3 day Brisbane City Trip with Sasi

Phew, just finish my 3 day trip with Sasi. Sasi came to Brisbane just for the sake of coming (LOL Sasi dont feel angry ya?). This is a very very short trip, and since now is holiday (and I am lazy to blog...), just list out some places that we visited.

27 Sept - Southbank Train Station

28 Sept - University of Queensland (esp vet sci school), Queenstreet Mall, Parliament House, QUT, Botanic Garden, Brisbane Museum, Science Centre, Garden City, City Cat ride etc..

29 Sept - Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Garden City...

30 Sept - Queenstreet Mall revisited, Brisbane Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, State Library, Sunnybank, Wakamama etc...

1 Oct - Airport..

Thats all! Later

Chicken Curry Recipe (courtesy of Sasi)

Ingredients:

~400g chicken (wings, cuts, etc.)
1 medium potato (peeled and cut)
½ onion (sliced)
Ginger paste ( ½ table spoon)
Garlic paste (1 table spoon)
1 medium cinnamon stick
1-2 star anise
Chicken curry powder (2 table spoon)
Cooking oil (3-4 table spoon)
Salt (to taste)
½ tomato or tomato sauce (1 table spoon)- optional

Method:

1. Heat oil in wok. Add in cinnamon and star anise.
2. Add in sliced onion after half a minute. Let onion to brown for about 1 minute.
3. Add in garlic and ginger paste and sauté for half a minute.
4. Stir in chicken and mix well. Let to cook for a while and then add about 1 small cup of water. 5. Cover and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
6. Mix in curry powder and stir well before adding required amount of water.
7. Add in potatoes and cover. Cook on medium fire for about 3 minutes.
8. Add in salt and tomato; allow cooking until potatoes are fully cooked.
9. Serve hot with rice.

Tips from me:

This recipe does work, try it out!
When cooking the curry, cover the wok or pan so you get it done faster.
If you can't find cinnamon and star anise, without them the curry is still good.
Try out with other meat like lamb, fish or even prawns!