My friends tease me for not knowing to cook.. A girl must be a good cook that's what everyone says!! These days any engineer(girl/guy) who goes onsite ends up learning cooking isn't it!?! ;)
Well.. I am not at a good cook. I manage to do with small things. I feel sambhar/curry is the toughest of all dishes. You're right I have never tried it! I thought of giving it a try.
On a weekend, I decided to prepare Rajma Curry!! There were 2 reasons to choose this dish: Firstly my mom had never prepared Rajma. Secondly thought of getting some extra compliments for preparing without any ones help. :p
After browsing for a while, found few cooking videos in YouTube. ;) Ref: www.vahrehvah.com, http://showmethecurry.com. These websites had cooking video's for almost all Indian dishes. Wow!! I was getting more interested to prepare the dish.
Started with my preparations for the dish. Seeing me struggle, my mom chipped in to help me. I was like a head chef, instructing mom to get initial things ready.:D Now it was my turn to prepare the curry. Following the instructions as in the video, I was done with the dish. Finally its done. Mmmmmh.. It smelt good!
The taste was ok ok and was wondering what my family would say. They tasted and never took second serving. I agree I did mess up with few steps here and there. :(( I told them that Punjabi dishes tastes much differently than south Indian dishes. Since I prepared I had to like it and said to myself - Wah Wah Rajma!!
good stuff pavi.. i use wah chef and showmethecurry and always been a success!!! keep blogging! - Deepa
ReplyDeleteI was amazed of the numerous cooking videos. Good to know that you also follow them. It really helps na.. Enjoy cooking! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like someone is really competing with Tarla Dalal.
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