This blog owner is an Indian born confused Gourmet!
With no professional training nor techniques, I yet wear my Chefs’ hat quite frequently and do get a few accolades from my friends and family every now and then.
With a natural knack for cooking, I was making regular Indian meals (punjabi mostly) as a teenager. It all came to me so easy by just standing next to my favorite cook: My MoM! Not that my father was any less as he was pushy enough to get the most famous Sindhi dishes to our daily menu: SaiBhaji ,Salemani , Peas-Patata, Sindhi Curry just to name a few. And yes ofcourse, the Sindhi papads’ that contribute to some crispy dinning table memories where the four of us (mom, dad, my younger sister and i) sat and made some mega life plans!
Right from my school days till college, i loved dabbling my hands in all kitchen chores and yes that includes pouring some boiling hot water over my hand while filling a hot water bag, getting my fingers cut while chopping, to blisters while frying puris and pakoras. But again no gain without pain applies to all learning lessons in life!
My self discovery and love for #FOOD really happened after getting married to a family of foodies, who both Lived to #EAT and ATE to #LIVE, each day and each meal! All our family holidays were centered around food destinations and ‘Must Try’ in the city of travel. And I shall pass on due credit to Mr.Anthony Bourdain’s show for this nuance.
By the grace of God and my dear Mother-in-Law, daily cooking was not something that this family expected their daughters to do, therefore weekend cooking came with a bit of pressure for it had to be FANCY (just kidding). Being a busy working executive most of my life, cooking had became a weekend stress-buster and an excellent way to exhibit what one had tasted, tried, imagined the recipe to be and thus presented.
With a very social and well-read husband, who needs people around him all the time to blabber, entertaining at home was beyond escape. These short notice gatherings actually contribute to the origin of this blog. Instead of posting my food and other things around food pictures on facebook (in an assorted album obviously) and counting those likes and comments, it just made more sense to Blog.
I mostly do simple cooking that is Easy, Doable and Edible.
My motto is to make the most of what i have in my kitchen, cook from my head& heart and not necessarily follow a cook book.
“Looks do Matter on the Platter” , however is my real mantra.
Indian Born Confused Gourmet 