After a long time today, I made myself a cup of tea, lots of 'adrak', added jaggery since I quit sugar. My maid was on leave, celebrating a festival, otherwise everyday she is responsible for my tea. Growing up in Delhi got us used to the 'adrak wali chai, doodh kum, patti tez' (translates to strong tea with less milk and lots of ginger). When I got this maid, I taught her how to make tea this way, and since then she stopped liking the 'milky tea' she used to make. 10 years now, she makes it better :D.
If I share this with my mother, she would be shocked, that her daughter who once wouldn't enter the kitchen, is now sharing 'how to's' with others. Well, that's my mother, its been 14 years since I actively started cooking, started when I was pregnant, but, even today she loves to just share stories of how I wasn't interested in cooking ever. It's the favourite family discussion topic.
From making the comforting dal chawal to baking desserts I have come a long way. From a brash teen to a responsible mother. I have come a long way. From not caring a damn to completing duty calls, I have come a long way. From wanting to live my life on my terms to living my life according to someone else's terms, I have indeed come a long way. From speaking my mind to thinking twice before I open my mouth to voice out my opinion in front of my dear spouse, I have come a long way.
YET! All that gets noticed by everyone else is how I wasn't interested in cooking!!
It's been a long time since I was asked about my day. Though, I have been asked, what do I do all day, pointing at sarcasm...
Today, I made the perfect tea. Put my feet up, let the beds be 'un-made' watched 2 episodes back to back of a series that I am following these days. I let me be ME. However, I am. I am enough. I know.
If I share this with my mother, she would be shocked, that her daughter who once wouldn't enter the kitchen, is now sharing 'how to's' with others. Well, that's my mother, its been 14 years since I actively started cooking, started when I was pregnant, but, even today she loves to just share stories of how I wasn't interested in cooking ever. It's the favourite family discussion topic.
From making the comforting dal chawal to baking desserts I have come a long way. From a brash teen to a responsible mother. I have come a long way. From not caring a damn to completing duty calls, I have come a long way. From wanting to live my life on my terms to living my life according to someone else's terms, I have indeed come a long way. From speaking my mind to thinking twice before I open my mouth to voice out my opinion in front of my dear spouse, I have come a long way.
YET! All that gets noticed by everyone else is how I wasn't interested in cooking!!
It's been a long time since I was asked about my day. Though, I have been asked, what do I do all day, pointing at sarcasm...
Today, I made the perfect tea. Put my feet up, let the beds be 'un-made' watched 2 episodes back to back of a series that I am following these days. I let me be ME. However, I am. I am enough. I know.
Nice... Liked the style of writing about the simple things of life...
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