Cooking

Since I left home in September, I have not had a chance to get in the kitchen and I have been sorely missing one of my favorite activities, cooking. Now that I am with my friend in his condo I have access to a kitchen and I have enjoyed making coffee and toast in the mornings. Last night I decided to try my hand at "amok", the coconut based Cambodian food I learned about in my cooking class back in Siem Reap several weeks ago.
With Adil's help at the market, we rounded up everything we needed: lemon grass, ginger, tumeric root (who knew it does not just come ground up in a little jar from McCormick?), kaffir lime leaf, coconut cream, shrimp paste, fish sauce, chicken and rice. There was a lot of chopping when we got home, but cook time was brief and the result was quite tasty. It was so good, in fact, that we decided to make the same thing tonight. How fun to be back in the kitchen!