Since I’ve been buried in deadlines the past week, writing and researching for some of my upcoming freelance assignments, I had the privilege of spending many long hours at the bookstore amidst some of the best collections of cookbooks – all the while thinking about his Methi Matar that I was going to cook for dinner. Don’t you just love it when you can grab your favourite cup of coffee, and comfortably settle yourself on a cosy plush leather chair in the cookbook section of a huge store? Yea, me too, and that’s just why I plan on spending many more days there. I figure even if I don’t actually get any work done, I could at least read about food to my heart’s content. While on the topic of simplifying Indian food, something I was working to write on, I decided to go on a little hunt and see what I could find. Shockingly, I wasn’t impressed at all! I picked up a few books, most that looked very promising, and began skimming through some of the most popular recipes, that the authors, no doubt tried their best to recreate as quick and simple as possible. While many made good sense to me, I was horrified by what a few others instructed. So, as I sat down and began taking notes, I decided to make my own list of do’s/don’ts, more on the don’ts actually, of what NOT to do when making an Indian dish. Here is what I came up with: I really do hope this helps in bringing people a step closer to understanding the basic of Indian cooking. I will try and touch upon similar subjects through my Indian Cooking 101 series, and can only hope that Indian food will be perceived as something that one can easily whip up on a normal weeknight.
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