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\"Tarique

Tarique and Aasim cooking Risotto<\/p><\/div>\n

Launching this site today has a special significance. It’s Tarique’s <\/a>birthday and he loves to eat as well as cook good food. In fact,\u00a0I started appreciating good food and cooking only after marriage. Needless to say, I use to be a very “kam chalau” cook to begin with and barely managed to get a meal together.<\/p>\n

We had been married for about a month or so, when I felt the need to impress my husband with my culinary skills. So, with a\u00a0lot of efforts I made bharwan\u00a0tindey (Stuffed round gourd). While it was a major achievement for me to be able to keep them ready on time. On the dinner table I heard nothing… not even a word. So before I joined him for dinner, I asked him as I took my first bite “Kaise bane hain?” It did not take me long to realise that I had managed to burn them and they were way too salty. My poor man was eating quietly without complaining and here I was, expecting compliments. It has been 20 years to our marriage and I haven’t repeated that dinner menu of “bharwan\u00a0tindey”.\u00a0I still remember that look on his face and we joke about it till date!<\/p>\n

It took a while, but I started enjoying the process of getting a meal together for my family and got better in it. For some years I did give it up, but realised that cooking is an <\/a>art, and a major stress buster.<\/a>\u00a0We are now in the Kitchen very often, and we enjoy cooking together, listening to some good music and discussing our day.<\/p>\n

This one’s for you, my love, for a healthy and happy life. Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Leo Hidalgo (@yompyz)<\/a> \/ Foter<\/a> \/ CC BY<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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