Meet the 'Kitchen Queen'

I must have been 3-4 yrs old, when, once, an aunt asked me, ‘What milk do you drink?’ and I had replied ‘the packet milk’. My aunt persisted, ‘But whose milk is it?’ and I had said ‘Oh…The Milkman's milk’

I grew up to realize that there were many more such answers in my life. To share a few:

• My favorite dal(lentil) was ‘My Mom’s dal’(and now 'my sister's dal').  (It’s the most ‘out of the world dal’, who cares about what lentil combination goes into it!)

• My favourite food is fried potato stolen from my brother’s plate

• My favourite ice cream is the one shared with my best friend, who kept me busy in  a conversation & ate up the entire tub, without my realizing it.

I was recently asked to share some of my ‘secret recipes’ on this blog. Thought it would help greatly if my readers first, have an idea about my ‘secret experiences’ in the kitchen.

Once I was cooking at a friend’s place, while she was out teaching an Art of Living program. Her husband Samir(name changed), was in the kitchen at that point of time(in a pretty bad mood) fixing the kitchen tap. 

As I added a frozen cutlet into the hot oil in the pan, the pan caught fire!!!

I lifted the pan by its handle, turned off the gas & started jumping up and down (holding the pan in my hand) and said ‘Samir, Samir, DO SOMETHING’.

What is God's Job?

One day a king called all his ministers & asked, “Everyone has some work, the doctor looks after patients, teacher teaches, gardener looks after the garden, what is Gods job?”

There is a lot of discussion, but the King is not satisfied. Finally the King gives the head minister 2 days time to come up with a satisfactory answer.

The worried minister goes  & sits in a field at the end of the second day. 

A shepherd boy sees him & enquires about the cause of his worry. The minister is reluctant to discuss. The shepherd says, “At least share because sharing will make u feel lighter.”

The minister tells him what the king wants to know. The shepherd says, “Is that all! Tell the King the shepherd boy knows the answer.”