About this recipe
Oyster Mushroom in Silk (Elysium Style)
Elegant fusion between stir-fry and braised soup. Can be eaten with rice, noodles or just as is. This oyster mushroom isn't grandma's soup. It's a velvety Asian remix that embraces you and vibrates every sense.
Ingredients (2 servings)
- 300–400 g oyster mushrooms, torn into "noodle" strips
- 1 small onion (ideally shallot)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tbsp sesame oil (or vegetable oil)
- 1 tsp red curry paste (or more, depending on spiciness)
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 1 tsp fish sauce (or soy sauce for veg version)
- juice from half a lime
- salt, pepper
- sesame seeds, cilantro or spring onion for garnish
- rice or rice noodles as side dish
Instructions
Aromatic Base
Sauté onion, garlic and ginger in oil – until it smells beautifully, add curry paste.
Mushroom Magic
Stir in torn oyster mushroom, let it cook for a bit to release its juice and soften.
Velvety Sauce
Pour in coconut milk and some water (about 50–100 ml depending on desired thickness).
Seasoning
Add salt, pepper, fish/soy sauce. Let it simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
Final Touch
Finally add lime juice.
Serving
Serve with soul – rice, noodles or simply with a spoon straight from the pan.
Curry Paste Without Paste?
If you don't have any paste (red, yellow, green), make this instant homemade version – gentle, fragrant and exactly as creamy as you need:
🌿 Mix in a small bowl:
- • 1 tbsp olive oil (or sesame for more oriental tone)
- • 1 tsp ground turmeric
- • 1/2 tsp ground ginger (or fresh grated)
- • 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- • pinch of cumin
- • pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg (for silky tone)
- • 1 garlic clove (crushed or grated)
- • optional: a few drops of lime juice and piece of chilli
Mix into a thick paste – this is your curry paste. Fry it in a pan with onion and mushroom and let it all bloom.
You can also add a drop of coconut milk or plant-based cream for extra velvet.
And finally a few cilantro leaves and pinch of sesame.
Silk on the tongue, caress in the soul.
Poetic Serving Line
Extra Tips
🥬 Vegetables
You can add baby spinach, zucchini, peas – or go pure oyster mushroom line.
🥕 Root Vegetables
Another tip is to add roasted root vegetables.
🍞 Second Life
Oyster mushroom works on toast too – try leftovers the next day on toast with tahini and cilantro.