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Meatless Monday : Mushroom Tikka Masala

Published on May 26, 2014 by

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Meatless Monday is getting more and more powerful and I am so happy to be connected with this movement. There is a growth in the consumption of fruits and Veges all over USA and guess what Iran has joined the campaign too. Impressive ! It has reached beyond boundaries, cultures and religion and making its own cult!

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Recently, received an email that Mushroom Council is conducting a Mushroom Makeover Challenge, where you have to recreate a recipe with mushroom as the main ingredient, which is originally a meat recipe. Now that’s a challenge and a bloody good challenge. It came at the right time of the Memorial Day weekend when the whole nation is grilling.

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The instant idea was to recreate chicken tikka masala with mushrooms. people who love Indian cuisine are not unaware of this popular and lip smackingly delicious dish. Pieces of meat skewered with vegetables like onion, tomato and bell pepper, marinated in a beautiful yogurt marinade and spices and then grilled! Yes, Mushroom was a perfect answer to replace chicken in this dish. My carnivore friends will be surprised to know that mushroom replaces the chicken so well and my husband didn’t even miss his meat in that skewer.

Let’s get to the recipe now!

Mushroom Tikka Masala

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Time: Almost 3 hrs including the time to marinade
  • Difficulty: easy
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Kitchen Equipments Required : 6-8 bamboo skewers, grill or flat pan or electric grill, foil, a bowl to marinade, plastic wrap, fork or whisk.

Ingredients :

Button Mushrooms : 20 small or 10 big and halved, washed and cleaned of any dirt with a wet towel.

Onion : 20 pieces, as big as the size of mushrooms.

Green bell pepper / capsicum : 20 pieces, as big as the size of mushrooms.

Tomato, firm : 20 pieces, as big as the size of mushrooms. Remove the pulp.

Yogurt, plain : 1cup. Use Greek or thick hung yogurt.

Ginger : 1 tbsp, freshly grated

Garlic : 1 tbsp, freshly grated

Lemon juice : 1 tbsp, freshly grated

Chickpea flour/ Besan : 1&1/2 tbsp

Garam Masala : 1 tbsp or to taste

Salt : 3/4 tsp

Fancy paprika (non spicy) or Kashmiri red pepper powder : 1 tsp for color.

Oil : 1 tbsp, to brush the skewers lightly while grilling.

For side : lemon slices, julienned onions and some tomatoes slices.

Method :
1. Soak your bamboo skewers in water for 2 hours.

2. Take a bowl. Add yogurt and chickpea flour and mix well with a fork or a whisk. Add garlic, ginger, lemon juice, salt, garam masala, red pepper powder. Mix well with the fork. Your basic marinade is ready.

3. Add washed and cleaned mushrooms, bell peppers, onions and tomato pieces to the marinade. Mix them with a light hand so that every piece is coated well. Cover with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.

4. Now take the marinade out and met rest at room temperature for 10 minutes. Start skewering the bamboo with vegetable pieces. Start with mushrooms gently as they are tender, and then bell pepper, onion and tomato. Repeat it to fill the skewer and skewer all the vegetables likewise on bamboo.

5. Heat the grill or pan to high. I used electric grill. Brush the grill with oil. Now place the skewers on the grill.

6. Once the skewers are placed, I often cover them with foil to steam cook them first for 8 odd minutes, so that the yogurt and chickpea flour gets cooked initially.

7. Now remove the foil. Cook them for 3 to 4 minutes each side, flipping them. Beautiful charring makes them look more desirable. They are ready!

Serving suggestion :

1.You may enjoy them as is.

2. Stuff your pita bread, flat bread, big sandwich bread/roll, thin naan, chapati/roti, with mushroom tikka masala and add some shredded cabbage, onions, cucumber and tomato slices, a dash of lemon and tzatziki.

3. Serve them over the bed of any kind of pilaf or rice.

4. You may serve these as main course or grill them in smaller cocktail skewers and serve as appetizers.

Let me know what you think of this recipe!

