a veritable feast

The other day, our coworker Aliza brought lunch for everyone. And what a lunch it was! An absolutely delicious feast.

This may give you a good idea of just how much food there was! We had something in practically every food group.

Let's start with the giant prawns in a delicious onion/garlic/ginger paste.

These beef meatballs in an onion curry were absolutely mouth-watering. Aliza says that she boiled the beef before blending it, adding some spices and bread crumbs and frying them up. Then she added them to the curry.

Even boiled eggs weren't simple. They were basted in a light curry.

The chicken curry: perhaps my absolute favorite. It tasted like the home cooked food I grew up with! Absolutely perfect in the thick spicy curry.

Mixed vegetables: light and delicious.

Another absolute favorite: olive pickle. It's so simple to make, according to Aliza. She says she boiled fresh, green olives with salt, sugar, and chili powder. No mention of quantity, just eyeballing it. And it tasted amazing.

There was also a fabulous cucumber, carrot, and onion salad. Everything was served with a lot of rice. Needless to say, it was a most satisfying meal.