Like a true-blue Bangali, I salivate over the aromas that waft from the kitchen and can spend hours exchanging notes on anything from shukto to sushi. But unlike other members of the ilk, when it comes to brandishing my culinary skills willingly, I cut a sorry figure. Simply put, I am a reluctant cook of the very first order.
Which is not to say that I have faltered. I know there are mouths to be fed, parties to be returned…New-age psychotherapy even pitches cooking as an effective stress buster. But evidently, I’ve failed to see through it all.
Cooking for me is a cumbersome exercise. Period. And predictably so, since the whole rigmarole starts with the basic dilemma “what to cook”. On good days, when contents spill forth from the fridge and strike you with a brainwave, you hit the stew-pot instantly. But, after a hard day at office with hunger pangs gnawing at your guts, your “Aha” moment seems aeons away!
But then I am a Bong (oops bangali ;) ) and being a foodie is sort of mapped in my genes. I need my luchi fix almost every Sunday, a steaming hot Ilish machher jhol as rains lash the parched earth, notun gurer payesh when there’s nip in the air, not to mention other droolworthy delights. Hence, no matter how much I hum and haw, I still reach for the kitchen when I’m feeling down and pamper myself with a lip-smacking dish.
And, oh yes … did i mention ... there’s always enough for gatecrashers.
4 comments:
Can we have one of those recipes...the lip-smacking snax I meant. I also need my weekly dose of luchi to keep going, its an addiction I am not ready to give up quite like the other smoking. It always makes me happy and all seems well around my life. But I have a plan on which I am letting you on a bot early to cook the easy way from now on and don't stick too the staid old menu which my dear house keeper doles out every day. And have located the perfect way to solve the problem of what to cook, there is a recipe book called 4000 easy recipes made under 30 miutes. Its a gem! Just that one has to be a little careful in stocking up the refrigerator every week and then baby you can have fun with food forever!! Try it today!
i still remember that fabulous luchi, begum bhaja and cholar dal i had at your place!!! oops and i almost forgot that delightful shorshe ilish as well... remember the one we took to reshma's house... oh how i miss delhi :(
I am afraid I do not have the craving for a luchi fix...too much. But no one dares stand between me and my fish...if i go too many days without fish I feel like something is missing in life...I genberally keep a steady stream of fishes going even in uk. My fav is a spinich and mustard recipe...and another is one of hubby's creation - coconut with garlic....yum yum.
We miss you too in Delhi, at least I do sooooooo much! Wish you were here.
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