This recipe on authentic Nepali/Newari Choila recipe (Mushroom Sadeko) is the best party food to enjoy with your friends and families and it is vegan. I have prepared it with king oyster mushroom so that you can get the flavorful taste for all my vegan friends. This recipe, mushroom choila, is a typical Newari dish that consists of spiced mushrooms prepared with different ingredients which are revealed in this recipe. I hope you will enjoy making one for yourself.
Ingredients:
7.4 oz. King Oyster Mushroom (shredded)
2 tbsp Cooking Oil + 1 tbsp Cooking Oil (for tempering)
1/4 inch Ginger (minced)
1 medium Garlic (minced)
1 medium-size Tomato (roasted)
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
1 tbsp Red Chili Flakes
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/4 tsp Fenugreek Seed
1 tbsp Lime Juice
1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
1/2 cup Green Onion (chopped)
1/2 cup Cilantro (chopped)
Instructions:
- Shred the king oyster mushroom using a fork by pushing and dragging the fork downwards.
- On a pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add shredded mushroom. Stir-fry for 12-15 minutes. Keep it aside.
- Crush ginger and garlic in mortar and pestle to make a paste.
- Roast tomato until cooked all the way inside and add to the mortar. Crush to make a sauce.
- Add fried mushroom and rest of the spices and mix it well.
- On a small pan, heat oil over high heat. Add fenugreek seed and fry until dark.
- Add turmeric powder and immediately remove from the heat and temper the mushroom mixture.
- Add green onion, cilantro, and lime juice and mix it well.
- Spicy king oyster mushroom choila is ready to serve as an appetizer or goes really well with beaten rice (chewra).