Mushroom Balls (Fried and baked)

                                        Fried mushroom balls

Mushroom ball is a meat substitute for vegetarians. It is a very tasty dish and versatile dish. It can go well with rice, bread, noodles, spaghetti, couscous, scrambled semolina, many other foods and it can be a good snack too. I served these balls with mixed vegetable couscous and curry sauce. It was delicious.

Button mushroom

Oyster and button mushrooms

 

                                       Recipe summary
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                                        Mushroom Balls

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves: 10                                 

1.For this recipe you can use any type of mushroom. I am using 300 grams of oyster mushroom chopped into ½ inch cubes and 150 grams button mushrooms chopped into ½ inch cubes. Both are watery. 

Button and oyster mushroom

2. In a large frying pan or wok add 1 tablespoon butter and heat it up. When the butter is melted reduce the heat add mushroom slices and fry till the mushroom slices for about 20 minutes or till they turn dark brown. Strain the mushroom pieces and set them aside.               

3. In a large frying pan or wok add 2 tablespoon vegetable oil and heat it up. Reduce the heat to low and add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, I onion chopped coarsely and 1 green chili sliced and fry for about 10 minutes or till the onion pieces become translucent. 

Ingredients

4.Add 3 cloves garlic sliced thin, 10 gram ginger shredded  and ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder and fry for two minutes.

5. Add 1  boiled potato  peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes, fried mushroom pieces and 50 grams cooked rice and heat them up.
Take the pan off the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes.

Fried mushroom balls

6. Now add 100 grams breadcrumbs, ½ teaspoon pepper powder, 1 teaspoon salt and mix all in a food processor. You can process them coarse or fine, according to your choice. I processed them to a fine consistency. With fine consistency you will get smooth balls. With coarse consistency you will get textured balls.

Baked mushroom balls

7. Now smear some vegetable oil on your palms and make the balls of uniform size.

I got approximately 60 balls. I fried half of them and baked the other half. 


8. I fried half the balls in small batches of 6 on low heat for about 7 minutes.

9. I baked the other half at 350 °F for 45 minutes.

Mushroom balls are ready.
                                  

                          Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves: 10

Ingredients
Main
300 grams oyster mushroom chopped into ½ inch cubes
150 grams of button mushroom chopped into ½ inch cubes
Others
I onion chopped coarsely
1 potato boiled, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes.
50 grams cooked rice
100 grams breadcrumbs
1 green chili sliced
3 cloves garlic sliced thin
10 gram ginger shredded
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper powder
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
Spices
½ teaspoon pepper powder
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
½ teaspoon cinnamon powder

Ingredients for Mushroom balls

Preparation

For this recipe you can use any type of mushroom. Both oyster mushroom and button mushroom are watery. For making mushroom balls there should not be much water in the mushroom. You will have to reduce the water content we fry the mushroom in low heat for a long time. If we do not reduce the water content, the balls will be very soft and soggy.
 In a large frying pan or wok add butter and heat it up. When the butter is melted reduce the heat add mushroom slices and fry till the mushroom slices for about 20 minutes or till they turn dark brown. Strain the mushroom pieces and set them aside.


Method

In a large frying pan or wok add vegetable oil and heat it up. Reduce the heat to low and add cumin seeds, onion and green chili and fry for about 10 minutes or till the onion pieces become translucent. Add garlic, ginger and cinnamon powder and fry for two minutes. Add potato pieces, fried mushroom pieces and rice and heat them up.
Take the pan off the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes. Now add bread crumbs, pepper powder, salt and mix all in a food processor. You can process them coarse or fine, according to your choice. I processed them to a fine consistency. With fine consistency you will get smooth balls. With coarse consistency you will get textured balls.

Mushroom and vegetables and dry bread crumbs in a food processor

Now smear some vegetable oil on your palms and make the balls of uniform size.

I got approximately 60 balls.

Mushrooms and vegetables made into balls

 I fried half of them and baked the other half. I fried half the balls in small batches of 6 on low heat for about 7 minutes.

Mushroom balls in a baking tray

I baked the other half at 350 °F for 45 minutes.

Baked mushroom balls

I served mushroom balls with yellow rice and curry sauce.

Mushroom balls served with couscous and curry sauce

Nutrition data for this recipe
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