Chilli Mushroom is an Indian-Chinese vegetarian gravy with mushrooms and colourful peppers covered in a sweet and spicy sauce. This vegan chilli sauce is every mushroom lover’s dream come true.
About Indian Chinese Cuisine
So what is Indo-Chinese Cuisine? The quick Chinese stir-fry cooking style spiked with the local Indian-style zest. The result is an outburst of addictive flavours.
It is the perfect amalgamation of sweet, spicy, and savoury flavours, good enough to make your mouth water just by the look of it.
It all started in the Tangra Region in Kolkatta, West Bengal. The region housed many leather tanneries owned and managed by people of Hakka Chinese origin.
Over the years, the area developed into a small Chinatown. And the immigrants started selling Chinese dishes made with locally available ingredients to Indian food lovers. Hence, begin the journey of Indian Chinese cuisine.
Today, Indo-Chinese dishes are all over the street food carts, restaurants, and takeaway joints. From chilli chicken, garlic noodles, to manhcurian gravy, each Indo-Chinese dish is quite popular among food lovers in India.
About Chilli Mushroom Gravy
Mushroom Chilli is one of the most popular Indian-Chinese dishes. It is vegan, vegetarian, and made with favourite button mushrooms.
In the Indian subcontinent, button mushrooms are commonly used to make various mushroom recipes such as – mushroom masala, pulao, methi matar malai, or chilli mushroom.
There are two versions of mushroom chilli – dry and gravy. The dry mushroom chilli is served as an appetizer or snack. At the same time, the one with sauce/gravy is served with stir-fried noodles, fried rice, or steamed white rice.
Ingredients Required
Vegetables: Button Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Capsicum, Red Onion, Spring Onion.
Herbs: Ginger, Garlic
Spices: Dry Red Chilli, Salt, Red Chilli Powder
Sauce: White Vinegar, Soy Sauce, Tomato Sauce
Other Ingredients: Corn starch (flour), cooking oil, water, cashews
How To Make
Start with frying button mushrooms. Cut button mushrooms into chunks or quarters. Coat them in cornstarch, salt, red chilli, and water batter. Heat oil for frying on a stovetop. Fry mushroom till crisp and golden.
To make your homemade chilli sauce. Soak dry red chilli in hot water. Cover and set aside for 5 – 6 minutes for chillies to soften. Later, blend the chilies with water, ginger, garlic, onion, and tomato ketchup to make a smooth sauce. Set aside.
Make Chilli Gravy. Heat oil. Fry ginger, garlic, Kashmiri red chili, and onion. Stir Fry. Add white vinegar, soy sauce, and homemade chilli sauce (as per your taste). Cook for a minute. Add cornstarch paste, peppers, and fried mushrooms. Simmer till thick or luscious.
Garnish it with green onions. Chilli Mushroom is ready to serve.
Serving Suggestion
Chilli Mushroom is a versatile Indian-Chinese main course dish that you can serve with – fried rice, stir-fried noodles, jasmine rice, or steamed white rice. Either way, it tastes delicious and makes an excellent meal.
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Chilli Mushroom Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients For Crispy Mushroom:
- 250 gram button mushrooms
- ¼ cup corn starch (corn flour)
- 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour (maida)
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ Cup oil for shallow frying
Ingredients For Homemade Chilli Sauce:
- 4 whole dry red chill (sabut lal mirch)
- 2 tablespoon tomato sauce or ketchup
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- ¼ cup hot water
Ingredients For Gravy:
- 2 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
- 2 whole Kashmiri red chili
- 1 cup diced onion
- ½ cup diced capsicum
- ½ cup diced red bell pepper
- ½ cup diced yellow bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 Cup water
- 2 tablespoon corn flour (corn starch)
Ingredients For Topping:
- 1 tablespoon spring onion
- 1 tablespoon fried cashews
Instructions
Crispy Fried Mushroom:
- Cut button mushroom in quarters. Coat them with flour, starch, spices, and a tablespoon of water.
- Heat oil in a wok for frying the mushrooms. Once oil is hot enough, fry mushrooms till crisp and golden from both the sides. Because of moisture, mushroom takes lot of time to become crisp.
- Transfer crispy fried mushroom in a colander. Set them aside.
Make Homemade Chilli Sauce:
- Soak dry red chili in hot water. Cover and set aside for 5 – 6 minutes for chilies to soften a bit. Later, blend the chilies along with soaked water, ginger, garlic, onion, and tomato ketchup to a smooth sauce. Set aside the chilli sauce.
Make Corn Starch Paste:
- For thickening, the sauce, combine 2 tablespoons of corn starch with ¼ cup of water. Make a smooth paste. Keep it aside.
Prepare Chilli Gravy/Sauce:
- Heat cooking oil in a wok. Add chopped ginger, garlic, whole red chilli, and diced onion. Stir fry over high heat for a minute to release the aroma.
- Next, add white vinegar, soy sauce, and the homemade chilli sauce. Stir to combine. Simmer the sauce for a minute. Taste and season with salt according to your preference.
- Add diced peppers, and corn starch paste. Stir the gravy continuously to avoid any lump formation.
- Once chilli gravy starts thickening, add crispy mushroom. Mix nicely. Turn off the heat.
- Garnish chilli mushroom with fried cashews and spring onion.
- Serve chilli mushroom immediatley with fried rice.
Recipe Notes:
- It is best to cut mushrooms into chunks or quarters rather than finely chopped.
- Do not use too much water to prepare marinade coating for mushrooms.
- Homemade chili sauce is spicy in taste. You can add it in less quantity in the gravy and store the remaining sauce in the fridge to use later.
- To make dry chili mushroom for snacks, do not add any water in the gravy.
Shruthi Reddy says
I love this dish so much and would only order from a nearby restaurant. I will now make it at home just like this 🙂 Thanks a ton:)
Hina Gujral says
So happy to hear your feedback. Love, Hina
charu says
Such nice recipe.
Hina Gujral says
thanks a million.
Lakshmi says
Tried today and it was yummy, thanks for sharing
Hina Gujral says
Thank you for your wonderful feedback!