I am newly single, and facing having to care for myself. I've mastered the big white box washing machine , discovered that 'food' can also go in the beer cold box, that frozen dinners can be made in the little white microwave-box, but I have a box left over. I think it's called a cooker?
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My problem is that "Cookbooks" are written by extremely competent, very enthusiastic cooks. This is no good at all to duffers like me, who actually don't want to cook, but will have to.
Apart from cookbooks intended for students wall-to-wall pasta! The problem is that there is too much assumed knowledge on the part of the writer, as well as a supposed enthusiasm on the part of the reader. This reader has no enthusiasm whatsoever!! There is a class of reader out there who cannot cook, who must cook, but who don't really want to cook.
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Of the few complaints I get on Indian cooking, the one that stands most prominent is the myth that Indian cooking is just too hard. Yes, you heard me right, a myth! Yes, like any of you not familiar with the South-Asian cuisine, I too started off without much knowledge. So here is where my mind got to work.
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I thought why not start a cooking class, and Indian food , if you will, introducing people to the simple basics of cooking Indian. A beginners course for all the eager enthusiasts willing to start from the top. We will begin with the essentials, and slowly move up to a point where you will be confident enough to throw in a pinch of this and a dash of that. Hopefully, through this series, you will see that once you know the bare minimum, the rest from then on is smooth sailing.
And then maybe, just maybe, I will finally be able to dismiss the myth that Indian cooking is just too hard. Don't feel obligated to eat the whole thing either, but definitely don't give up! Food is meant to be experimented with and, much like other aspects of life, with successes come failures!
Look for inspiration everywhere - For this point, I was just going to say 'read a lot of cookbooks, blogs, and all that jazz', but culinary inspiration comes from all places. A favourite cafe with amazing apple tarts, the smell of BBQ in the dwindling warm summer air, a spaghetti squash just begging to be roasted at the local grocery store.
This may sound kind of cheesy, but all of these things that guide are senses can guide you in the kitchen too.
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Don't use ingredients that you don't enjoy - I'm just going to out on a limb here and assume that everyone here likes olive oil and garlic, ok? If those are dislikes for anyone, you need to get over that as soon as possible, just saying! Anyway, part of sharing original recipes through your website is knowing that something works. If you're opting to use ingredients that you don't enjoy, just to impress someone or by request, or whatever the case may be, you're much less likely to want to cook it again.
Everything needs a few test runs I say three , to really become 'perfect' and who wants to cook something they don't like multiple times? Know the basics - This kind of goes without saying, but knowing standard base recipes like a basic biscuit and general basic culinary techniques like properly roasting garlic are essential to recipe development.
It's always great to have a solid foundation of kitchen skills. Now, I'm not talking about going out to seek some culinary training.
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Let it be known that the standard ratio for a simple vinaigrette dressing is 2 parts oil to 1 part vinegar. Consider it a blank canvas that's already pretty oily Now, start thinking of different ingredients that you like that can be added to the mix