My love for mushroom started during my stay in Stockholm, Sweden. My advisor Prof. Rolf makes really good mushroom dishes. He loves to cook and would invite everybody in the department and will have a full course lunch in his garden. He is the one told me that if you add a little butter and olive oil to mushrooms with a little salt and pepper, it makes an excellent side dish or you can make soup with them.
Before that mushrooms for me meant the ones that are growing in decaying woods or the ones that comes up after the rain, but not for consumption. I always believed they are poisonous, and if you eat them you will get sick. Rolf told me that there both kinds of mushrooms are in the world, those you get it in store are really good.
After that whenever I see mushroom, I would buy them. My culinary journey into the world of mushroom started with button mushrooms, and now has expanded to shitake, portabella, you name it and I love all of them and would find a way to cook them.
Nowadays mushroom isles in Hong Kong market can lure me to make dishes.
I can show you a simplest way of cooking mushroom. Fry them in butter and oil combo, and when they are almost roasted, add little spicepowder (milagaipodi/spice powder) that accompanies the famous south Indian pancake Dosa or steamed cake idly. If you don’t have Milagai podi/spice powder in your kitchen, one solution for you is to add a little of cumin and chili powders. It is delicious by its own standard, even my 3 year old like it.
Here I used button mushrooms, you can try it with all kinds of mushrooms and it tastes great. It is really a tasty side, you need only some gravy to finish you lunch. Last month I made mushroom ginger dumpling soup which we loved. Next is to make an Indo-Chinese dish with them. Just like my hubby says you have kitchen, internet and blog, hence you are always going to make something or other, saying I am just trying.
So when you see mushroom in your local grocer, grab it and make this one, you are also going to love the mushrooms. Here goes the recipe.
Grab mushroom, butter, olive oil, spice powder and salt from the pantry.
Clean the mushroom with damp kitchen towel and cut it into pieces and set aside.
In a skillet heat butter and oil and add mushroom and salt and cooked for about 15 minutes. Then add spice powder or chili and cumin powder and mix everything and switch off the flame.
Enjoy with rice.
Mushroom Stir Fry with Spices
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients:
16.oz Chopped mushrooms( I used button
mushrooms)
2 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 tablespoon of Idly molagapodi/Spice powder
( recipe here)
( If you don’t have spice powder add
½ teaspoon cumin powder + ½ teaspoon chili powder)
Salt: ½ teaspoon or to taste
Steps:
In a skillet, heat oil and butter add washed and wiped the mushroom and salt. Let it cook for about 10 minutes or until it starts to get roasted. Then add spice powder of spices combo and mix everything to so that it will get combined well. Switch off the flame and enjoy with rice.
Variations:
- You can use any kind of mushrooms for this recipe.
- For vegan option use olive oil.
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Elisabeth says
I haven't used my stir-fry pan in a while...now's the time to take it out again, although I have just recently made a wonderful mushroom and onion sauce, a side dish, but would much prefer your simple, spicy stir-fry! Just wonderful and so perfectly yummy, and spicy!
Tina (PinayInTexas) says
Love the simplicity of this dish! We all love stir-fried mushrooms here!
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I love mushrooms and make stir fry's whenever possible.. this looks very delish!
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Hi there. This week's Food on Friday is all about mushrooms! So it would be great if you linked this in. This is the link . Have a good week.
Divya Pramil says
Just looved it Swathi 🙂
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Lizzy Do says
Mmmmmm....I love mushrooms! What a simple, delicious preparation!!!
PT says
delicious preparation..
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Suryaprabha Parthasarathy says
wow! Loved the final product.. Colorful and delicious!!
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Such a wonderful dish with such few ingredients.
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Reeni Pisano says
What delicious mushrooms with butter and oil Swathi! Makes them so flavorful. These are the only kind of mushrooms I like - haven't acquired a taste for any other.
Haddock says
I think I will go easy on the spice and try this 🙂
mjskit says
I love mushrooms cooked this way! I'm going to have to add a little spice next time. I've always stop with salt and pepper. Beautiful plate of mushrooms!
cookingvarieties says
hi swathi. i am back to blogging. how are you. love mushrooms and yours must be very delicious with the spices added. love to try this out. have a nice day
Priya says
Can have this delicious stir fry with anything.
Anu says
I love mushrooms,and this looks so tempting..
Jemini says
simple yet delicious stir fry. adding milagai podi is new to me
Premalatha Aravindhan says
wow delicious and tempting recipe Swathi,loved it...
Mich PieceofCake says
I left a message but it disappeared! I love mushroom stirfrys and this looks perfect!
Mich PieceofCake says
I love mushrooms cooked this way! Perfect!
Kaveri Venkatesh says
Milagai podi and mushrooms sounds interesting and looks delicious Swathi
Reshmi Mahesh says
Delicious stir fry...Loved the use of spice powder..Kollam...New to me..
divya says
tht's looks so tempting ...yum
Balvinder Ubi says
Mushroom is one vegetable that my daughter like She can have it in anything. The stir fry looks tasty.
Shri says
Perfect for the weather ahead Swathi!
Julie says
Unique stir fry..adding spice powder is new to me:)
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Az says
looks flavorful and delicious!!
Anshu Bhatnagar says
Simple and delicious!!
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Suja Manoj says
Adding spice podi sounds delicious..yu mm stir fry,will try this.
Rebecca Subbiah says
love cooking mushrooms often sautee them and have them on toast for lunch
El Oteador de los Mercados says
Very tasty. The other day I did a few mushrooms very similar to these, but with olive oil and a little lemon juice. He also had black pepper and chile.
kitchen queen says
I too am a big fan of mushrooms.Ur mushroom curry looks very delicious.
Beena.stephy says
Delicious stir fry
Sanoli Ghosh says
Very flavorful mushroom stir fry, healthy too.
tamilsasikitchen says
Yummy stir fry dear...
Shailaja Reddy says
Wow yummy stir fry.
Ramya says
What a combination.Idly podi and Mushroom!I have tried the idly podi with potatoes before and loved it! Bet it wil go soo well with Mushrooms as well:-)
Navaneetham Krishnan says
I used to stay away from mushrooms but not anymore. There's so many varieties of mushroom these day and at times, I can't decide which one to buy.
I do store the canned mushrooms, just in case I need to prepare a meal in a jiffy. Lovely touch of Indian ingredients into you spicy mushroom and yes, we do have the almost the same style of cooking when its Indian cuisine at home.
Guru Uru says
Everyone in my family has an insane love for mushrooms except me so this is perfect for them - I might even have to sneak a taste 😉
Great recipe!
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Shabbu says
Yummy stir fry..
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Chitra says
Its so nice. will try this for sure 🙂
Roshan says
delicious...
Archana Potdar says
Ima buying mushrooms today.
Swasthi says
healthy stir fry. looks delicious and must be flavourful
srividhya Ravikumar says
love mushroom in any form...love this stir fry too..
Vimitha Anand says
Simple and yummy stir fry
Sangeetha Nambi says
Love it...
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Hamaree Rasoi says
Delicious and spicy stir fry.
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radha says
Sadly, mushroom is banned. Only chance of making it is when the younger one comes home. So will have to wait for a while to make this one.