DISH NAME : CHILLI GARLIC MUSHROOM

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : 12 minutes

Description

Mushrooms are considered a healthy food with no or minimum calories. A mushroom (or toadstool) is the fleshy, fruit body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Always check expiry of mushrooms. Mushrooms are extremely porous and soak up water like a sponge. Because they are mostly water, never soak fresh mushrooms. Mushrooms should be cooked before cosuming.
Chilli oil can be home made or store bought.
Celery is predominantly used in Chinese cooking. It imparts great flavor and fragrance to dishes. It is the head of celery, that is sold as a vegetable. Usually only the stalks are eaten. The leaves are very strong in flavour and are used either in soups and stews or as a dried herb. The seeds can be ground and mixed with salt, to produce celery salt. Celery salt can also be made from an extract of the roots, or using dried leaves. Celery salt is used as a seasoning, in cocktails ( Bloody Mary cocktail, virgin mary mocktail)etc.

Note

1) I used button mushrooms. Can use any available mushrooms.
2) Mushrooms release a lot of water while cooking. So do not keep mushrooms soaked in water.
3) Always check expiry date of mushrooms before buying.
4) If chilli oil is not available, use ordinary oil.
5) Soya has salt, so add salt keeping that in mind.

Method

1) Clean mushrooms and cut into halves.
2) Dissolve cornflour in quarter cup of water, mix well. Add soya sauce to it. Keep aside.
3) Heat oil. Add garlic and celery and saute till garlic is brown.
4) Then add onions and saute till they are transparent.
5) Add mushrooms and chillies and saute on high heat for about 5 minutes.
6) Add pepper powder.
7) Add cornflour mix and tomato ketchup and stir till it coats mushrooms well.
7) Adjust salt according to taste.

Serving Suggestions

Serve hot with fried rice or noodles.