I got a motivation to make Cheesy Garlic Mushroom Balls, when I had it for the first time in one of the Restaurant Barley and Grapes Cafe in Banglore. That was the day when i decided to make this recipe at home and sharing it with my readers. Though when I prepared this for the first time it didn’t came out well, but then I didn’t loose hope and i tried to make it again. To begin with I asked the chef at the Restaurant on the ingredients for the recipe. With that information and the little bit of my creativity I made this recipe which eventually turned out to be a real good one.
Ingredients :-
- Button mushrooms – 10 (cleaned , stems separated from the caps)
- Small onion- 4 (minced)
- Butter – 1 tbsp
- Garlic – 6-7 clove (minced)
- Salt – as per the taste
- Pepper – as per the taste
- Coriander leaves – 1 Tbsp (finely chopped)
- Green chilies – 1-3 (finely chopped)
- Cottage cheese – ½ cup
- Cheese – 2 cups
- Corn flour – 1½ tbsp
- Refined flour – 2 tbsp
- Water – 1 cup or (as per required)
- Vegetable oil – to deep fry
Method :-
- Finely chop the mushroom stems.
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a small frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Saute the chopped mushroom stems and the onions for about 4-5 minutes, stirring in between.
- Now add the garlic and sprinkle pepper and salt as per your taste.
- Mix well and saute for about 2 to 3 more minutes.
- Switch off the gas.
- Add the coriander leaves and cottage cheese and mix well.
- Boil the mushrooms in hot water for about 2-3 minutes.
- Let it cool down.
- Now stuff each mushroom with the mixture and keep aside.
- Mix cheese and chopped green chilies together and make 10 small ball of the mixture.
- Take one ball in your hand and press it onto your palms to make a small round shape.
- Place mushroom in the centre and cover the stuffed mushroom with the cheese mixture.
- Now the same procedure has to be followed for all the 10 mushrooms.
- Now make a thick smooth paste of corn flour and refined flour by adding 1 cup of water.
- Ensure that the flour paste should be little thick, so that the cheese coating over the mushrooms should not spill out in a frying pan while deep frying.
- Heat oil in a frying pan.
- Dip each mushroom ball one by one in the flour paste and fry the balls.
- Serve hot with garlic sauce or tomato sauce.