There are many health benefits to eating mushroom. Apart from adding a wonderful taste and meaty texture to food, mushroom also contain essential nutrients. They are a great source of phosphorous, magnesium, potassium and selenium, nutrients that are often lacking in highly processed food-diets. Also mushrooms contain virtually no fat or cholesterol, are low in sodium and are also a good source of fibre. Here’s a mushroom recipe that is easy to prepare and tasty too.
Ingredients
- Button Mushroom - Around 1 cup cleaned and sliced
- Onion - 1/2 diced
- Bell pepper(green and red) - 1/2 cup diced
- Green chilli - 2 sliced
- Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
- Ginger - 1 tsp finely chopped
- Garlic - 1 tsp finely chopped
- Chilli-garlic sauce or chilli sauce - 1 tbsp (I used chilli-garlic sauce and garlic salt since I didn’t have garlic to add)
- Tomato ketchup - 1 tsp
- Soy sauce - 1 tsp
- Vinegar - 1/2 - 1 tsp
- Salt - To taste
Method
1. Heat oil in a pan. Add the sliced mushroom and salt. Saute and cook it at medium heat.
2. In another pan heat oil, add onion, green chillies, garlic and ginger. When the onion is transparent add the bell peppers and saute for a few minutes. Now add the pepper powder, soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup and chilli garlic sauce.
3. Finally add the cooked mushroom. Mix well, saute for 2-3 mts. You can add cornflour (1 tsp) in warm water, boil and simmer a few minutes for gravy. Garnish with coriander leaves. Switch off. Serve hot with fried rice/chappathi.