Sonal

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Comments

  1. Aditi

    May 28, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    Love the pictures and of course love the idea of mushroom tikkas!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 28, 2014 at 7:55 pm

      Thanks Aditi!

      Reply
  2. Shruti

    May 27, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    I took out baby mushrooms for marination on the same day when you posted and then somehow couldn’t do that.. ๐Ÿ™ I have to make it this week for sure <3 I'm so much loving this grilled texture of your skewers…

    Reply
  3. scottishmomus

    May 27, 2014 at 6:31 pm

    I had chicken tikka massala tonight for dinner! Made by my 18 year old son. It was ok. Didn’t taste as good as yours looks. But don’t tell him I said so. He’s still learning. ๐Ÿ˜‰ x

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 6:34 pm

      :))). You are so awesome !

      Reply
      • scottishmomus

        May 27, 2014 at 6:38 pm

        His dinner wasn’t but it was edible. And I didn’t have to cook! Score. Tasteless/ish but it fills a hole. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ! x

        Reply
  4. simplyvegetarian777

    May 27, 2014 at 10:58 am

    I am and hope you are almost done with your semester and crazy schedule :).

    Reply
  5. Shobha

    May 27, 2014 at 10:19 am

    Delicious and light.. Roti mushroom roll for lunch .. perfect !

    Reply
  6. Priya

    May 27, 2014 at 10:16 am

    Omg, this mushroom tikka masala is simply awesome, i can happily have few rite now..

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 10:17 am

      Thanks Priya :).

      Reply
  7. Cooking Diary by Shruti

    May 27, 2014 at 6:49 am

    Yummmmy…Lovely recipe…so so easy… I am surely gonna try this soon

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 9:55 am

      Thanks Shruti!

      Reply
  8. sunsetdragon

    May 27, 2014 at 1:58 am

    All I have to say is , “Oh yum!!”

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 9:55 am

      Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  9. Priya Kedlaya

    May 27, 2014 at 12:19 am

    Oooh look at all those lovely charred bits! You are a grilling guru, Sonal! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 9:55 am

      Priya :)))))…. Love

      Reply
  10. disappearingwoman

    May 26, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    This looks and sounds so amazing! Other than the bread, I can eat all of this! I’m going to try this when I get home from vacation.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 9:57 am

      :))))

      Reply
  11. Shruti J

    May 26, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    I love it!!! Cant find a better way to use mushrooms… Sonal, a quick query – mushrooms release too much water in marinade.. did u face this prob after marination? I hve been thru it so I usually marinate mushrooms for 15 mins only…

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 9:59 am

      Actually no Shruti! I believe that mushrooms leave water when cooked. And I used Greek yogurt which is quite thick. Grilling probably evaporated the water immediately because of the high temperatures.

      Reply
  12. Patty Nguyen

    May 26, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    What a great mushroom dish, Sonal! That will be perfect for a summer bbq!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 27, 2014 at 10:00 am

      ๐Ÿ™‚ Patty, looking for your posts. Where is your macro Monday?

      Reply
  13. Eat,live,burp

    May 26, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    Holy yum!!! Looks so good. Another mushroom recipe to bookmark:)

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 26, 2014 at 6:28 pm

      If you ever try, let me know the result!

      Reply
  14. How to Philosophize with Cake

    May 26, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    Oh my gosh that looks delicious! I love Indian food, especially anything “tikka masala” (such as paneer). Will have to try this variation sometime! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 26, 2014 at 6:28 pm

      :).

      Reply
  15. Lori

    May 26, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Looks delicious!

    Reply
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    May 26, 2014 at 1:47 pm

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    thank you so much dear ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 26, 2014 at 6:29 pm

      Will do :).

      Reply
      • Ajaytao2010

        May 26, 2014 at 10:44 pm

        thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
  17. Anjana @ At The Corner Of Happy & Harried

    May 26, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    That’s so delightful!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      May 26, 2014 at 6:29 pm

      Thanks Anjana :).

      Reply

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