Mushroom fry recipe – Stir fried mushrooms with cashews, Indian spices & herbs. This mushroom fry is very simple to make yet it tastes amazingly delicious with a wonderful aroma of masala. It goes well with rice, roti or even with bread.
To make this dish first onion & tomatoes are stir fried then spiced with masala powder and chilli powder. Then the mushrooms are stir fried in the onion tomato masala.
So the dish is not very dry & goes well even with rice or roti. I sometimes also use this to make kathi rolls & sandwiches.
I make mushroom stir fry in different ways. You can also check these variations – mushroom pepper fry, Chilli mushroom stir fry & this hot garlic mushrooms
The recipe shared here is the simplest way you can make a flavorful mushroom stir fry. I have used cashews here, you can replace them with green peas, tofu or even paneer.
More Mushroom recipes,
Mushroom masala
Matar mushroom
kadai mushroom
Step-by-step photos
How to make mushroom stir fry
1. Add oil to a pan and heat. Add cumin and mustard (optional).
2. When they crackle, saute ginger garlic paste until the raw smell goes off.
3. Fry finely chopped onions or onion paste evenly.
4. Stir often until they turn golden.
5. Add tomato puree or finely chopped tomatoes.
6. Saute until the raw smell goes away from the mixture.
7. Add curry leaves, garam masala, red chili powder and turmeric.
8. Saute for 1 to 2 mins on a low flame until the curry leaves smell good.
9. Add mushrooms and cashews or peas. Sprinkle salt evenly.
10. Fry for 2 to 3 mins. Cover and cook on a low flame until the mushrooms are cooked. They let out lot of moisture when covered and cooked. If they do not release moisture, then you can sprinkle little water.
11. Cook until the water evaporates. Adjust salt if needed and add 1 tsp of lemon juice. This is optional.
Serve mushroom fry with rice or chapathi.
Recipe
Mushroom fry
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 1 ¼ cup white button mushrooms sliced or 10 to 12
- ¼ cup green peas or cashews
- 1 onions finely chopped
- 1 tomato finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 green chili slit (optional)
- 1 to 2 sprigs curry leaves
- ¼ tsp mustard (optional)
- ½ tsp cumin
- 2 to 3 tbsps Oil
- ¾ tsp red chili powder
- 1 Pinch turmeric
- 1 tsp garam masala or meat masala (readymade is ok)
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp lemon juice optional
How to make the recipe
- Chop onions, slit green chilies. Soak cashews for 15 minutes or rinse green peas, drain them and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin, mustard, allow them to splutter. Fry ginger garlic paste for 2 mins.
- Add onions and fry them evenly till they brown, not burnt. While the onions fry, you can chop the mushrooms.
- Next add tomato and saute until the moisture dries up and the raw smell goes off.
- Add chili powder, garam masala, curry leaves and turmeric. Saute until the raw smell has gone, just for a minute.
- Add chopped mushrooms, cashews and salt. Fry on a medium flame till you begin to get an aroma of mushrooms. This takes 2 mins.
- Cover and cook on a low flame till the mushrooms are cooked, giving a good stir in between. Do not overcook as mushrooms tend to become soggy very fast. Add lemon juice if desired.
- Serve mushroom fry with rice and ghee or chapathi.
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NUTRITION (estimation only)
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
If you are new to cooking, follow my detailed step by step photo instructions for best results.
Sindhu Ravi says
I tried it today.Came out to be extremely tasty
swasthi says
Thanks Sindhu
Ross says
Hi. Can we do this with oyster mushroom? Hehe…
swasthi says
Hi,
I haven’t tried it but it should work
Winnie says
Tried this today and it was so delicious. Loved the addition of cashews to the mushrooms which makes it a good combination that worked really well.
swasthi says
Hello Winnie
Glad to know you liked the combo. Thank you
Yvonne Govender says
Hi to you swasthi ji, I’m from South Africa an I often try to get new ideas to change my cooking style. I have tried your mushroom masala as well as the aloo jeera both dishes were spot-on delicious..thank you for your advice and inspiration.
swasthi says
Hi Yvonne,
Glad to know you! You are most welcome! Glad you like the recipes. Thank you!
🙂
Kalpana says
Hi swasthi..
is there any specific time to soak cashews
swasthi says
Hi Kalpana,
Just soak them for 15 mins
Kalpana says
Thank you Swasthi.. it came out yummy
chandana says
Hi swasthi,today I tried this mushroom curry and it turned out awesome..thanks for such a detailed note abt curry and the way to clean the mushrooms….u are awesome cook …. Today I got many appreciations for this mushroom curry….
swasthi says
Hi chandana
You are welcome. thanks for trying. Glad to know it turned out good.
🙂
sharmila says
hi swathi,
its me sharmila.. the receipe of mushroom curry is very useful.. when i tried it comes out good with yummy taste.. thank you 🙂
swasthi says
Hi Sharmila
You are welcome
Happy to know it came out good. Thanks for trying
Barnali says
Nice recipes… Thanks for all these….
swasthi says
Welcome Barnali
Priya says
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I tried this for the first time. Everyone like it . yummy!!! :).
Got some cooking appreciation at home. Thats cool. Thanks to you! 🙂
swasthi says
Welcome Priya
Glad to know you all liked it and you got appreciations too. Have a wonderful week end. Thanks for sharing
Bhavana says
Very special recipe. Thanks
swasthi says
Welcome Bhavana
Glad to know you liked it. Thank you
subaroa says
Superrrrrrrr.
swasthi says
Thank you
Ritu says
Turned out perfect!
swasthi says
Thanks Ritu,
Ritu says
Was amazing, made it for dinner guests n it won accolades.
swasthi says
Hi Ritu,
Iam so glad you all liked it.
Thank you
suma says
yum, this turned out so good. can you also share a gravy recipe for mushroom
Kaveri Venkatesh says
That's a nice one..looks very yum