It's
been a year that I have started my wonderful journey in the kitchen.
It started from something menial ,messy and what some people might even call
unhygienic to something that is clean
,tastes good and is healthy. Cooking for me started off as a means of avoiding
hunger however that gradually changed .It now has a lot more meaning. For me,
food is not only about fulfilling one's hunger
or means of avoiding starvation
but also about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It is a way of using vital
nutrients for the growth and development of our bodies.The only food that I can perfectly cook is daal, bhaat, achar, and tarkari.
I remember the first time I cooked, it was very oily and spicy. Being a
beginner in cooking, I had no idea about the do's and don'ts of cookery.
However the situation changed over the months, thanks to my mother.
The combination of daal bhaat tarkari and achaar is the common meal in many areas of Nepal. It is the only food that is cooked everyday in every Nepalese house. For making this, Rice is usually boiled and accompanied by a letil soup. Likewise, daal is prepared from variety of dried beans, lentils and peas. Daal accompanied rice and often eaten by mixing together. The third one is tarkari or vegetables which varies based on region and season. Similarly, Nepali meals are often accompanied by a side dish of spice pickles.
