5 Mushroom Recipes For Kids
Mushrooms are a good source of many nutrients and are yummy as well. Mushrooms are also not fatty and most kids love them.
You can try these Mushroom Recipes For Kids-
Mushroom Kebabs
Ingredients
For the Kebabs:
- 1/2 kg potatoes
- 25 gm mushrooms
- 25 gm paneer
- 1 Tbsp onion, chopped
- 1 Tbsp green onion, chopped
- 1 tsp green coriander, chopped
- 1 tsp green chili, chopped
- 3 pieces star anise
- 1 tsp onion seeds (kalonjee)
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
For Batter:
- 250 gm gram flour (besan)
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds, crushed
- 1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
Recipe
For the Kebabs:
- Boil the potatoes and mash them.
- Add in rest of the kebab ingredients and mix well.
- Make kebabs of the desired shape and keep aside.
- Add 1 cup water in gram flour and add in salt, cumin and carom seeds.
- Dip the kebabs in batter and coat well.
- Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the kebabs on low heat till they turn golden.
- Serve with ketchup.
Mushroom Pizza
Ingredients
- 4 Portobello mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 eggs
- salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 — 5 ounces bacon, cut into small cubes
- 4 ounces finely grated cheese of your choice
Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Remove the stems of mushrooms and then use a spoon to gently scrape out the gills inside the mushroom.
- Brush the mushrooms lightly with olive oil and place them in a baking dish cap sides up.
- Roast the mushrooms for 15-20 minutes.
- Fry the bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crispy.
- Drain the bacon on paper towels and set aside.
- Whisk the eggs, salt, and pepper in a mixing bowl just until the whites and yolks are blended.
- Melt the butter in a heavy nonstick pan over medium heat.
- Pour the egg mixture into the pan and turn the heat down to medium low.
- Scramble the eggs as per your liking. Remove from heat.
- Add the fried bacon into the just-scrambled eggs.
- Take the mushrooms and spoon 1/4 of the scrambled eggs on top of each mushroom.
- Top with grated cheese and serve.
Mushroom Rice
Ingredients
- 1½ cup basmati rice
- 200 g Button mushrooms, chopped
- 1 medium size onion, finely chopped
- 1 medium size tomato, chopped
- 1 medium size potato, peeled & cubed
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 2 green cardamoms
- 3 cloves
- 4 black peppercorns
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 cup thick coconut milk + 1.5 to 2 cups water or 2.5 to 3 cups water
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- salt
Recipe
- Soak the rice for 20 to 30 mins.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker, heat oil. Add all the whole spices and fry for a few seconds.
- Add the onions and fry them till translucent.
- Add the ginger-garlic paste and saute a little.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes, potatoes and mushrooms. Saute for 8-10 minutes till the mushrooms are half cooked.
- Add the soaked rice.
- Saute the rice on a low flame for 2 minutes.
- Add the coconut milk+water or plain water. Stir and add salt.
- Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles.
- When the pressure settles down, take the rice out and fluff it a bit.
- Serve after garnishing with cilantro.
Stuffed Mushroom
Ingredients
- 250 gms large button mushrooms with stem
- 2 Tbsp garlic, finely chopped
- 2 Tbsp onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp white pepper powder
- 2 Tbsp fresh coriander
- 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese
- 1 Tbsp butter
- Salt to taste
Recipe
- Wash the mushrooms and remove the stalks.
- Core the cap.
- Heat butter in a pan, add garlic and onion. Saute for a minute. Add salt and pepper.
- Remove from heat.
- Let the filling cool down and add grated cheese and chopped coriander.
- Stuff the mixture in the mushroom caps and bake in at 220 degree Celsius for 4 minutes
Mushroom Manchurian
Ingredients
For the batter:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp soya sauce
- ¾ cup water
- salt & sugar to taste
For the manchurian:
- 200-250 gms button mushrooms
- 3-4 spring onions, finely chopped
- 2 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 2 tsp finely chopped ginger
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 medium size green or yellow bell pepper, chopped
- salt to taste
Recipe
- Halve the mushrooms.
- Make the batter.
- Heat oil in a pan. Dip the mushrooms in batter and fry them till they turn golden. Keep aside.
- Add spring onion whites in a bowl and fry them for a minute.
- Then add the ginger, garlic and some of the spring onion greens.
- Fry again for a minute. Add salt, pepper and soy sauce.
- Mix properly and add the mushrooms to this sauce.
- Stir well and serve.