Asparagus with Chinese Black Mushrooms

Asparagus is a vegetable which readily combines with many other foods in the most congenial fashion. Here, it is joined with fleshy, smokey Chinese dried mushrooms, with both vegetables absorbing the essences of each other and of the sauce. I suggest that, if available, you use a larger variety of asparagus. This is a wholesome and satisfying dish, easy to prepare and, with rice, a meal in itself.