Indian Style Mushroom Stir Fry Recipe – Kalan Poriyal Recipe

mushroom stir fry

Mushroom stir fry (Kalan poriyal / Kalan varuval in Tamil) is an easy, simple, Indian style, healthy and quick side dish for rice. It can be prepared with button mushroom under 10 minutes using very less ingredients. 

Today I have shared a simple mushroom stir fry recipe with onion, garlic, chilli powder and garam masala powder. It is a basic South Indian style stir fry / poriyal recipe without coconut that tastes good for sambar rice and rasam rice. I got this recipe from my neighbor who taught me mushroom kuzhambu. If you like, you can have this as a stuffing for chapathi and bread sandwich. 
For variations, you can add pepper powder instead of chilli powder to make mushroom pepper fry. All edible mushrooms are high in protein, anti oxidants which help to improve immunity. Its low in calories and fat. So lets try to include mushroom in our diet by making this simple recipe. Now we will see how to make this simple mushroom stir fry/ kalan poriyal for rice with step by step pictures.

Do check out my other mushroom recipes.

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mushroom stir fry recipe

Mushroom stir fry recipe – Kalan poriyal recipe

Mushroom stir fry recipe - Kalan poriyal recipe

Easy and simple mushroom stir fry recipe for sambar rice, rasam rice.


Cuisine:
South Indian
Category:
Mushroom recipes
Serves:
2
Prep time:
10 Minutes
Cook time:
10 Minutes
Total time:
20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

  • Mushroom / Button mushroom – 15 nos.
  • Big onion – 1
  • Garlic cloves – 10
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Salt – as needed

To Temper

  • Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Chana dal – 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
  • Curry leaves – Few
  • Hing/ Asafetida – a pinch
Coriander leaves – to garnish
Lemon juice – few drops (optional, I dint use)
HOW TO MAKE MUSHROOM STIR FRY
  1. Wash and clean mushroom, chop and set aside.
  2. Wash and finely chop onion. Peel garlic and keep aside.
  3. Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, cumin seeds.
  4. Saute onion, garlic cloves till transparent.
  5. Add mushroom. Saute and add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric and garam masala powder.
  6. Saute till mushroom cooks well. Cover and cook in low flame till mushroom becomes soft.
  7. Switch off the flame. Squeeze some lemon juice if needed. Serve with sambar rice and rasam rice.
METHOD – STEP BY STEP PICTURES
  • Wash and clean mushroom. Chop the stem and discard it. Slice into pieces. Chop the onion finely. Peel the garlic and set aside.
  • Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal and cumin seeds.mushroom stir fry
  • Add onion, garlic and curry leaves. Saute till onion, garlic becomes transparent. Add mushroom pieces and saute till its half cooked.

    • mushroom stir fry

  • Add the required salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Mix well. Mushroom will leave some water. So do not add water additionally.

    • mushroom stir fry

  • Cover and cook in low flame till mushroom becomes soft and well cooked. Switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves. Squeeze some lemon juice if you like. Serve with sambar rice and rasam rice. Roll in chapathi or stuff in bread sandwich.
    Enjoy !

Note

  • For variations, you can add 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste and saute with onion till raw smell goes off.
  • You can use sambar powder instead of red chilli powder.
  • To make it like a semi gravy consistency, you can saute 1/2 cup of tomato too.

Try this easy mushroom stir fry and enjoy with rice ! I served with paruppu kulambu.
kalan poriyal

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