What's Cooking tonight ??

I initially started this blog to chronicle my experiences in the kitchen. With time my interest in the kitchen wore away primarily due to the absence of a stove. Over time a room-mate began to hog the microwave and induction cook-top. Everytime I wanted to cook I would have to wait, and the waiting time was so long that I would give up and eat outside instead.

After moving into another apartment, I got a renewed interest in the kitchen. We had four burners and three housemates and this was ample for us. It meant that one could simultaneously make a side dish on one burner while the rice was being done on another burner. Alternatively I could take breaks between stirring the sabzi and flipping over the chapati. The food got done in less than half the time it used to take once upon a time.

My roomie and I decided that everyday we would eat atleast one home-made meal and we have been following this for a month now. The experience has been beneficial in several ways. Firstly, we eat more regularly as we do not need to head to a restaurant to eat. Secondly the food is healthier as we bulk it up with more vegetables and less oil. Learning to cook and spending some time in the kitchen chatting with each other is a bonus plus point. Lastly we also have food waiting for us if one of us gets home late as the other would have prepared food earlier.

The only disadvantage of self cooking is the taste for my roomie and I are very nascent to this art. This problem will definitely vanish with time as we have observed our food improve gradually over the last month.