I was tired
of my own cooking routine and I wanted to break away from the usual roti-sabji,
dal-rice stuff. As I am a strict vegetarian, I do not have many options to eat
outside and I was tired of whatever options are available e.g. Bread, pasta, salads etc. I wanted to eat something
which was definitely vegetarian, but not from the routine. In Bangalore, I had a cook and she took care of the food there. But here, in Germany, every afternoon, the
question ‘What’s cooking for dinner’ stares at my blank face. I then took to
searching food blogs and I was amazed to see 'n' number of people writing blogs about
their experiments with food and they had won a lot of accolades too. And I was
even more surprised to see that many of the food blogs that I came across were
for vegetarian stuff only! I read and referred a few blogs for a few dishes and
prepared them in past 2-3 weeks. Tanay and Atul were my subjects for
experiments, but they survived and me too!
I prepared
apple-cinnamon muffins, mango muffins, sprouted moong paratha, onion-cheese
paratha, corn –potato tikki, sabudana thalipeeth, semolina-coconut ladoo and I
feel very proud of myself. I am not a person who enjoyed being in the kitchen
and cooking for people. I could just do the bare minimum so as to not go
hungry. But with these experiments, I gained confidence that even I can try
different and unusual and healthy dishes. With practice, I can also master the
different combinations and permutations. I felt elated and happy and I sincerely
thank all those ladies who toiled to make their blogs and guide duds like me in
this wonderful world of aroma and spices.
So, people
like me, who would like to experiment and try some ‘out of the box’ recipes
do refer the following links:
http://www.rakskitchen.net/
