Cooking.. these days has become a stress buster for me, helps me keep the devil's workshop at bay.. :) I am an eggetarian, who can cook decent meals ( given the recipe is good enough or my observing skills are intact ;)).. I used to cook occasionally during my college days which was limited to spicy savories and bhaji's.. :) Until I traveled onsite, I was an amateur cook.. Being a foodie, craving for food makes you a good cook i guess and less of passion to it.. :) Mostly I have prepared vegetarian food, very rarely omlettes and egg burji's..
Started cooking full time, once I reached UK around 3 years back and had to survive on bread and instant pulyogare mixes till I felt pukish..:P Then it started with from instructions from my dearest mommy( the best cook in the family :) ) and started out with basic south Indian recipes, sambars and rasams and spiced up vegetables.. Occasional visits to the Indian restaurants did not quench the thirst for having spicy food in Indian style, as the food was lacking enough spiciness.. :( So started googling some interesting recipes.. yummy north Indian sabji's which did not require any mixie and can be prepared in no-time.. :) Channa masala, palak paneer, paneer mutter masala, baingan bharta, etc etc with all the MDH masala available and some extra ghee.. :) On requests from friends had prepared baby corn manchurian, ragi balls (raagi mudde in kannada) which turned out to be yummy as well.. Carrot halwas, bisi bele bath( south indian delicasy), salads, rava dosas, paav bhaaji's etc etc.. yup, the amateur cook was turning into a proficient cook and was given the name "Cookiepedia" , from a dear friend.. :) With all that extra ghee and the rich food, I gained a lot of weight, which I am still trying to lose.. :D Thereafter, most of the onsite visits I have been cooking and improvising.. :)
Dearest mommy would always complain that I don't cook for her, as my friends always praised me for my cooking skills.. :) So these days over the weekends I have started cooking some new dishes that has never been tried at home.. And Mom likes them a lot..:) And yeah, getting a compliment from her and my neighbor aunt is giving me a high, and a boost to cook more frequently.. :) The recent experiments are aloo tikkis, cakes baked in cooker, new types of pulav's, paneer butter masala etc etc.. :) And there's lot more to cook, all my favorites, the ones I buy in restaurants, sweets and savories.. :) From amateur to proficient to an EXPERT.. :)
Started cooking full time, once I reached UK around 3 years back and had to survive on bread and instant pulyogare mixes till I felt pukish..:P Then it started with from instructions from my dearest mommy( the best cook in the family :) ) and started out with basic south Indian recipes, sambars and rasams and spiced up vegetables.. Occasional visits to the Indian restaurants did not quench the thirst for having spicy food in Indian style, as the food was lacking enough spiciness.. :( So started googling some interesting recipes.. yummy north Indian sabji's which did not require any mixie and can be prepared in no-time.. :) Channa masala, palak paneer, paneer mutter masala, baingan bharta, etc etc with all the MDH masala available and some extra ghee.. :) On requests from friends had prepared baby corn manchurian, ragi balls (raagi mudde in kannada) which turned out to be yummy as well.. Carrot halwas, bisi bele bath( south indian delicasy), salads, rava dosas, paav bhaaji's etc etc.. yup, the amateur cook was turning into a proficient cook and was given the name "Cookiepedia" , from a dear friend.. :) With all that extra ghee and the rich food, I gained a lot of weight, which I am still trying to lose.. :D Thereafter, most of the onsite visits I have been cooking and improvising.. :)
Dearest mommy would always complain that I don't cook for her, as my friends always praised me for my cooking skills.. :) So these days over the weekends I have started cooking some new dishes that has never been tried at home.. And Mom likes them a lot..:) And yeah, getting a compliment from her and my neighbor aunt is giving me a high, and a boost to cook more frequently.. :) The recent experiments are aloo tikkis, cakes baked in cooker, new types of pulav's, paneer butter masala etc etc.. :) And there's lot more to cook, all my favorites, the ones I buy in restaurants, sweets and savories.. :) From amateur to proficient to an EXPERT.. :)
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