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……
12 comments:
between I thot all that was basic cooking, everyone shud know!
wat the heck- my mom never taught me #-o
hey Preeti,
I'm Preetam's Cousin, live in US. i was jus reading your blog, n I felt really happy for u. Few of us have such mild and helpful Mil's and those who wanna help more than comment. Good that u learn to cook n actually have ppl relish your dishes. I understand your excitement coz I've started my culinary journey in thesame line as you except that I had recipes told over long distance phone calls :)
Neways, keep up the good work
Well ..
I can make ..
Tea .
ummm ..
maggi ...
. ummm ...
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ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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List is endless u knw ... :)) ..
//Never expected that I wud get a good lady as my mom-in-law.
Ha ha, i guess the image of a mother-in-law was really bad in your mind.
Its good to know that people dont die bcos of the food u cook :)
Nice nice...hope the chole was good!
:P good to know abt ur cooking isstyle, remebered my early days of marriage, all the best to both of u, have a great life ahead
~preeti
[Ashish]
ya its indeed basic cooking, but u know something called interest shud b ther for that... me..... always interested in eating rather than cookin...
my mom rarely taught her stubborn daughter, but here mom is my mother in law... :-)
[Sushma]
hey sushma.. thanks for dropping in ya... yes u r very right.
one shud be really lucky to have a Mil like I have, she is really very kind and never says me to work or do something.... she does it by herself , but i make sure that i go and snatch her work.. ;-)
from time to time she tells me to have my meals too... :-)
i really need to try out new recipes... me n my brother in law love eating different food. hope u wil help me in cooking the dishes which u cuk ther... other than indian recipes dear...
[Killer is i]
hey tats great man!!!! u know more than me!!!! :-p
plz teach me no?!?!?!?!?! hehehehehe
[Raj]
right said raj.... i had bad ideas of moms-in-law, ya i knew very few are ther who are kind and gentle, but i never expected one such mom for myself.... :-)
how is this.... infact ppl are putting on weight... hahahaa.
[Equilibrium]
ya man, it was really good, wished i had taken its pic and put it in
the blog.. :-)
[The Bhandari']
thanks... thanks a lott preeti....
[Anjan]
sure man!!!! MTR ready to eat foods are always available for me when it comes to u... hahahha
best
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Thanx
that was a nice account of ur improving culinary skills..once you are done with ur experiments on hubby dear, i will consider visiting ur home :)))
hmm great news for your husband , lot of tastey food for him
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