"Are beta, ayushyabhar hech karaychay..mag aatapasun kashala suruvaat?" means "Dear child, you have to do it for whole life, then why start early?" such were sentences my Mom used to say when I would enter kitchen and try helping her in a recipe.. And happy me.. used to follow it without hesitation.. :P :)
But as days were passing, I started helping her for secondary tasks of kitchen work..like taking dishes and water before lunch/dinner, cutting vegetables and listening to "how to cook this recipe".. and...what.. I don't remember any... :( that's how I was!!!
BUT....I never ever regretted it!
Oh yes.. forget regretting... I would fear thought of getting married to a guy who doesn't know cooking..and I had strong reason for it... nope.. not that..I was not good at cooking(who cares!) but "I have seen my father contributing to kitchen as equal as my mother..and so I can't imagine someone sitting and ordering me...!
THAT was my justification for my expectation!
How "politically right" I was!! :P:P
Fortunately, my husband is a very good cook..better than me sometimes! (No..I didn't choose him because of this quality.. it just happened you know.. ;) but yes.. I won't deny that I was happy to hear this quality of his..)
But he being a good cook was not enough..I came to know when I came here in Brussels. And then I started feeling (yup regretting) my "who cares" attitude towards cooking... :(
Then on, I started my experiments on cooking.. and guess I started it with "Gulab Jamun"! Such a high class recipe, with all the different material than the usual one in India and with as naive mind as mine... what should have been its result? Offcourse, it was a disaster! The sugar syrup was no more a syrup and turned into rock solid material and the jamun balls were the layerd shapes of multiple colors! :(:(
Still remember, how bad it was to see so much waste created by me! :(
But that was another time, I 'seriously' regretted and started working towards cooking.. I started with many small, simple recipes and then the big ones.. With every day, I gave the try on something new.. and that try was shared in the get together parties of friends (although with * marked ;) )... But the feedback from all the friends had been really good(hope it was not part of their formality ;) ) and this encouraged me for my "under development" skills... :)
Yesterday, when I, again with all risk, jumped into making Gulab Jamun...I purposefully recollected all the better reactions received and prayed God every single minute I was preparing sugar syrup and frying jamun balls.. and there was twist! and twist was... I had completed the recipe without any problem! and Gulab Jamun looked perfect! and yes.. they tasted nice too... :):)
Whoooo... I am happy since then! yes.. till this time... :):)
As they say... "Failure is a first step towards success!".. I actually am experiencing it!
I thank my husband and all our friends here (Soniya,Sandeep,dada, Binni, Moumi, Babul, Manish, Poonam) for encouraging me...and dear Div and Annu for "nothing" :P:P (my best friends, who every now and then would tease my husband saying..your wife only knows how to prepare chapati! so be prepared! :P:P ) and yes.. the important ones... how can I forget the people who taught me all..
Madhura, Bhavna, VahChef, Anuja, Hetal... my youtube buddies!!! :)
Thank a ton! :):)
