Venture into the Unknown

Before I begin on the topic I have to apologize for not having blogged this long. Sorry. Don’t expect this to be worth the wait or anything. It hopefully lives to the poor standards of my other posts.

I am sure when people visit different countries for whatever reasons, visiting or work, they see and learn many things. Different people,Culture and place being the obvious ones. I am not going to speak about them. I want to ponder on what changes I discovered in myself. Don’t expect me to say that I have got fit like the many Australians here, but it is my cooking skills. Yes I have started spending more time in the kitchen.Wielding knives, with tears in my eyes i fight many battles with onions. Never in my dreams did I see that I will be cutting vegetables, pouring oil and all the crazy ingredients to prepare my food. But the truth is I have.

In India I and my friends had our own cook who used to come thrice a day to prepare our food and serve it hot at the right time. The only reason I used to switch on the gas stove was for my appetite of coffee at odd hours. Now I rely on the machines for that.
Over here things are a lot different. In my earlier apartment I used to cook food with my friends, discuss the office work and my client with them when cutting vegetables and occasionally slice my own fingers. Now after having moved into a separate apartment I have to handle everything on my own, till my friend joins me after his Indian vacation.

Initially I didn’t like it. Returning home after a tiring day at office you don’t want to wet your hands in doing the cooking chores. But I am surprised to realize that I have started to like it. I wouldn’t dare say that I am ready to serve my food to Gordon ramsay (fame of Kitchen Knightmares and his trademark swearing) and have restricted myself and my friends to be the only rabbits of my kitchen.

I am keen on showing my cookery skills to my family when I return to India. My parents will not be that lucky to wait till then as they will be visiting me here in couple of month’s time. So I am hoping my mom will be able to share a lot of her secrets and hone my skills, before I torture my cousins and others back home.

This part of the house was surely unknown to me until now.So i thought i will pen down history being made in my life that is :). I am curious to know how my friends who are staying away from their parents are coping with their own battles at kitchen, specially boys. Does the onion win or you have the last laugh? So please do share your thoughts,experiences and maybe even recipes in comments below.