Like all good stories mine starts with a pot , the fact that i never had a big enough pot to cook for the whole family ... And because I work in the events and catering industry my work has relatively big post ,I Lie they have huge pots , I borrowed a pot that i thought would work only to find one of our staff member (being Muslim) Telling me to get a bigger pot with a better base, she eventually chose the pot for me , im quite good at making curry but when she heard i was making curry and got asked a million questions , like where am i getting my spices from , how am I going to make it ... So i explained to her id just go to pick n pay to get some usual curry spices .... Aunty Gigi was not impressed with me and insited on me ordering my spices through work and getting a driver to go fetch them in the Bo Kaap , she made me a list as well and a very brief description of how to make my curry .. Later in the day I was working by the accounts section at work and The accountant asked me what were my spices for i explained that I was inviting my family over supper and i was going to make supper , Coming from an Indian background she gave me her explanation of how to make curry .
That night i decided to take a bit of everyones advice and made a heartily Indian , Cape malay curry ,which to my surprise turned out completely different to how i would usually make it , Although the curry was not strong you could taste the flavors of all the spices ,everyone enjoyed it which i was super glad about.
Word of advice when working in the food industry ,if you're planning to cook supper be prepared for 1000 questions , and 2000 ways to actually make your home cooked meal ... The effort and advice really does go a long way.
i don't have any photos of the actual food , but heres some of the table set up and house warming gifts received from the parentals
That night i decided to take a bit of everyones advice and made a heartily Indian , Cape malay curry ,which to my surprise turned out completely different to how i would usually make it , Although the curry was not strong you could taste the flavors of all the spices ,everyone enjoyed it which i was super glad about.
Word of advice when working in the food industry ,if you're planning to cook supper be prepared for 1000 questions , and 2000 ways to actually make your home cooked meal ... The effort and advice really does go a long way.
i don't have any photos of the actual food , but heres some of the table set up and house warming gifts received from the parentals
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