Mushrooms have always fascinated me, I used to get very amused the way they magically come up! That was the time when I did not know anything about them including the fact that there are edible varieties in them too ! Once I got to eat them, I became very hooked.The fungi kingdom to which the mushrooms belong is often called as the vegetarian meat – its taste & texture must have prompted the comparisons. The edible fleshy/fruity bodies of the fungi are abundant in essential nutrients and are literally fat-free. They are very easy to prepare and requires little effort. They can be eaten raw or cooked. Either ways rinse them thoroughly before use and if prepared ahead of time, sprinkle with little lemon juice to avoid discoloration. Though there are 38000 varieties of mushrooms, roughly less than 2000 are actually palatable ! Do you know that mushrooms were once the food of royals & nobles and commoners were restricted from eating them? 
For today’s dish I used the very common button mushroom & green pepper. A fuse of spices like black pepper-powder, turmeric powder & coriander powder were added. 





What’s in it :- (spice it as your taste -buds wish for) – serves 2 to 3

• Button Mushroom – 150 gms – approx – washed & diced
• Green Pepper – 1 – diced
• Onion – 1 large – diced
• Green Chillis-  2 – to taste – halved & horizontally slit
• Garlic Pods – 2 – chopped
• Curry Leaves – a few
• Tomato – 1 – chopped
• Black pepper Powder – 1 to 2 tbsp – to taste (I used home-made powder)
• Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
• Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
• Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Coriander Leaves – for garnish