Chettinad Mushroom Pepper Fry/ Chettinad Pepper Mushroom.

Chettinad Mushroom Pepper Fry

Ingredients

White button mushrooms (chopped) - 1 cup

Maida / All purpose flour -3 tbsp

Chick pea flour / Besan flour - 1 tbsp

Onion large (chopped) - 1 no

Tomato medium (chopped) - 1 no

Garlic cloves (chopped) - 5 nos 

Ginger (chopped) - 1" inch

Dry red chillies - 2 nos

Ginger-Garlic paste -1 tsp

Red chilli powder-1 tsp

Pepper powder-1 tsp

Salt to taste
Oil required

Dry roast and grind to coarse powder 
Black pepper corns - 1 tsp 
Sombu / Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Method

Take a bowl mix maida, besan flour, chillipowder, pepper powder, salt and water, make thick batter. 
Dip the chopped mushrooms in this batter, deep fry battered mushrooms in hot oil till golden brown and set aside.
 Heat 2 tbsp oil in a sauce pan, when oil is hot add onions, red chillies, garlic and ginger. 
Saute for 2 mins and add ginger-garlic paste, when the raw smell leaves add tomatoes and saute well. 
Add pepper powder, chilli powder, salt and ground masala powder. 
Add 1 tbsp water and allow masala to cook for few minutes.
 Finally add the fried mushrooms and cook untill dry.