Stuffed Mushroom Fritters

Mushrooms are good source of potassium & trace elements. So if you don't know much about mushrooms go for commercially available mushrooms. In India mushrooms are used widely for cooking mushroom curry, mushroom paneer, fried mushroom, mushroom paratha & lots more. Few years before mushroom vegetables were not much popular in all parts of India but now it is famous all over India.Here we are gonna see  the recipe related to the fritters.

Prep time  :20 mins        |Cook time:10 mins        |Serves:3

For the batter

Ingredients	Quantity
Gram flour	1 cup
corn flour	2 tbsp
rice flour	2 tbsp
baking powder	1/2 tsp
ginger garlic paste	1 tsp
Chilli powder	1 tsp
Kasoori methi	1 tsp
salt	to taste
Oil	For frying

 For stuffing

Mushrooms	200 gms
Pumpkin grated	100 gms
Coriander chopped	½ cup
Green chilli chopped	2 nos
Paneer grated	¼ cup
Oil	2 tbsp
Dry mango powder	1 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Salt	to taste

Method

1. Remove mushroom stems carefully and with the tip of a peeler clean the cavity properly.In a bowl add grated pumpkin, coriander,chilli,grated paneer,dry mango powder,garam masala and salt.Sauté. 2. Keep the prepared items separetely.Mash mushroom stems and add to the stuffing mixture.3. Beat the gram flour batter with the other ingredients.Once the batter is ready add handful of pudina leaves to it  and keep stirring so that all the items mixed properly.4. Mix well and stuff mushroom caps with the stuffing.5. Heat oil properly and reduce heat to medium.Dip the stuffed mushrooms one by one in the batter and fry 3 to 4 mushrooms at a time till crisp on all sides.Drain on kitchen paper. In this way fry all the stuffed mushrooms.Serve with your favorite chutney or sauce.

Notes

Instead of paneer, grated cheese can also be added.

 

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