Smit Sagar
Mushroom Kalan is a vegetarian stir-fry snack. Chef Smit Sagar shares the recipe for this street food from Tamil Nadu.
Preparation Time
10-15 Min
Cooking Time
10-15 Min
Meal Type
snack
Difficulty
MEDIUM
For Kalan
1 cup chopped cabbage
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp chopped green chillies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup corn flour
pinch of red chilli powder
pinch of garam masala powder
water as required
oil for frying
For Sauce
3 tbsp oil
1 cup chopped onions
6-7 curry leaves
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
salt to taste
pinch of red chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1 cup tomato puree
1 tsp turmeric powder
water as required
1 tsp corn flour
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
For Garnish
chopped onions
curry leaves
red chilli sauce
green chilli sauce
In a bowl, mix together chopped cabbage, chopped mushrooms, chopped onions, chopped green chillies, all-purpose flour, corn flour, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and water.
Make smalls balls of this mixture and deep-fry them in oil till they turn golden brown.
In a pan, heat oil and add chopped onions, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, tomato puree, turmeric powder and mix well.
Mix water with corn flour to make a slurry. Pour this slurry in the sauce and mix well.
Add water to the mixture and cook. Now add the deep-fried mushroom fritters to it, garama masala and stir fry.
Transfer the Mushroom kalan to a bowl and garnish with chopped onions, curry leaves, red chilli sauce and green chilli sauce.
Mushroom Kalan is a vegetarian stir-fry. As the name suggests, the main ingredient in this dish is mushroom but cabbage is an equally important ingredient. The cabbage adds texture, volume and flavour to the dish.
In this recipe, the mushroom and cabbage mixture is deep-fried like pakoras. These pakoras are then stir-fried with a spicy, zesty sauce.
The spicy, zesty Mushroom Kalan, brimming with flavours, is hard to resist.
