Recipe- Quick To Make Mushroom Pepper Fry

Mushroom Pepper fry is a easy and delicious side dish or starter from Southern India. Mushroom and bell peepers are a nice combination . Bell peppers gives a nice crunch with soft juicy mushrooms. This is the quickest recipe to try with mushrooms.

For making this simple Mushroom Pepper fry you need just a few basic ingredients.I have used green bell peppers only but you can add yellow ,red ,orange bell peppers too ,which gives a nice color to the ready dish.

Ingredients

400 gm Button Mushrooms
2 big Bell Peppers / Capsicum / Shimla Mirch
3 Green Chilies / Hari Mirch slit lengthwise
1 tsp Pepper Powder / Kali Mirch
To Taste Salt / Namak
3 tbsp Cooking Oil
1.5 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
1.5 tbsp White Vinegar / Sirka
10 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
Pinch Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder optional

Method

* Wipe the mushroom with a moist cloth and if there are few brown spots on them then try to peel and clean it.

* Slice into 4 or 6 pieces and keep aside

* Wash and chop capsicum into medium thick strips.

* Heat oil in a pan and add curry leaves and green chilies and saute for few seconds.

* Now add mushrooms and saute on medium high heat.

* Soon the mushrooms start releasing moisture but keep stirring and cooking till all the moisture dries up.

* Now add salt and the sliced capsicum and saute till its almost done but remain crunchy.

* Add crushed pepper powder and mix gently.

* Switch off the flame and add tomato ketchup and vinegar and mix.

* Serve immediately with rice or roti or stuff between sandwiches or kathi rolls.