Mushrooms in Manchurian Sauce

Mushroom curry in Marathi

Time: 30 Minutes
Serves: 3 persons

Ingredients:
For Mushroom Curry
12 no. Button mushrooms, sliced
2 tsp oil
1 Spring Onion, finely chopped (Reserve some greens for garnishing)
3 Garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp Ginger paste
1 small green chili, slit
1 tsp Soy sauce (I used Ching's chili soy sauce)
1/4 tsp vinegar (if you want more sour taste add 1/4 tsp more)
1 and 1/2 cups Water or vegetable stock
2 tbsp corn starch or corn flour
Salt to taste
For Rice
1 cup Long grain rice (Basmati)
1/2 tsp Salt
2 allspice balls

Method:
Rice:
1) Wash rice under running water. Drain the water and keep the rice aside for 15 minutes.
2) In a cooking pot. heat 2 cups of water, add all spice balls and salt. Stir nicely.
3) Once water starts boiling, add washed rice and let it cook till rice is fluffy.
Mushroom curry
1) Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Saute ginger paste, green chili and garlic. Saute white part of spring onion for few second. Add soy sauce and 1 cup vegetable stock.
2) In a small bowl, mix 1 tbsp corn starch into 1/2 cup vegetable stock. Mix well and remove any lumps. Once the the vegetable stock starts boling, add this mixture to it and let it cook over medium heat. If you want to make the sauce more thick, add 1 tbsp corn starch to 1/4 cup water and add it to the sauce.
3) Add mushrooms and very little salt. Also add vinegar and let it cook for one or two minutes.

Fill a bowl with steamy rice and pour mushroom curry over it. Garnish with Green onions and serve hot.