This question may have troubled many of us during our teenage phase(good old days) or may still be troubling some lucky ones!
Ok, Make chana rice, but you have to soak them overnight!
Then make Matar Paneer, but we need more paneer!
Then make Gajar matar, but there aren't any good quality carrots in the market right now!
Ok, Then, make curry rice-- we just had rice yesterday!!!
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Sounds familiar?
There are N number of memes made on it as well,
This is the conversation I had this morning with my mother after she said,"I wanna ask you something very important; please answer me that -- Aj kya banau?"
Now, you may be the one asking these questions or you may be the one answering these questions to people around you, but This question spares none!
Being a 30 year old #Responsible,
Some of us are now cooking for themselves,Some are getting annoyed by our beloved house help (one of the many reasons people wanna stay in India), Some are ordering out everyday(remember those annoyed faces scrolling Zomato),
Some, after getting frustrated, are on strict diet of boiled veggies, eggs, or something really simple to cook. And some really lucky ones are still finding faults -- "why has mumma made lauki today?!"
But think of it, you order out almost everyday and one day your neighbour/landlord aunty says, Beta I've made biryani, Please try. You get really excited and the moment you taste that, you remember It's nothing like how your mom makes it!!!
Your mother-in-law makes her special Rajma chawal, which her son/daughter eats like it's heaven!, But when you taste it, you suddenly remember how your mother never puts chunks of ginger in it--because you don't like it!
Your colleague makes the yummiest paneer bhurji and everybody in the office is astonished by the amritsari recipe, but it's too spicy for you because he/she doesn't know that you don't eat green chilli.
You are tired of eating the so-called "Ghar ka khana" (home-cooked food) your mom or dad makes for you, but the moment you're away on a trip for a week, you realize just how much you miss that dal/chawal.
"Food—another 'F' word, my friend—is an emotion."
I can't speak for everyone, but most of us are now on the other side of the bridge, missing one, two, or even many dishes we once ate in a certain way. The dishes that our mum used to make or our dad used to bake or that YouTube recipe your 'badi didi' (elder sister) perfected & our mouths are watering just thinking about it!
If you feel the same, you know that it's a part of being the Grown-Up you once badly wanted to be!
Solution: It's not a problem at all, buddy-- it's just change, the ultimate truth of life. What we can do right now is reminding our most favourite chef/chefs, how much we love their specialities that are a precious part of our core memory!
And if you're that chef for someone, take a bow—because you've made someone feel loved! And that is the biggest deal."
P.S. The picture is from my trip last year to Koh Chang, Thailand, where, as a vegetarian, I survived on bread, butter, chips, and Nutella for lunch --sitting in the last seat of our bus—while missing my most special chef, with whom I had the ultimate food conversation this morning."
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