I am a mushroom fanatic! The other day a recipe for fried curried mushrooms on Indonesia-Eats caught my attention. I really liked the sound of deep frying mushrooms and I was surprised that I had never thought of it before. As if they did not sound good enough already, they were also curried! I don’t deep fry very often but I just had to try deep frying mushrooms! In an effort to ensure a nice and crispy coating I decided to go with a heavier batter and a panko breadcrumb coating. While I was thinking about the fried mushrooms and what kind of dipping sauce to enjoy them with I kept coming back to a gorgonzola blue cheese dipping sauce which I decided to go with. The curried deep fries mushrooms turned out great! They were nice and light and crispy on the outside and the mushrooms were nice and moist and warm and mushroomy good on the inside. Each bite of these crispy, crunchy curried mushrooms was magical…mmm… The blue cheese dip went really well with the fried mushroom finishing off a perfect appetizer!
Curried Fried Mushrooms
ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup water (or beer or white wine)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 pound mushrooms (I used oyster and king oyster, slice any really large mushrooms to ensure even cooking)
- 2 cups panko bread crumbs
- oil for frying
directions
- Mix the flour, water, egg and curry powder.
- Dip the mushrooms into the batter and then dredge them in the panko bread crumbs.
- Fry in oil until golden brown.
Soma says
February 27, 2009 at 1:15 amI am the first one here:-)
I have had deep fried mushroom before. However yours looks way better in using so many things in it to add flavors! I am kinda mushroom crazy too.
Parkse says
February 27, 2009 at 1:28 amWow this looks stunning. Fried mushrooms and curry? This is going on my weekend to do list
Sweet Bird says
February 27, 2009 at 1:30 amThese look delicious!
Mrs Ergül says
February 27, 2009 at 2:13 amI am a mushroom fanatic too! And I, too, have never thought of deep-frying them! This is good stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Selba says
February 27, 2009 at 2:14 amThe famous fried mushrooms here in Indonesia is from Wonosobo (East Java) but I’m not sure whether they use curry.
Anyway, your curried fried mushrooms looks yummy.
Melissa says
February 27, 2009 at 2:17 amI would never have thought to put curry in something fried, especially mushrooms. That is a great idea. I love fried mushrooms, but I love curry even more, they sound amazing.
Diana Evans says
February 27, 2009 at 2:29 amHi Kevin…this sounds great and looks really wonderful!!!
Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food. says
February 27, 2009 at 2:44 amOh, Kevin! I wish you posted this recipe 2 days ago. My mushrooms are now in the trash because I could not find a good recipe. I bought these very fat mushrooms the guy at the market claimed they were oyster mushroom (but I doubt it). I’ve never seen that kind before, and a short research I made online did not bring up anything that looked like oyster and my mushroom, or anything else familiar.
This recipe might have worked.
StickyGooeyCreamyChewy says
February 27, 2009 at 2:49 amOooh! I love fried mushrooms! Love the curry twist too.
redmenace says
February 27, 2009 at 3:01 amThat looks fantastic! I love mushrooms and pretty much anything fried.
Sara says
February 27, 2009 at 3:03 amLooks great, I love that you used oyster mushrooms!
Adrienne says
February 27, 2009 at 3:16 amYou can DEEP FRY MUSHROOMS? Why has no one ever TOLD me this before? Those. Look. Killer.
Anonymous says
February 27, 2009 at 3:18 amYou guys obviously haven’t been in the south before….fried mushrooms, fried green tomatoes, fried Snickers, fried pickles, etc. LOL!
Hayley says
February 27, 2009 at 3:52 amI love mushrooms, but have never thought of anything like this. I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing!
Rita says
February 27, 2009 at 5:12 amI ‘ve been wanting to fry some mushrooms, Kid Valley Style. This looks good…
Salina Inzaghi says
February 27, 2009 at 5:42 amsweet thai chilli sauce makes excellent dip for this
Lizz says
February 27, 2009 at 5:51 amOh my god, this looks absolutely wonderful! 🙂
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
February 27, 2009 at 6:06 amThat’s an unusual recipe! These mushrooms look really delicious!
cheers,
Rosa
Jan says
February 27, 2009 at 7:10 amNow I love mushrooms but I’d never have thought to deep fry them in curry flavoured crumbs! They look good!
Donna-FFW says
February 27, 2009 at 11:04 amThese must be fabulous with the addition of curry. Tey sure do look delicious, and perfectly colored, how do you do that!
