Kitty's Pork

I never have to cook when I was a single girl. I either have my mother's home cooking or eat out. I was never worried about learning how to cook until a few months before my wedding. I am going to move to Bangkok after my wedding and then what am I going to eat? I have always enjoyed my mom's home-cooking and the thought of eating out every meal is starting to sicken me.

I asked around about cooking classes and I have an Indonesian colleague who assured me that 'cooking is automatic'. I will always remember her telling me not to worry about cooking, once you are married, the skill will come to you 'automatically'. I was quite skeptical about what she said. Some 'sabotagers', who claim to be my friends, even bought me cooking books as my wedding present. =)


Then in my first few months of married life, it just clicked. I started to understand what my Indonesian colleague was saying. Cooking is about producing something simple and edible on the dining table. You do not have to produce gourmet food every meal, you leave that to the restaurants. You need to know a few recipes with easy-to-find ingredients and learn not to undercook them.


My husband showed me how to make Kitty's Pork (affectionately named after a dear friend of his who introduced this dish to him) when he realized that I cannot cook. That's when I learnt how to 'simmer'.

After twelve blissful years of marriage, I am still cooking this dish for my husband on some Sunday evenings and he has no complaints. =)

Very simple to make .. Kitty's Pork

Ingredients:
- some olive oil
- a can of mushroom soup
- some slices of pork
- a can of water
- broccoli
- rice


Method:
1) Heat up olive oil and brown the pork.
2) Add in the can of mushroom soup and water.
3) Bring to boil and let it simmer at low heat for about 50 minutes or until pork is tender.
4) Steam the broccoli.
5) Cook the rice.
6) Serve and enjoy!

Simple ingredients

Till my next blog post, simple is good! =)