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Chatu Besara (Mushroom in mustard gravy)

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Besara is an authentic Oriya dish prepare with mustard paste. Cooking mushroom in mustard garcy is a very common dish prepared in many oriya households. Ingredients: Mushroom: 2 cups cut into half Potato: 1 medium cut in cubes Onion: 1 small sliced Tomato: 1 medium chopped Gren Chilli: 2 whole Red Chilli Powder: 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder: 1 tbsp Ambula(dried mango slices): 1 Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp Mustard Paste: 2tbsp ( grind, 2 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds and 5-6 cloves of garlic pod) Salt: as per taste Oil: 2 tbsp Coriander leaves: for garnish Procedure: In a pan heat 1/2 tbsp of oil. Add the mushroom and turmeric powder and stir fry till the mushrooms cook and turn brownish. Remove the mushroom and heat another 1/2 tbsp of oil and fry the potato cubes till they turn slightly golden and remove. In the same pan heat rest of the oil and add the mustard seeds and let it splutter. Once the mustard seeds stop spluttering add the onions and fry till th