Paneer Stuffed Mushroom
a simple and easy snack idea of baked mushrooms with a stuffing of grated paneer flavored with some herbs and spices.
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 400 gram Button mushroom
- 1 cup Paneer (grated)
- ½ tsp Pepper powder
- 2 tsp Mixed herb
- 1 tsp Chili flake
- Salt as needed
- Olive oil for greasing
Instructions
- First wash and clean all the button mushrooms.
- Gently break the stalk of each mushroom and keep aside the stalks to use in any other mushroom based recipe.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 180 deg C and grease a baking tray with olive oil.
- Then in a bowl take all the grated paneer along with salt, mixed herbs, chili flakes and pepper powder.
- Mix well, the stuffing is ready.
- Now pick one mushroom cap and fill the cavity of the cap with the stuffing.
- Place the stuffed mushroom caps over the greased baking tray.
- Similarly make some more stuffed mushroom and place over the tray keeping space in between.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or till the mushrooms shrink a bit in size and water starts to release.
- Take out from the oven and serve hot with some ketchup or any desired dip !
Notes
- Don't keep the mushroom after baking without serving. Because as the mushroom cools down, it becomes too soft and soggy.
- I have used the white button mushrooms here. Cremini mushrooms are also perfect for this recipe.
- Always pick fairly large mushrooms so that, those cavities can be easily stuffed.
- Alter the spices and herbs as desired.
- Along with paneer, those stalks can be used as stuffing. If using the stalks, then finely chopped them first and saute in a pan with little oil till completely all the water released. Then mix with paneer mixture and use as stuffing.
- Here I have not added those stalks, rather I keep that to use in some other mushroom-based dish.
- Some grated cheese can be topped on each stuffed mushroom just before baking.