Page 70 - Masala E-magazine Vol 9 Issue 4 February-March 2018

HOME KITCHEN

Refreshing

Recipes

T OTANTALISEYOUR

TAS T E BU DS

Daan Singh Sachdev proves that you don’t need to
attend cooking school to master the culinary arts. He

shares two of his favourite simple and easy to follow
vegetarian recipes.

ooking has always been something that I have loved. From
a young age, I lived in a joint family with my grandparents
C and relatives, and I enjoyed watching my mom prepare
food for 12 to 15 people, twice a day, for so many years. Every day
was like a feast! Cooking has now become a form of escapism, for
whenever I am angry or sad, I am in the kitchen.

As a vegetarian, I feel inspired and challenged at the same time. Some
dishes I want to prepare require ingredients I cannot eat, so I try to
recreate the meal by fi nding alternative varieties and fl avours.
I have also never attended culinary school, so I use my
taste buds and intuition to cook. Sometimes, my
experiments work, while other times they don’t. I
enjoy fi nding recipes on YouTube, reading cook
books and watching cooking shows. But at the end,
it is all about touch and feel to know when it is right.

“ Cooking has now become

a form of escapism, for

whenever I am angry or
“
sad, I am in the kitchen.

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FEBRUARY - MARCH 2018