Mushroom green peas curry in Tamil Nadu style

Ingredients needed for Mushroom green peas curry 
200-250 gms mushrooms
1 cup shelled green peas
½ inch ginger and 3 garlic -  made into a paste
1 medium size onion, finely chopped
1 medium size tomato, chopped
½ cup grated coconut and 7-8 cashews , (ground to paste)
¾ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
¾ tsp garam masala powder
¾ tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp split and skinned urad dal
Handful curry leaves
2 tbsp oil for the curry and 1 tbsp oil for sauteing the mushrooms.
2 to 2.5 cups stock or water or both
salt to taste

How to prepare Mushroom green peas curry ?
Cook the shelled green peas separately, drain. Keep the stock and the peas separately.
Meanwhile, rinse and chop the mushrooms.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and saute the mushrooms for 5-6 mins till they are cooked completely.
Keep the sauteed mushrooms aside on a plate.
Grind cashews and grated fresh coconut to a smooth paste with a little water.
Heat the remaining oil in a pan splutter mustard seeds. Add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and the split urad dal and fry till the urad dal gets golden brown.
Add the chopped onions and fry till light brown.
Then add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears.
Add the spice powders and stir, then add the chopped tomatoes.
Mix well and stir till the oil starts to leave the sides of the pan.
Simmer and add the cashew-coconut paste along with some curry leaves. Stir and see that the masala does not stick and get burnt at the bottom, for about 2-3 minutes.
Add the peas, enough  stock or water to bring the gravy to your taste.
let the curry come to a boil and add the sauteed mushrooms and cooked peas to it.
Add salt to taste and simmer for about 5-6 minutes.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with hot steaming rice / rotis.

Points to note

You can prepare this with dried green peas, fresh green peas or frozen peas. 

if you are using frozen peas or dried peas,  discard the stock.You can add water in this case add water to the curry to bring it to your taste.