potpourii: FoodWeeeee

When I was kid, I was very difficult to be pleased with food and at the same time it was as easy as that. I had very few choice with the food I devoured; it’s difficult for parent right? Now if we look at having just a few choices it’s easy too. I was easily lured with the “few” food I fell for.

Cooking was not with me until I hit my teen. I never had to do one at home (privilege being a son huh!). I started with the basics of cutlery and cooking style by helping my sister when we were together during my high school studies. I vividly remember I used to experiment with “few” dishes on my own. Some went right some horrible. With all those rise and fall one thing was being infused in me; I was starting to enjoy to be in kitchen, cook and play with the utensils.

With the guidance of Babita Di during my early cooking life, motivating company of Sheela Di I was loving cooking more each day. Not to mention the stories of Vivek Da in his cooking styles and finger licking delicacies of Mandira Maiju, they are the corner stones.

I cooked for living along with my fellow friend Laxman and other Thai pals when I was in Israel for almost 10 months. That epoch of cooking was different, cooking for LIFE, cooking to get going! I explicitly remember cooking ripe pumpkin for the first time there. I never liked eating ripe pumpkin as vegetable and I still don't.

I loved cooking for my sisters and family get-togethers. I would always be in front line in every social events and cooking department used to be my couch where I would find myself easy. I remember many events like Nwaraan, Annaprasan, Bratabandha, Engagement and Wedding Ceremonies where I would keep myself busy helping others and rejoicing the aroma of spices, the rattle of utensils, the popping of the cork, clinking of knives and the forks, the heat of the stoves and the hustle among the members in the kitchen.

Since the introduction of KAnchAn in life in 2016, we have been involved in trying different dishes together. LEVEL UP we call it. She loves cooking different cuisines and has been complementing me in my all the cooking experiments. We have a perfect blend of vegetarian and non-vegetarian sense. I would call we are the Yin and Yang that complete each other. She hails from Far-Western part of Nepal with abundance of different vegetarian recipes who has added a lot of spice and color in our life. And now comes Aarvik aka #EhhKayJr who is just 2 years and 5 months yet has taste bud of a matured man. He loves food and not just food he loves just “good food”. Now he is our motivation to cook and a sweet reason to sweat.

Good Food Good Life..

PS: Few glimpse of some recent and one past cooking experiment!!!