Chef Ak in action - Curry of Life

I invited a few friends of mine to be my white mice on last Saturday dinner. The main dish that I am gonna cook is Curry of Life. Nevermind on the name as I got it from the anime. I get the recipe from the net and reference from Delimas curry paste box. This is how I cook my Curry of Life. 1. Fry the garlic and curry leaf 2. Mixed it with turmeric powder, chilli boh and a packet of Delimas curry paste 3. Throw in the chicken (I use half chicken) 4. Fry the chicken until all equally mixed and the chicken turn yellow/golden colour 5. Put in the potatoes and water (about 300ml) 5. Transfer it to big claypot and let it simmer for 30 minutes with low heat 6. Add in 100ml coconut milk into the curry and stir evenly 7. Simmer for another 10 minutes. Then Daph joined in the fun as she tried her mum recipe. Fried lotus with chilli padi, curry leaf and pandan leave. It seems that she fried the lotus till brown; later add in the curry leaf and chilli padi. Lastly she put in the pandan leaf. The next dishes I am cooking are fried cabbage with egg. This is the third time I cooked this dish. 1. Cut the cabbage to small slices. 2. Fry the garlic, dried shrimp and prawn for 2 minute and took the prawn out 3. Pour the egg that have beaten and fry for about 2 minutes. 4. Throw in the cabbage and fry it till dry. It will take about 10 minutes or more 5. Then add in the prawn and some salt to taste. Si Mian Tou is next on my cooking list. Basically it's easy to cook but I didn’t know how long I need to cook this. So ended up not so well. I should have mixed it with a little of sambal belacan and it will certainly turnout better. 1. Fry the garlic and dried shrimp 2. Add in Si Mian Tou and fry it 3. Add in some water and continue frying it for another 5 minutes My next menu is Pork Mince Tofu. I just fried the mince pork mixed with light and dark soy sauce. Steam the tofu with mushroom mixed with light, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce. Steamed it for around 15 minutes and serve while hot. My last dishes are Chawanmushi. (Forgotten to snap photo!) My friends arrived just in time and waited for a while for the Chawanmushi. Overall everything turned well. I myself love the Curry of Life. The fragrance is certainly there thanks to the curry leaf. The potatoes are soft and simply delicious in my humble opinion. The lotus root soup turnout to be very nice after long hours of slow cooking. The Si Mian Tou doesn't turn too well as its a little bitter indicating it's not fully cooked yet. This is my first time cooking this vegetables and I doesn’t know how long to cook it. I love the pork mince tofu as well. Certainly Daph Fried lotus is nice too and it was crispy and the fragrance smells good as well. Lastly will be the Chawanmushi and I love every bits of it. I am not sure whether my friends simply wanna goes commercial on my food but it seems they certainly enjoyed the curry of life very much. Should I retire with glory now or should I continue to pursue and upgrade my masak masak skill? I guess I am gonna stay a tad longer playing masak masak.