Chettinad Mushroom Recipe

Ingredients

• 250g of mushrooms, portobello, shitake and chestnut quartered
• fresh ginger, 1 inch, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp poppy seeds
• 3 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp kalpasi, optional
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 4 cashew nuts
• 2 tbsp of coconut, grated
• 2 tbsp of coconut oil
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 shallots, chopped
• 3 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 sprigs of curry leaves
• 3 tbsp of coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 1/4 turmeric powder
• 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
• salt to season
• 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
• 50ml of coconut milk
• nasturtium leaves