Cooking as stress buster

By : Swati Sani | 3 Comments | On : September 16, 2014 | Category : Kitchen Talk Tags: stress buster

As a young woman I did not enjoy cooking, what made the matter worse was the fact that I grew up in a typical Indian middle class household and was expected to know and excel in all “girly” things. While things started changing after I got married, I still did most of the kitchen work as a chore. Thankfully, while I cooked for my family there was always ample help at hand. My husband, Tarique, was interested in cooking and had afternoons free since he was practicing as a pediatrician and my father in law liked to help me. So when I returned from the office the dinner preps were done, and I just had to put in less than an hour or so of work in the kitchen. That suited me very well.

Years passed, and my work load increased. I now had my company to look after, and I had thought cooking a meal will be an avoidable chore till one time when the cook took a long leave.  I battled on both fronts and in a few days, the maid returned. To my surprise I realised that I had started enjoying my tryst with the kitchen during her absence. It had helped me to unwind and relax, not to mention garner praises from my family and a growing up child. It did not take long for me to cook on a regular basis, and soon friends and family started pouring in; they did not mind being scapegoats to my culinary experiments.

Recently when a friend who had gone abroad wanted to know a few of my recipes I thought of chronicling them all. So here they are. I will keep adding recipes and pictures to this site regularly, so keep visiting.