Out of the Comfort Zone

This is a conservation that I had with a friend, just before going to India for the winter break in December 2008.

Me: I am going to cook when I go home in the winter break
Friend: You will have to be careful. You will probably mess up. You cook in larger quantities here as compared to what you would do at home

And how correct he was, this I have been realizing in the past week or so.

With time on hand today, I decided to cook for myself in the afternoon (as compared to cooking for 5 persons (+ 5 i.e the evening meal + next day afternoon lunch at the same time)). I almost messed up the amount of salt and masalas that I needed to add. I ended up adding a little more than what it was needed for a one person meal.

Conclusion – So even if in my wildest dream I had imagined that I had become a “good cook” (good is a very relatively term! ), I have realized that there is a lot more to learn …