Succulent Mountain Mushrooms

We haven’t come across mushrooms much in the Subcontinent, so we were happy to discover this dish, called chiayou, a cross between a simmer and a stir-fry. It’s from the mountainous Darjeeling area of northern India, near Sikkim.

The mushrooms are stir-fried in mustard oil, very characteristic of the region, with onions and whole spices, then flavored with powdered spices. It all comes together easily in about fifteen minutes. The sauce is thickened with yogurt, then chopped