The kitchen is perhaps today's most neglected section of the house. (a very personal view, no judgments intended) so i am sure its not surprising that i was not found there very often back at my place. However, i did know a spoon from a knife and yes, had tried my hand at several items at home. My brother and khapak bear testimony to that fact...(apart from my parents that is ), being the guinea pigs for the various experiments. However, cooking every single day is really a total different ball game. Cooking from the scratch (yup, we don't really enjoy tv dinners)is a novel experience with something new to learn everyday. Firstly, i would like to mention here that we don't use cooking gas out here. There are heating coils which makes cooking subtly different; we do not require lighters and stuff nor match boxes but yes, vegetables still get burnt and yes, milk still boils over. Secondly, cooking in a group has some other things to take care of: the quantity needs to be correct and (more importantly) proportion needs to be accurate. Adding extra rice to a meal involves a careful addition of water. I have already realized that since rice turned out to be a very runny substance with a gravylike appearance.
Similarly, chicken cooked in the oven (not microwave) is totally different from chicken cooked in the frying pan...it not only tastes better but also takes way more time to cook.
Then, thanks to the weather here, i can add ginger to the tea at any time and not worry about the milk (which is rather thinner here than back at home).
I still have to try my hands at sweet dishes and i am sure we (my roomie and i) can make really "fundoo" dishes when we feel like it. Right from making sambar to brinjal/eggplant to egg fried rice to tandoori chicken, it all adds up to my culinary skills and so far I haven't yet made something inedible which propels me to try my hand at making some slightly more ambitious dishes. At this point i remember a wonderful quote by Asha Bhonsle "gawaiye khawaiye hote hai"...so i think i'll conclude this post with her words....
8 comments:
it isn't an <=> statement, is it??
No re..... i'll run away if you start singing!!! :P
and i'll pray for all those who have to "feast" on your cooking! :P ;)
I will add one line further i.e. the resemblance of cooking & studies you are doing there. The two foremost important things in cooking are plan & executing the sequence in time. The same can be said about studies - isn't it?
dad, i will agree when you start cooking!!!!
No hypothetical statements please!!!
:P
you are on right track :)
I can second you thoughts on cooking Chicken :)
in that case, when are you cooking next???
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