Around The World On Your Plate

Ingredients: Dry spices: 2 teaspoon coriander seeds 6 red chilies (or to taste) 8 peppercorns 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1 small piece of cinnamon (about 1 inch) 1 small piece of mace 3 cloves 1 teaspoon poppy seeds Half of star anise Others: 2 cups grated coconut or 1 cup coconut milk 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/8th teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg 1/2 tablespoon of tamarind paste Salt to taste 1-2 tablespoons of oil 1 cup onion finely chopped 1/2 onion sliced 2 cloves of garlic minced 400 grams of mushroom Cilantro to garnish Method: Dry roast all the spices and set aside.  Next fry sliced onion and coconut (if using coconut milk just fry onions only). Once the spices and onion and coconut mixture has cooled, bled it with turmeric powder, freshly grated nutmeg, and tamarind and set aside. In a pan, heat oil and saute minced garlic and finely chopped onion.  Once the onion is translucent, add in the mushroo