Bring on the Lights!

Tomorrow our Hindu neighbours and friends will be celebrating Deepavali, or the Festival of Lights. It is a 5 day festival which starts on Dhanteras, celebrated on thirteenth lunar day of Krishna paksha (dark forrnight) of the Hindu calendar month Ashwin and ends on Bhaubeej, celebrated on second lunar day of Shukla paksha (bright fortnight) of the Hindu calendar month Kartik.

Not all countries declares Deepavali as an official holiday. Currently only these countries makes it an official public holiday : India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia and Singapore.

So today, we would like to share a curry recipe with you. There are so many versions of the curry out there, and many ways of cooking it with so many variation of the ingredients. This one is probably more of an Malay curry, one that I only learned to cook when I was in my 20s but if I dare say, am able to cook it well enough now to bring it to gatherings. Why? Because it has the stamp of approval from both my mom and mother-in-law! (yes, that's the ultimate QC test and certification, isn't it? :) )

The ingredients are very simple and steps easy to follow and you can do it in under 1 hour.

So to all who will be celebrating Deepavali tomorrow, have a wonderful Deepavali.

To the rest of us, have a great curry day? (I know some of my friends are planning curry on their menu)

Click over our recipe page (we have just renamed it 'The Cooking Foodie') and get the full curry recipe.

Cheers!