TINTIN says
February 27, 2009 at 12:07 pmWow..this look great, I would love to try this ^^
Debbie says
February 27, 2009 at 12:22 pmNever thought of using curry with fried mushrooms. Sounds really good!
Foodie with Little Thyme! says
February 27, 2009 at 1:02 pmBack in the day,20+,we had a Fry Daddy and made fried mushrooms all the time. Such a mess. Never did I cut them. Good Idea. They look almost too good to eat.
lisaiscooking says
February 27, 2009 at 2:27 pmIt’s been way too long since I had some fried mushrooms. Yours look amazing.
pigpigscorner says
February 27, 2009 at 2:35 pmLooks and sounds perfect! I love my mushrooms too and I love fried stuff, but I try not to fry anything at home.
Bridgett says
February 27, 2009 at 4:24 pmBrilliant idea!
Maria says
February 27, 2009 at 4:42 pmI am loving this one!!
Culinary Cory says
February 27, 2009 at 5:36 pmI like the idea of using oyster and king mushrooms. They give such a unique shape to the dish.
Jennifer says
February 27, 2009 at 6:43 pmI’m not a fan of mushrooms Kevin, but your picture looks great!
I love the coating too!
Kathleen says
February 27, 2009 at 7:08 pmoh god.
Marry me?
okay I’ll just take the mushrooms then.
they look fantastic Kevin. ABSOLUTELY
Mike of Mike's Table says
February 27, 2009 at 7:13 pmI’d only recently heard of fried mushrooms which is something that just blew my mind. These sound like they’d be incredible!
Lori says
February 27, 2009 at 7:35 pmYum! I love mushrooms too. Curry is a postive addition as well. Love curry! Thanks!
elyse says
February 27, 2009 at 8:11 pmjust wanted to say: dude, your blog is freaking awesome!!!
Anonymous says
February 27, 2009 at 8:39 pmThey do look great! As much as we LOVE stuffed mushrooms, we’ve never thought about frying them. After seeing your beauties, we may have to try ones with a bit of filling in them.
Jescel says
February 27, 2009 at 9:02 pmwow.. never thought of frying mushrooms before. this dish is rich but looks delish! (hah! i’m totally rhyming! lol!)
unconfidentialcook says
February 27, 2009 at 9:05 pmGood idea….Fry it, and even Mr. I-Hate-Vegetables will like it! Thank you!
Lisa says
February 27, 2009 at 9:16 pmOH! I just must try this. You certainly have a way with mushrooms.
Not Another Omnivore says
February 28, 2009 at 12:34 amDelicious!
NAOmni
Daziano says
February 28, 2009 at 12:51 amHmmmm they look like those fish dinosaurs (which I love), but I’m sure your curried fried mushrooms are much better!
nithya at hungrydesi says
February 28, 2009 at 6:46 pmThese look really yummy…panko bread crumbs plus curry powder seems like a great combination! There are so many possibilities for these too…would be great on a sandwich or as an app.
pepsakoy says
February 28, 2009 at 10:45 pmMust give it a try !! Thanks for the recipe..
gaga says
March 2, 2009 at 12:00 amYum, I love the addition of curry. It’s such a nice and surprising twist!
ana dane says
March 2, 2009 at 1:46 amappetizer? forget it, i would happily make this the whole meal. they look so, so good.
tigerfish says
March 2, 2009 at 4:00 amThat sounds very good!
Maggie says
March 2, 2009 at 1:40 pmFried mushrooms are SO good! The curry and crispy panko really take thse over the top.
megan (brooklyn farmhouse) says
March 2, 2009 at 10:25 pmOh WOW those look amazing! Oyster mushrooms are my fav mushroom – and those babies are fried to perfection, my friend! I need to try this!
Indonesia-Eats says
March 3, 2009 at 1:27 amI guess you fell in love with the deep fried curried mushroom, eh?
Y says
March 4, 2009 at 12:58 amOh those sound amazing!
Deseree says
March 5, 2009 at 12:23 amI was always a fan of deep fried mushrooms, but never would I have thought of curry fried mushrooms. I love curry. I also like spicy curry, I wonder how hot Madras curry would work. I may have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Anonymous says
March 6, 2009 at 11:27 amLooks very yummy! Good to indulge in a few fried stuff once in a while 🙂
Anonymous says
May 31, 2014 at 9:41 amseriously guys are you all agoraphobic or just have you never eaten out at all! let me see garlic button mushrooms…deep fried! Wow who'd of thunk. oh and something deep fried that's curry flavoured what could we create? oh..other than Onion bhaji's, veg Pakora's Samosas etc. hope this isn't too much of a shock