I : (proudly) haan….. kyun rey?? (our usual hyderabadi istyle)
She:sab log theek thak hai na???
I :haan…. abhe chup… bahut hua… main cooking mein utni buri bhi nahi hun… ek baar idhar aa, banayeso khaana kha.. tabh bol…
She:nahi rey.. abhi mera bura waqt nai aaya….
went on the conversation over the phone with one of my frnd… ya before getting married I knew cooking only rice (only in cooker), different shaped fat chapattis ( infact…. like papads), aalu curry and very salty sambhar. Bas… itna ich aata tha… haan kabhi kabhi solid cake bhi banaya karti thi…
But now it’s fully changed. I don’t believe that I cook good… and other members in my new family are happy abt it. Credit goes to my mother-in- law, she had taught me to cook most of the dishes. She has a lott of patience for a gal like me.. really, n she is friendly too man!!! Never expected that I wud get a good lady as my mom-in-law. She rarely pointed out my mistakes, (but I knew my faults) thus motivating me to cook better food. She has a mild nature. Her son i:e my husband points out the mistakes sometimes ( he is welcome for that ) ….
“No love… you shouldn’t add coriander leaves when the food is half cooked or at the beginning in oil… it shud always be at the end after the dish is fully cooked… shud always be used for garnishing the dish… else it gives a bitter taste…”, he had once said when he had seen my cooking ishtyle. Sometimes I feel he shud have been a chef… I wud had taken nice rest relishing all the continental food stuff he wud cook for me … ;-) m very selfish I know… hehehee..
Today I cooked chole for the 2nd time in my life (looking at the written recipe)… first time in my hometown. He takes a look at the kitchen and asks… “mom… wat special today???”. Mom is silent for me to reveal it.
“ Chole..”, I said…
“ so experimenting today??”
“ya… first on u….”
“veeru…. get ready and run out soon… we will go out and have our food…” , he tells to his younger bro.. mom and veeru laugh…
man…. my man is impossible…. never serious abt anything…. but I LOVE HIM…. he is more a friend than a husband as I had said earlier… eggjhaktly the kinda person I wanted for myself……
