Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, Mushroom Pepper Fry Recipe - Healthy Snack is a vegetarian south indian stir fry made with pepper, fennel / saunf, and cumin / jeera in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: stir fry
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
for masala powder:
- 1 tbsp pepper
- ½ tsp fennel / saunf
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- ½ tsp coriander seeds
other ingredients:
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard
- 2 dried red chilli
- few curry leaves
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- ½ onion (sliced)
- 300 grams mushroom (sliced)
- ½ capsicum (sliced)
- ½ tsp salt
Method
- firstly, in a small mixi jar take 1 tbsp pepper, ½ tsp fennel, ½ tsp cumin and ½ tsp coriander seeds.
- blend to coarse powder without adding any water. keep aside
- now in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp ghee and splutter 1 tsp mustard, 2 dried red chilli and few curry leaves.
- also, add 1 inch ginger and ½ onion.
- saute until onions shrink slightly.
- further, add 300 grams mushroom and stir fry on high flame.
- saute until onions shrink slightly and moisture is released.
- further, add ½ capsicum and stir fry for 2 minutes.
- now add the prepared pepper masala powder and ½ tsp salt.
- mix well making sure all the spices are well coated.
- finally, enjoy mushroom pepper fry with phulka or rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
