Hamaree Rasoi
This is totally my kind of mushroom dish..hot and spicy..Looks delicious
radha
This is really delicious looking dish. A nice combination of bell peppers and mushrooms.
Princy Vinoth
i love to make peppery fry mushrooms too.
Shobha
Yummy stir fry..
The clicks are so professional..
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj
wow!! looks really tempting...
PT
OMG! very very inviting and tempting clicks..would love to try it..