Cooking experience by Toby Frey

I learned to cook in my family taking small steps like laying jam on toast. Next we advanced to things like cracking eggs for an omelette. Then I would toast the whole thing myself. Next time, I would make the omelette alone. Learning is step by step. It became a little easier to learn through time and experience.

I did this much faster through the steps of the blog. I didn't practice before filming, I did it all in one go . I didn't feel nervous while I was being recorded because it had gotten easier to master over the many times I had been cooking. When we all sat down to eat my family we're at a loss for words because all they said was yumm. Later I felt like I created an enjoyable feast. Once I devoured the dish I felt really proud of myself.

Watch me cook two Indian recipes in the videos below:


Coconut Curry Chicken:




Curried Corn Soup:

Getting the ingredients Toby's experience

I walked to my local grocery store, and bought the ingredients for making my coconut curry chicken and corn curry soup. There was many different ingredients inside and you would think you would get lost in looking for the items but it was much easier than it looked. I found the condiment I was looking for, curry powder.

You cling off the lid with your nails and you experience an explosion of scent. The smell scatters all over the house and out the window to nearby pedestrians. The foreign pungent of rice, beans, naan, and hot pepper spice all stay in your house for days. It smells not hard, but corrosive to the soft scents. You look at the brown pumpkin sawdust and wonder what it tastes like. Try it, if you dare, but without something with it, it will be too volcanically spicy. Do eat this with meats and wheats, but not with soft fruits like banana or custard, because curry powder devours all the flavor in the soft tasting foods.

Brown rice was another ingredient I needed, and if you don't know what rice is, it smells like evaporated nothing, and tastes like the slightest bit of egg, water, and sugar. Brown rice looks like 100% water marshmallow minis, roasted under the light of a microscope.

Don't forget to watch my two videos. Find the links further in my blog entries.

Corn Curry Soup pow! Toby's Video

Attention! this is a magic corn curry soup recipe right from the sorcerer chef's enchanted book!! Enjoy as you brew this secret soup just like that wizard did himself!

Click on the video for step by step directions.

Coconut Chicken Curry pow! Toby's Video

Enjoy and maybe cook this fun recipe as I walk you through it step by step.

Click on the image below to view the video.

Curry

Curry is a mouth watering, delicous, Indian dish. I haven't eaten curry a lot, but I am looking forward to reviewing curry soon.  Some Curry is very spicy and they use many different kinds of spices to make Curry tasteful.. Personally, I like Curry better with some meat for a better taste.

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
• 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
• salt to taste
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 3/4 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Coconut Chicken Curry recipe

RECIPE:

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1/2 inch chunks
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 tablespoon salt & pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons veggie oil
1/2 yellow onion slices
2 crushed garlic cloves
14 0z coconut milk
14 0z stewed diced tomatoes
8 0z tomato sauce
3 tablespoons sugar
coconut chicken curry instructions:

1. slice the onions into small bite-size pieces on your cutting board. crush two cloves of garlic and add it to the onions. 2. while you have your veggies sliced, grab a pot and turn on your stove. pour your vegetable oil in the pot then use your knife to scrape the onion garlic mix into the pot. add the curry sauce. stir the mixture. 3. rinse dry, and pepper the chicken and add it to the mix. stir

this took about 45 minutes total

Samosa

Samosa is a fantastic dish from India. It generally consists of a fried, baked, triangle shell with a delicous filling, which mostly inclueds potatoes, peas, onions, coriander, and lentins You can also use ground beef or chicken.









2 medium sized potatoes (I use Yukon gold)
½ cup sweet green peas
1 cup thinly sliced onions
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp minced green chili
1 ½ tsp coriander powder (optional)