Eating Rajma and thinking of Sonia, our( Shab and I) neighbour in Hyderabad's Ameerpet. She was our companion and had given us Rajma one day. Shab and I weren't cooking those days and the homemade Rajma was very welcome and it was also the first time I'd ever tasted it. I of course liked it and wanted the recipe. She said it contained tomatoes. I was surprised because I couldn't find any traces. And Sonia had used the opportunity to show off, as if it was some magic. It was Shab who later enlightened me on pureeing. It had never occured to me that tomatoes could be used that way too.
Thinking of it, I knew next to nothing of cooking then. Except for using a cooker, heating things, making tea and rolling rotis. So I'm grateful to a host of people including N, Shab and her father for making me believe that cooking was easy and worth it. But because of my predominantly non-native learning, I sometimes feel handicapped when it comes to traditional cooking.
Rishi has had a great year so far. He has done exceedingly well in everything he's touched this year and there are so many watching his progress now. Gets me worried sometimes.
Thinking of it, I knew next to nothing of cooking then. Except for using a cooker, heating things, making tea and rolling rotis. So I'm grateful to a host of people including N, Shab and her father for making me believe that cooking was easy and worth it. But because of my predominantly non-native learning, I sometimes feel handicapped when it comes to traditional cooking.
Rishi has had a great year so far. He has done exceedingly well in everything he's touched this year and there are so many watching his progress now. Gets me worried sometimes.
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