I'm On The Way To Three Michelin Stars! posted by Jeremy

Though most of the international student are going out for sightseeing, I decided to do some cooking this weekend. Cooked food are always more expensive than raw materials and flavorings, thus learning to cook can help save considerable amount money. And my first dish is curry.

So, the first problem to solve is material.To cook curry, except for raw curry packaged like this,

you need potatoes, onions, beef and chicken. I have meat in my freezer already, so I set out to buy bulbs listed above. Following my roommate's advice, I went to a shop called EZ Stop. Potatoes there are $1 per three, and onions are $1 for each. I have to say that farm products in US are quite expensive compared with Chinese farm products, and reasons for it were discussed in a famous documentary called Food Inc..I'd like to recommend it to you guys by the way. It shows us another standing point on modern farming.

And then, here are all of my raw materials.

The next step is to cut them into cubes. Unfortunately, my cutting skill is so poor that it took me about 20 minutes to cut them into strange geometries in different size and shape, which is like baby's toys. That's embarrassing, thus I decide not to put the image online.

Then, I put all of the materials into a pan and boil it to make meat done, potatoes and onions soft. And to flavor it, some chili powder was added into the pan. This is what they look like at the beginning.

And this is what they like after 15 minutes. Look the same right? But taste totally different.












Then I come to the final stage. I need to add raw curry into the pan. This step sounds easy but is of vital importance. I have to keep stirring it while adding curry, and add appropriate amount of water to prevent it from so thick that sticking together, or so thin that tasteless.
Luckily, I made it at the end. And this is my achievement.

Now it's lunch time!

To be honest, this is not as charming as curries in restaurants, but at least it tastes not bad. XD
In the next few weeks, I'd like to try more kinds of cooking, maybe some traditional Chinese food which need sophisticating process. If I can get something done, welcome you guys to come to my apartment to have a taste!

                                                                Jeremy