CHILLI MUSHROOM

Ingredients

1 cup of button mushrooms (cleaned and quartered)

½ cup bell pepper/ capsicum cubed

⅓ cup chopped spring onions

1 green chili 

1 medium onion cubed and layers separated (optional)

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp soya sauce

¾ tbsp tsp chili sauce 

¾ tbsp tomato ketchup

⅛ tsp pepper powder

Salt as needed

2 tbsp water

Method

Rinse and wipe off mushrooms with a kitchen towel. Slice or halve or quarter them. If you want to remove the skin you can just peel off.
Heat a wide skillet with oil on a high flame.
Add garlic and saute for a min to get a good aroma. Add mushrooms and chili. Saute for 2 mins. Cover and cook until the mushrooms are half done.
Add the capsicum and spring onions, toss and fry till the capsicums are almost cooked but not soft. Make sure mushrooms are cooked as well.
Add the sauces to the skillet evenly. Add 2 tbsp water. Add pepper powder. Toss and fry for another min or until the sauce thickens. 
Serve chilli mushroom with hakka noodles or fried rice.

ONION TOMATO CHUTNEY

Ingredients

1 Onion , chopped 
1 Tomato , chopped
1 tbsp Ginger, chopped 
1 tsp Coriander seeds 
6 nos Red chillies 
2 tsp Chana dal 
1/2 tsp Tamarind 
2 tbsp Coconut, grated 
pinch Asafoetida 

To temper

2 tsp Oil 
1 tsp Mustard
1 tsp Urad dal 
Few Curry leaves 

Method

In a kadai, add oil, roast chilli, chana dal first 30 seconds.
Then add coriander seeds, continue roasting for 30 more seconds and then lastly add asafoetida.
Add chopped ginger, cubed onion and fry for a minute.
Add cubed tomatoes and fry until soft.
Remove on a plate to cool down.
Grind with coconut, salt and tamarind. Add little water while grinding.
Transfer to serving bowl and temper heating adding oil, splutter mustard, urad dal and curry leaves. Mix to serve.

Notes

Make sure to add enough red chillies depending on the spiciness the red chilli has.
You can skip coconut and make the same way.