Cooking Tackle

When I lived in Goa-India for almost 6 years, I had all the chance to discover their cuisine and the same time I feel special able to learn they’re phenomenal curry.  To be honest, the joy of real Indian curry there is simply no turning back, so when I crave for an Indian curry, I head straight to my kitchen and home-cook it up! The classic India curry is so characteristic, it really gives delicious outcome and also very strong in overall flavor The uses of various spices make it daring to be the one that could stand out among all curries in the world. This is my homemade meat curry, I made it typically more to northern Indian style curry, frankly it’s suppose to use mutton/lamb instead of beef but I simply adapted according to what I like.  Another  adaptation  I made that I simply  engage vegetable oil instead of adding Ghee (Indian clarified butter) and I  substitute dried chili powder with fresh red chili....

Opor ayam is fragrant chicken stewed in coconut milk, rich yet tasty, is a traditional dish that has been popular in the island of Java especially in Central Java where the dish actually comes from. Some people also call it as Indonesian chicken stew, however I thought of giving a special nick-name too as White Chicken Curry and I do actually think it is really sounds cool… Well, this is an Exotic Indonesian dish, Opor ayam also a very special delicacy menu that would served on the day of Ied (Lebaran) as most of Muslim in Indonesia   particularly lived in Java has certainly presenting Opor Ayam along with Rice cake (ketupat/lontong) somehow, the truest fact is Opor Ayam definitely celebrated by all people across the archipelago Growing up with this dish, I recall when my mother would make Opor ayam only for a special event or family celebration, we all have enjoyed the feast, happy and satisfied. Although in some areas in Indone...

I had one nightmare of cooking chicken curry few years back, to me the taste was awful, it was really putting me off  and I am certainly say to my self that kare ayam would never ever serve in my daily menu. I thought, I would not make kare ayam (chicken curry) ever again, so rather than frustrated me over and over again, I have decided NOT to cook this dish anymore. Until one sunny day, I have received a surprise package from a very good fellow blogger of mine, Elsye , Thank you very much ! She had send me such a useful recipes books, one of them include kare ayam recipe. This the time I could say that I am back on track! Cooking kare ayam from scratch again ! When I read the recipe, I was impressed by the ingredients and I imagined that it would hit the spot of my lunch *looking forward . To be honest, at that time I take my time to make everything on place by followed the tried and true recipe. I just twisted a minor part of the recipe by using only...