It's pretty hard to beat the comfort and satisfaction that you get from eating a bowl of curry on a cold night, especially when the meat is deeply crisped and tender, the rice is piping hot, and the sauce is well-spiced.

Problem is, spices are a luxury here, it's not easy to acquire spices unless you're willing to travel 5,000 km to the kingdom of Ulktaja, The capital of Spices.

For a human, the trip can be pretty horrendous, if not downright torturous, providing you manage to escape the bandits and the magic beasts. Ulktaja doesn't have much of a port, why they don't have sea port is beyond me.

This particular speck of land is smackdab in the middle of two kingdom. On the east is the kingdom of Yulfula, whose mastery over magical beasts are well known. On the west of Ulktaja is Brukujis, the Mercenary kingdom, famous for its millitary might, and for a small price that might can your for the asking.

I like Brukujis, nothing is more human than human from Brukujis, at least compare to the rest of humanity. Now they're the lot that know exactly what they want and doesn't give a c.r.a.p what other people think about their life choices. On the other hand, Yulfula....now those little arrogant a.s.s, with their control over magical beast seem to think this world belong to them or something. Never met with an Yulfulan that doesn't have a face that look like someone just step on poo. They don't even shake hands with other people, so rude. At least they're have a clean and healthy body compare to Brukan. Eating a Brukan from Brukujis is like rolling a dice, with the odd usually against you. If you're unlucky, a Brukan can be comparable to that of eating a raw rat hamburger with maggots in between, then wash it down with a tankard of septic water. Ugh...never again!

Dear me, I am getting off topic here, so let's go back to the recipe eh?

One good thing about Ulktaja is that, oh holy G.o.d in heaven, they do know of curry. Therefore, ooh sweet hot d.a.m.n! They have coconut milk, spices of all kind, including blue spices that glow in the dark which depend on usage can also improve your s.e.xual pleasure.

Now, in order to make a delicious curry, we must be braising the meat in the coconut milk and spice mixture to allows all of the flavors to mingle — resulting in an amazingly flavorful curry. You can never go wrong with heaping amounts of white rice, or even yogurt alongside, strangely enough only those that heard of curry know about yogurt, while the rest seem to think of it as something completely inedible, but if you don't have any of those on hand, bread can server as subst.i.tute. On a cold night, it'd be difficult to find something more fulfilling. A bowl of curry is indeed true comfort food!

We begin our session by seasoning the meat generously with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium high heat, heat oil. Add meat and cook, flipping once, until deeply golden, 3 to 5 minutes per side. After which we transfer the delectable flesh to a plate.

Add onion to skillet and cook until soft, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add some garlic, ginger, and spices and cook until fragrant for about 1 minute, which is the time it take for a small sand clock to empty the sand above. Add coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Lower heat to low, add the meat, and continue to simmer until tender that your fork would go through easily, which is about one hour and a half.

Serve with yogurt, some rice and lime wedges.....mmmmhmmmmm....delicious!