Mushroom on a bed of potatoes

Anecdote

In 1993, I met Sakina. She was a Bombay girl, whole and soul. She had attitude, spunk and panache and she made no bones about anything. With the same gusto she played pictionary as she conducted groups to gather consumer insights for brands of tea, gum or stationary. To win on a board game she could kill. Even throw a stapler at an opponent.

Sakina made our first years of work and marriage very lively. Even after nineteen years, Nitu and I, the MARG wives, remember pictionery and her so fondly. On one such fun and laughter night, Sakina made us this sumptuous bake in her Domlur flat. Nostalgia and mushrooms come hand in hand for me ever since.

Stuff that you must have:

4 large Potatoes
Two packets of button mushrooms
Butter
Ground Pepper
Salt
2 large onions
10 pods of garlic 

What to do:

Wet wipe the mushrooms. Avoid washing mushrooms as water takes the flavour away. Chop them into medium sized slices. Longitudinally slice the onions. Chop the garlic. Warm olive oil in a wok. Throw in the onions till they turn pink. Drop the garlic. Stir fry briefly. Add the chopped mushrooms. Cook in high flame, add salt to taste and a generous amount of ground pepper. Now reduce the flame for about three to four minutes. The mushroom will release a bit of dark sauce. Take the wok off the flame.
Boil potatoes. Peel and mash when they are hot. Add butter, salt and a bit of pepper powder. Smoothly make a base with a bit of milk.
Pour in the mushroom on top of the bed of potatoes. Dress with some grated mozzarella.
Bake in a hot oven for five minutes.

How to serve:

Bake it in a dish which can be served. Some fochachio bread is a great accompaniment for this wholesome dish.

Trivia:

Did you know that mushrooms are used to denote various life-changing concepts in proverbs in various countries? Some examples would be;

Asparagus and mushrooms teach a chef humility, Sicily
It's better to eat a mushroom in freedom than to eat meat in slavery, Africa
Without stooping down for the mushroom, you cannot put it in your basket, Russia
The wedding feast is not made with mushrooms only, Spain
If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don't ask him how his hunt was, Ghana
Once the mushroom has sprouted from the earth, there is no turning back.