A very quick sides recipe; raw, tart green tomatoes and earthy mushrooms stir fried in fragrant sesame oil.
We had light snow a couple of days back resulting my garden to breathe it’s last. The plants still had a lot of peppers and tomatoes. I went out in the freezing cold and got all the unripe tomatoes in all shapes and sizes.
I don’t cook with green tomatoes often. They usually sit on the counter top till they get red and pretty; but this time I had way too many. Here is what I came up with – quick, easy and strange combination of the earthy mushrooms and the tart tomatoes cooked in sesame oil – to my surprise it was quite delicious!
Mushroom and Green Tomato Stir Fry
Ingredients:
- 1.5 Tablespoons Pure Sesame Oil
- 2 Cups Buttom/Cremini Mushrooms, Sliced
- 3 Medium Green/Unripe Tomatoes, Halved and Sliced
- 1/2 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- Red Pepper Flakes
- 2-3 Hot Green Pepper (Thai bird/Serrano)
- Salt
- Fresh Parsley/Cilantro/Thyme (or your favorite herb), for Garnish
Preparation:Wash the mushrooms and pry them with a kitchen/paper towel. Slice them.
Heat oil in a skillet. Add the cumin seeds, slit hot peppers and the pepper flakes. When the cumin sizzles, add the mushrooms, and the sliced tomatoes; cook at high heat while tossing occasionally till all the water evaporates and the mushrooms turn brown. Add salt and garnish with cilantro/parsley/thyme.
Serve warm.
I loved this with wild rice. Spicy peppers, slightly tart tomatoes and the full bodied mushrooms together make a strangely good combination.
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Looks so good. I usually make sambhar with the green tomatoes.
That stir-fry is awesome! What lovely colors and flavors!
Cheers,
Rosa
I’ve never tried green tomatoes before but I know I love mushrooms and regular tomatoes, so this definitely would please me.
Wow that is just so so beautiful.
Beautiful pics! Green tomatoes…I just had it in curry. 🙂
I never cooked with tomatoes before… looks great… should try it once and I love mushrooms
I meant green tomatoes
What a great recipe for green tomatoes. I’ve never used them in cooking. I love pickling them. I’m going to try this recipe for sure. Thanks.
Wonderfully delicious stir fry. I don’t cook with green tomatoes often either but what an inspiring idea. Such great color–it looks very fresh and very tasty.
i feel like eatin this right now
Wonderful looking stir fry and gorgeous clicks!
That looks delicious! The only dish I make with green tomatoes is salsa.
A very colorful and delicious stir-fry, love this side dish!
WOw!Looks like I missed some of your wonderful creations in the past week or so!!Lovely!
Okay, Soma ! I wish that we could both sit down to your delicious stir fry!
This looks so great….can’t wait to try it
thats a real unusual combo but looks delish…love green tomatoes. once fried them with batter, loved it. will definitely try this one.
Very quick stir fry- green tomat and dhal work perfectly too…
Ami Green Tomato khub ekta kini na, ei week ei try korbo
Sandeepa, egulo kini ni 😉 last week snow hoyechey, tai bagan shob wilt kore kharap hoye gelo. Onek Knacha tomato chilo gaachey, she gulo diye i korlam ;-D
What a colorful combination, looks fantastic !
Wow, nice dish…love the ingredients in it…and what a nice combination of colors…absolutely yummie!
I really do love the flavor of green tomatoes. They look so vibrant. This looks really delicious!
I too do not cook that often with green tomatoes.Interesting stir fry.The clicks are great.You always come up with unique and hearty combos Soma
Wow… I can’t believe you had snow already! In my mind it is still not winter…lol… Love the look of this dish. I am sure it must have been delicious. I have also never cooked with green tomatoes!
Looks very delicious….love mushrooms….
I just had my lunch and your recipie has made me hungry again ! Mushroom is my all time favorite and this is sooo good.
Looks delicious! I haven’t done much cooking with green tomatoes either.
the bowl of bright, colorful veggies remind me of spring Soma. Lovely.
Stir fries always look so inviting. This looks amazing! Great colours and flavours.
This is my case too with green tomatoes I prefer them red so this recipe is a scrumptious surprise for me 🙂
Cheers!
Gera
Love the colors and I can imagine the wonderful flavor. Every ingredient is on my A-List.
I’ve never cooked with green tomatoes, even though I’ve wanted to ever since reading Fannie Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes. Maybe I will finally try, since this stir-fry looks really delicious.
Amazing .will try it.Thank you.