Simply Blissful Living - Taste of Fiji

It wasn’t a meal we had daily, heck, we’d be lucky if we ate it once a month! Lamb curry was something that was an indulgence growing up in Fiji. Lamb, like all other meats, was expensive; therefore, it was deemed a “special” meal. Once every month or so, mom would go to “town” or B Kumar Supermarket on Shalimar Street and buy lamb. I don’t remember if it was precut pieces or if mom did the chopping herself, something she is quite good at, by the way, but I do remember the delicious lamb curry she made! We would all sit down together, with rice and lamb aur aloo tarkari (lamb and potato curry) and devour all the food on our Fiji la plate! Man, those were the good ole days!  Even though we can now afford lamb on a regular basis, we still don’t make lamb curry regularly. It is a still a treat. Even Ma doesn’t make it often, but when she does, I make sure to grab a plate of food at her house or she’ll pack me some and bring it by. {moms are great that way}  Recently, I...