Air Fryer Masala Spiced Mushrooms : Easy Indian Recipe
Looking for a quick and easy recipe that you can just mix together and toss in the air fryer? These air fryer masala spiced mushrooms are just what you have been looking for! Air fryer veggies are delicious all on their own, but toss the right blend of Indian spices on them and you will be blown away with flavor!
This easy Indian air fryer recipe is made with portobello mushrooms, sweet peppers, and onions seasoned with Chana Masala, garam masala, salt and a touch of oil. These air fryer mushrooms sound simple…and yes, they are simple to make…but the flavor is complex and delicious!
These air fryer masala spiced mushrooms are the perfect healthy side dish for any Indian inspired meal! You can have this recipe prepped and ready to serve in 10 minutes! Making a healthy, plant-based dinner just got a whole lot easier!
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MARINADE FOR AIR FRYER MASALA SPICED MUSHROOMS
Vegetables are delicious all on their own, when cooked in the air fryer. But toss them in the right medley of Indian spices you will be in heaven! This recipe is soooo delicious, you will have no problem eating your vegetables today!
So what’s in the marinade? It’s just couple of ingredients, but it is LOADED with flavor! To make the marinade for these air fryer masala spiced mushrooms, you will combine oil, Chana Masala spice mix, garam masala spice mix, and salt. That’s it! Sounds simple, but both, garam masala and Chana Masala spice mix are packed with a medley of spices. They provide a ton of flavor and complexity with just one easy scoop!
Chana Masala and Garam Masala for Air Fryer Indian Mushroom recipe
Indian cuisine is often loaded with complex flavor. How? Because there are often a TON of spices used to create it. This leads to delicious results of course…but you have to have a lot of spices in your spice cabinet. Luckily there are ways to get a complex Indian inspired flavor in a much easier way. The secret? Combining Chana Masala Spice Mix with garam masala.
Instead of using a long list of spices to achieve a complex Indian inspired flavor, you can make things simple and reach for just two! If you combine Garam Masala and Chana Masala spice mix you can create an incredibly delicious, complex flavor!
You can find both of these spices in the International isle or spice isle of your grocery store. You can also easily find them at your local Indian market or online.
Chana Masala spice mix is a blend of coriander, dehydrated mango, salt, chili, cumin, musk melon, pomegranate seeds, ginger, black salt, pepper, fenugreek leaves, cassia, mint leaves, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, caraway, mace, and cardamom….like I said…very complex!
Garam masala is a combination of cinnamon, peppercorns, mustard seeds, cardamom, cloves, mace, nutmeg, and coriander.
So when you put the two of them together you create a delicious blend of spices without measuring out a truck load of spices! These are two spice mixes worth having in your spice cabinet. Including them in your cooking is a simple way to build complex, delicious, Indian inspired flavor.
How to make Air Fryer Masala Spiced Mushrooms
Have you discovered the magic of air fryer vegetables!?! If not, today is the day! Cooking mushrooms and other vegetables in the air fryer is a total game changer! It is such a fast and easy way to get a TON of veggies in your diet.
To make these Air Fryer masala spiced mushrooms, you will begin by preheating your air fryer at 375 degrees F. If you don’t have a preheat setting on your air fryer, simply turn on you air fryer with nothing in it for five minutes. That will do the trick!
Next cut your sweet peppers and onions to the size you desire. For this recipe, I went with somewhat bigger pieces. You can chop your small portobello mushrooms if you desire as well. I personally left them whole.
Next, place your mushrooms, onions and peppers in a mixing bowl and add the garam masala, Chana Masala, oil, and salt. Mix until evenly combined.
Place seasoned mushrooms and veggies in the preheated air fryer and cook for 8 minutes at 375 degrees F. Your air fryer Indian mushrooms will be ready when they are juicy and tender.
Remove from air fryer, serve, and enjoy!
What to serve with Air Fryer Masala Spiced Indian Mushrooms
This air fryer Indian mushroom recipe makes the PERFECT side dish to any meal. But I personally love to serve it along side any Indian cuisine. Pair these masala spiced mushrooms with rice and a side of lentils, any curry dish, or air fryer vegan curry chicken tacos!
This air fryer Masala spiced Indian mushroom recipe is perfect for meal prep!
This air fryer veggie recipe is the perfect way to easily get more vegetables in your diet! You can prep a nice big batch of these at the beginning of the week and just reheat and eat them all week long! Just store your Indian spiced mushrooms in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Air Fryer Masala Spiced Mushrooms : easy Indian recipe
Equipment
- air fryer
Ingredients
- 12 oz small portobello mushrooms (baby Bella) can substitute any mushroom
- 8 oz mini sweet peppers, cut can substitute any peppers and cut to size of your choice
- 1/2 sweet onion, cut can substitute any onion and cut to size of your choice
- 1 tsp Chana masala
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp oil can use any neutral oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 375 degrees F
- Thoroughly wash mushrooms and veggies
- Cut peppers and onions to size of your choice. Cut mushrooms if desired (I left the whole)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients
- Mix until evenly coated
- Place seasoned mushrooms and veggies into air fryer. Make sure they are in a single layer. This will allow them to cook evenly. If you have a small air fryer, you may need to cook in batches
- Air fry at 375 degrees F for 8 minutes. Mushrooms and veggies will be done when they are juicy and tender
- Remove from air fryer, serve and enjoy!
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