Dummies Guide to kitchen...

Disclaimer: This post is not about the ingredients nor the method of preparation various dishes. As the title suggest, this is for dummies, so who cares what they cook except for themselves. Also, they would like it anyway. This is purely my experiences in mastering the art at the kitchen. Read on!!!

I am no expert to write a dummies guide well, that too on this topic. Infact I am a dummy my self helping the fellow dummies who despise the same pizza's, burger's, burritos or subs in creating their own menus.

So here began my experience...

While I was here for the first time, Swamy graciously agreed to cook for me and I with no remorse or option agreed to do the dishes. I was occasionly allowed to cut the vegetables, peel onions and on some lucky days to fiddle with the food. I spent full three months watching him cook and craftily prepare the amazing mouth watering food.

The next time around it was Praveen who took the honors, but here I was allowed for some hands on under his watchful eyes.

So this time around it was me, myself and my kitchen. I was warned, teased and even challenged. But as you must have already read in my another post I have managed and well.

Here are my list of accomplishments over the last couple of weeks...

• Bisibelebath (My masterpeice till date)
• Uppittu (Upma for some)
• Tomato Bath
• Mix Veg curry
• Puliyogre
• Lemon Rice
• Rice
• Gojju
• Maggi

Well the list will certainly grow over the next couple of months.

So as I boast about my experiences and accomplishments here are a few thoughts:

Cooking is about two things

1. Taste

2. Smell

Taste

A great taste is a combination of salt, sweet and sour. A right mixture of these three makes a great food. From my experience the cardinal rules of cooking a great taste are:

a. If its too salty, make it sour. (lemon juice, tamarind would do) and vice versa
b. If its too spicy, make it sweet. (Sugar, jaggery etc if nothing a chocolate :) )

A couple of tries and you will be on the right path.

Smell

Trust me this the most difficult aspect of cooking. The awesome smell that draws people in to the kitchen, hungry or not. You will smell it when the rice is cooked just right. when that sambar is just right and to be out of the stove.

How can you know before hand?

Well let me be frank, you can't. You are still a dummy remember!!!!

So what do you do? Nothing much actually...

Instead you can serve it hot or either break one of the cardinal rules mentioned above.
Believe me it works!!!!

So next time around if you eat something really hot, too salty or too sweetish you know what to smell for!!!!. However if you still fail do not worry, and remember this.

"Who cares how it tastes? It will taste good to you. Thats what matters!!!!"

So go ahead explore the kitchen, cook on!!!!!