My neighbor Jackie is an amazing cook. She teaches a cooking class every week to
interested individuals. I’ve never
been. Cooking is not one of my favorite
things to do. I’d rather just do the
dishes after someone else cooks. Jackie
has cooked for many years. Her mother is Burmese while her father is
Indian. She looks Nepali. She has lived in India, Bermuda, Australia,
the UK, and now Nepal. She garnered
cooking techniques and ideas from each of these places.
One day Jackie made a pumpkin curry with a secret
ingredient. For a super taster it wasn’t
too difficult to determine that peanut butter had been added to the
mouth-watering sauce. It was garnished
with cilantro and the pumpkin pieces were pleasantly plump. It wasn’t difficult consuming three
servings. She served it on local Basmati
rice cooked fluffy and pure. Afterwards
she served a coconut custard pie with passion fruit. It was a blend of sweet, tart, and
coconuts. It was the best meal I ate in
Nepal.
