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 chillies 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. 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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