Cooking is my hobby and feeding others( generally ma family) is my passion.Though i love cooking contemporary dishes, i believe that somehow i can come up with so better recipes than those designed by the famous but apparently not so good(ya!!i know, but then that IS me..:-)..)5 star chefs..outrageous yeah, but then thats me!!
So i always go through some recipes, have some cookbooks in ma hand and then i use my brain and then go about with mix 'n match and come with some stuff which is really tasty,awesome but not the stuff i set out to make..hmm..confusing??ya, my mom definitely thinks so..i believe that i should write my own cookbook with my own ingenious recipes, but my mom kinda believes that i should learn the basic rules first and then stick to it..i really don't know why :-( I mean, the stuff i cook up is really tasty, well presented and finger licking good, so who cares about rules when the end result is all that matters?ya, sometimes i do mix stuff that don't mix, but then am an strong advocate for the theory that,"People learn from their mistakes"!!B-)
So, as i was saying, am a fan of contemporary food stuff.Ya, i can cook up a simple,normal(whats that??) meal for anyone any day but traditional was something i was yet to experiment with in depth.This diwali, fates played in my favour and put the ball in my court.Somehow it so happened that i was the in charge for the festive season food in my house for that particular time zone..Dawn broke on that auspicious day, and I, who never woke up soo early in a vacation, was shook awake. I was solemnly reminded of my duties as the chef de cuisine and i grudgingly took up the baton.So while my father went about the routine of pooja, i went about preparing the goodies to impress the "almighty" accompanied by constant instructions from my mom. Some southindian kinda brinjal curry,tomato dal, chutney and kheer...n ya..rice..somehow i always messed up that one simple thing..either too runny or too thick..but that day,i guess god was in a mood for good food..Rice turned out to be just perfect!!
So my session with the sniff from the south turned out to be awesome..everyone thought it was yummy..i obviously thought so too..but then it came with some really valuable lessons..First that mix n' match doesn't work everywhere..somethings are just meant to have some kinda spices..n its not named kheer since soo long for nothing..its a sweet dish in which all dry fruits wouldn't go..sweet dish,ya i know, but i wanted to dump in all the dry fruits mom had in store :-)
My mom very fondly likes to say that mix 'n match works for all those stuff who really don't have any name and are meant to be convenient dishes..Like sandwiches are like "THE GOD" of mix 'n match..So i finally learned to stick to the rules..but i still have that roguish and risque attitude in me..i never really could give up mix 'n match..coz the dinner next day was something like a bread pizza with so many boiled veggies, a bit 'o spice and all the spreadings i had with me..
The verdict?
They loved it and am not gonna change!!
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