The "Inconsistent chicken curry"

How do you cook chicken if you have to eat it mostly every week?

Would you add the same spices? Or would you tweak the quantiites here and there? Or would you find new ingredients from the kitchen shelf to change the taste?

It is an endless journey to find new recipes from the hundreds of cuisine in the Indian sub-continent to reach your spouse’s heart through his tummy.

How will he understand the planning behind a chicken curry – a Sanjeev Kapoor recipe or a typical Kerala chicken curry, with or without coconut milk, do I use the shopwaala ginger garlic paste or should I use my mortar and pestle to grind fresh ginger and garlic?

How do you succeed to make him eat out of your hand?

At least, avoid judgment of how inconsistent your chicken curry at the peak hours in the kitchen when you are making chapatti, boiling milk and cooking dal to the perfect consistency on your three- burner gas stove?

God save you, the Indian woman – working or home-making!

But remember, no one else can provide food so healthy and tasty as you do whatever comments come through. Nor can anyone match the taste of your cooking, because you cook with love…

Have a yummy day!

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