Heritage in the Kitchen

We usually have a big family dinner. We get everybody together. Typically we usually do it the day after Eid. It's the day we spend a lot of time visiting. So we have a big family dinner so one has to have food. If nothing else, our culture is about food. I'm Sabrina Haque. We are our Eid, it's called Eid al-Adha. A festival is coming up in a couple days so we have a big family dinner. We have quite a lot of family here so we have a big family dinner. So I'm just starting to cook. I have to do it over several days because you know, work all day. So I'm just starting to cook. So today I was just making some curry goat. It's something that we don't often eat but all the kids really enjoy it. Probably because we don't eat it very often. And then on Eid, you know, you make lots of food. It is about you know, we meet with family and friends and food is all essential to all of that. So although I did it incorrectly before, since I've come home, my mom has told me that you just, with curry goat, you just throw everything into the pot at one time. And then it just cooks for hours and hours and hours. Okay, so don't cover it too much? Okay, okay. Yeah, so that's about one and a half. Oh, you know. Sure, a little bit more. And my mom can never have... you also have to have too much food. If you have too much food then she's happy. You can't have just enough. You can't have just a little bit too much. It has to be way too much. So because I inevitably forget spices, I have to take everything out first and then I put them in one at a time to make sure I remember them. Yeah, okay. So did you put yogurt already? Yeah, you can see. Okay, just this one first. Finish this one. And I think about eight cloves of garlic. Eight cloves. Eight cloves of garlic. Maybe about six. Maybe it would be good, I think. But like if it's hard for you to do too many cardamom, then I have some ground cardamom there too. You can put a little bit of ground cardamom. Oh, okay. Yeah. So when I first started cooking, I would call my mom and ask her how to make things and she kind of gave me, you know, it's one pound of me, put this much. And so now that's just what I do. Okay, six pounds means just multiply by six. But now that I'm living at home and I'm cooking and she's watching me, she always says to put a little bit more of everything. So I'm like, this is how I've always done it because this is what you told me to begin with. So we have a mix of like whole spices and ground spices, which I don't know if everybody does. My mom does. I'm not certain everybody uses whole spices still. But again, because that's how I grew up with her. Did you put some black pepper? Yep. That one's not breaking out. Probably have to send somebody because I don't think, I mean there's lots of onion. No, but then again tomorrow you'll be cooking four chicken. I'll be cooking two, six chicken. So at least six minutes, twelve chicken. No, twelve onion at least. It's a very stressful situation when there's not enough onions. So I just stir it up a little bit. We cover it for the first bit and so then water comes out and then it's actually easier to stir after. Mix the spices a little bit more. But like now it's going to cover and it'll actually just sit and simmer for hours. Especially this much meat. We'll probably have to continue it tomorrow just to get it. Yeah, if I put too high now it'll just burn. Yeah, so I put on five. Yeah, okay. Five or six, six there. Yeah, but you know what's going to happen? I put it on high and then it'll burn and then we'll both be mad. So this is my oldest daughter Raisa. And my baby Sakina. So Raisa is in university now. She's studying electrical and computing engineering and Sakina's in grade 10. Then I have another daughter in between and a son in between them too. So they should actually both be coming home tonight sometime. So I'm going to get them to help me but I'm actually, they're not helping me get Eid food ready because they're not much for making Indian curry. I think they've probably seen how to make it. They've seen how to make it. Would probably have a vague idea what to do but we're not eating that for supper tonight. So I'm going to just get them to help me chop some stuff because I'm making Thai curry tonight. So that's what they're going to do right now. So I'm going to get you guys to just cut the peppers. Okay, cut the peppers. Yes, Raisa doesn't cook much for herself. What do you make for your meals every day? Chicken sandwich. I'm just cleaning up what actually happened for a couple hours.