Kitchen Truths

...no one ever told you.

• One cluttered countertop is better than looking for two empty packets in the bin.

-- Mid way through my egg korma recipe realised the next step is on the back of the empty packet I threw few minutes earlier into the bin. Spent some smelly moments digging through my trash to find it. Stopped making egg korma ever since.

• Give The Mr fish curry and you earned yourself a skirt. Teach him to make fish curry, and you have earned a lifetime on the couch.

-- Need I explain?

• An adversity doesn't bring out the best as much as it highlights the bitter.

-- Little did I know that onions hate being mashed, especially when they haven't been sauteed. The dinner left a bitter taste in our mouths and my cooking skills. Hmpf!

• There are two tragedies in life: One is not getting your heart's desire and the other is getting it.

-- Decided to be organised in my cooking and followed the recipe; step by step. 1/4 tsp Chilli powder read the line. By the time I reached the kadai with the spoon that said '1/4 tsp', my ingredients were of use only to a charcoal painter.

• Listen to your intuition. It will show you the way. But for heavens' sake use the spoon.

-- Believing yours truly to be a cooking wonder, I eyeball most of my ingredients. The last time i tried to add salt, I forget to screw the top tightly. Poured half the bottle in the rasam, and all the rasam down the drain.