This is a piece of writing which i was to write looooong back about the cooking ......
I wrote ..erased...wrote...erased...wrote...erased....thinking - what if i hurt someones feelings??...
but keeping in mind about everybodys feelings and the facts.... i finally decided to write....
I am always indirectly proved that i am not a good cook. And here are the list of the things that have proved me a bad cook in my sasural..........
I make parathas in a triangular shape - does that mean i do not know how to cook?
My dal is a bit more watery than what is prepared in my sasural- does that mean i do not know how to cook?
The Poha ( battetapawa) , i prepare it in gujarati style, which has sugar in it.
( its simply not liked )- does that mean i do not know how to cook?
A few curries like; bhindi and karela, I deep fry them and then add masala to it, ( this is immediately rejected during preparation itself , saying - sooooo much oil???,This one incident was enough to make me famous all around )-does that mean i do not know how to cook?
And the worst one is yet to come- My idli sambhar is never liked!!!!! After staying 25 years in Cochin,Kerala, I DONT KNOW HOW TO PREPARE IDLI SAMBHAR?????? Sounds funny na?Now what do i say on this? I honestly feel that my sambhar is awesome , to prove myself right- all i can say is the number of recipe i have been asked for it-
But even after all this, i still feel the mistake is mine- I prepared right dish in the wrong time.
Unlike others,I am bought up in between beautiful Gujarati families, Lovely Tamilians, Malayalees and Konkanis , and really very nice Christian and Muslim families.
I have tasted varieties... and always love trying new tastes.
But the good thing is ,whenever we have a family get together, i am either doing baby sitting, or serving food. But at the end of the day, I am a human being with feelings - it hurts, Ouch!
