Cooking For 6000 People.

How does one cook for 6000 people,the amount of food that would feed an entire regiment of a good size army? In this case however the dishes are alot more choicier and meets the standard of a wedding feast and not simply put together for hungry soldiers.

The pots, six of them together at a time just for curries alone, are huge.


The thousands of pieces of chicken has to be cleaned and counted for each pot
The amount of rice to be prepared defies the imgination and the fact that it took good coordination of two people to accomplish this was a feat.
'Daun Pandan" par of the ingredients that goes into making the curry being preparedGinger and onions getiing ready to be minced for the saute in prpeparationm of the curries.

Cut up beef after being boiled the day before is now being counted for each order.

The clean up crew getting the pots and pans cleaned as the cooking progresses.

Catering boys giving a hand in getting the cakes ans sweets arrnged before sending them out.

What a potfull of 'Dalca" curry looks like.

Doing my part in stirring the pots as it has always been my job in the past

What it looks like from a bird's eye view.

The meat getting ready for the next stage in the making of a meat curry.

Stir that pot!!

It is sometimes aesthetically attractive to look at when different items are thrown into the pot.

Coconut milk mixed with curry paste

It all began with getting the oil hot and the onionsand various other spices well sauted.

The essential part of the process is in getting the ingredients cleaned and prepared.

From peeling the garlic and tons of potaotes to getting the carrots and tomatoes chopped up.

Hundreds of canned tomatoe soup are the necessary part of the making of the chicken curry.

The joys of peeling potatoes and onions!!

It was 4a.m. and the first person i caught already at the battle station was the head chef, my cousin sister, Ana.