Mushrooms are super delicious! Plus packed with nutrients, vitamins and minerals. That's why it is not really difficult to love this vegetable?!.. hmmm... it is a kind of fungi, actually. And because I love mushrooms, I bought a packed from Mushroom burger in Tagaytay which cost Php 75 per pack for around 500grams already.
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| Tenganng-daga (English: rat-ear) Actually it is bigger that rat's ear! :D |
All mushrooms, edible or not are fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms (Arora, 1986).
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| Different varieties of edible mushroom. Picture came from here. |
If mushrooms come with nutrition label, it will be something like this:
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B vitamins, and minerals plus it has 0% fat! from: Mushroom Info / website here. |
When I got at the dorm, I kept them in the fridge and these variety kept really well. Compared to oyster mushrooms, these have lower moisture content and are darker in color (more phenolic compounds, i think, which are good antioxidants). Then, every time i got time to work on the kitchen, I experiment on them. (As a food scientist, i don't play with foods, it's like adding more value to the food :)
So here are the results :
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| "mushroom sisig rice topping" |
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| "mushroom chips with parsley" |
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| "dinengdeng : tomato, mushroom, bittermelon leaves and stringbeans" |
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| "another version of dinengdeng : malunggay, stringbeans and mushrooms" |
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| "mushroom omelet" |
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| "mushroom vegies" add sotanghon and it becomes pancit! |
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| creamy sisig topped with egg and parsley garnish :) Trying hard chef, I am. |
Yes, they're so easy to cook! So fun to prepare and the outcome? Try it yourself. It depends on your creativity and of course, palate "choosiness" . I am an Ilokana (known for love of bagoong - fish paste) that's why I included dinengdeng there! Taste really good. Mushrooms are rich in glutamate, so no need to add MSG. It makes the dish savory, umami-rich.
So now, it's your turn :) When was the last time you cook something new?
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