This Sri Lankan Mushroom stir-fry is a simple delicious and spicy vegetarian dish that is suitable as a side with plain rice. If you cook it right the flavours of mushroom is all over the dish that makes you finger licking.
In Sri Lanka Oyster mushroom is so much popular. Therefore this is a spicy Oyster mushroom stir fry recipe which allows you to add these vegetarian proteins for your meal. Called as ‘Hathu’ in Sinhalese, mushrooms are a great vegetarian protein that you can add to your lunch.
When you cook oyster mushroom be sure to squeeze the water. With this step you can achieve the best flavourful mushroom stir fry with all spices inside it. Instead of cutting mushroom into pieces I prefer to split it lengthwise. There is a difference in taste. It is flavourful!
Other Mushroom Recipes
Below are some other mushroom recipes that you can try.
How long does mushroom take to cook?
If you are unsure about mushroom cooking time I should say it is really fast. You can stir fry mushroom for about 4-5 minutes until the colour changes. At this stage mushroom will become tender.
When you cook mushroom do not mix frequently.
Instead of that occasionally mix mushroom and allow it to absorb all the liquids in the pan.
Recipe: Sri Lankan Mushroom Stir-Fry
Ingredients (for 3-4 servings)
1 pkt of Oyster mushroom
1 medium sized onion
2-3 Green chillies
1 sprig of curry leaves
1 inch piece Rampe (Pandan leaf)
¼ tspn mustard seeds
¼ tspn turmeric powder
1 tspn chili flakes
1 inch piece cinnamon stick
1 tbsp. Oil to fry
Salt as required
Method
Step 1: Preparation
Wash mushroom and drain water.
Squeeze the water from mushroom.
Then split mushroom in to slices lengthwise.
Keep aside.
Slice onion and Split green chilies lengthwise.
Keep aside.
Step 2: Cooking the stir fry
Heat about 1-2 tbspn oil in a frying pan.
When oil is hot Add mustard seeds .Allow spluttering.
When mustard seeds starts popping up, add onions.
Fry few minutes until the onion starts emitting aroma.
At this stage, add curry leaves, rampe and green chilies.
Mix well and stir fry for another few seconds.
When onion mix is tender, add turmeric powder to the stir-fry and mix well.
Finally add chili flakes to the stir-fry and mix well.
Step 3 : Adding mushroom and Final step
Add mushroom pieces to this mix. Mix well until all the ingredients combine well.
Add salt as per taste.
Mix well.
Cover and cook for another few seconds until mushroom absorbs all flavours of ingredients.
When mushroom changes its colour mix the stir fry.
Check for salt and remove from the heat.
A delicious Sri Lankan mushroom stir-fry dish is ready to serve with plain rice.
Below is the printable recipe for cooking this spicy mushroom stir-fry.
Sri Lankan Mushroom Stir-fry recipe
Equipment
- NA
Ingredients
- 1 pct Oyster mushroom
- 1 no onion Medium sized
- 3 no Green chillies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 piece Rampe (Pandan leaf)
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 piece cinnamon stick
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil to fry
- Salt As per taste
Instructions
Step 1: Preparation
- Wash mushroom and drain water.Squeeze the water from mushroom.Then split mushroom in to slices lengthwise. Keep aside.Slice onion and Split green chilies lengthwise.Keep aside.
Step 2: Cooking the stir fry
- Heat about 1-2 tbspn oil in a frying pan.When oil is hot Add mustard seeds .Allow spluttering.When mustard seeds starts popping up, add onions. Fry few minutes until the onion starts emitting aroma.At this stage, add curry leaves, rampe and green chilies. Mix well and stir fry for another few seconds.When onion mix is tender, add turmeric powder to the stir-fry and mix well.Finally add chili flakes to the stir-fry and mix well.
Step 3 : Adding mushroom and Final step
- Add mushroom pieces to this mix. Mix well until all the ingredients combine well.Add salt as per taste.Mix well.Cover and cook for another few seconds until mushroom absorbs all flavours of ingredients. When mushroom changes its colour mix the stir fry.Check for salt and remove from the heat.A delicious Sri Lankan mushroom stir fry dish is ready to serve with plain rice.
Notes
If you try this Sri Lankan Oyster mushroom stir-fry,then don’t forget to leave me a comment. 🙂
How do you cook mushroom?
6 comments
Looks so delicious.I will try this recipe
This recipe is amazing! The food looks so delicious! I need to try this!
Great site Amila! I’ll try your recipes! Thank you!
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Thank you, good recipe 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