Marinated oyster mushrooms with basil and ginger

Name: Marinated oyster mushrooms with basil and ginger
Yield: Serve 4
Ingredients: 30 g thai basil (or sweet basil); 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon palm sugar or brown sugar; coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 cm piece of root ginger, peeled and chopped; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced; 2 green chillies, deseeded and thinly sliced; 400 g oyster mushrooms; 2 tablespoons groundnut or vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pure Vegetarian

By Paul Gayler

Published 2006

About

You can use shiitake or chestnut mushrooms instead. Don’t chill before serving as the delicate marinating juices dilute the flavour.

Ingredients

1 cm piece of root ginger, peeled and chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
2 gree

Starter
Vegan

Method

Place the chopped ginger, garlic and chilli in a mortar, add a little salt and crush lightly with the pestle to form a smooth paste. Trim the oyster mushrooms and clean them of any dirt with a damp cloth, then cut them into bite-sized pieces if necessary.

Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan and, when hot, add the paste and cook for 20-30 seconds to infuse the oil. Throw in the mus