If your wife can't cook ?

100% agree. It’s a rare guy who would be okay with his wife not cooking at all. I understand the occasional take-out or him sharing in the chore - but very few couples that I know are okay with her not cooking at all.

A friend of mine (she’s gori) - her husband loves to cook and they’ve made it his job. But I don’t see that flying in a desi household.

I as a woman, am appalled at the idea that a wife does not cook nor is expected to. Come on, mothers remain the nurturers in the family unit - no getting around it.

She need not be a slave to the kitchen, but she should make an effort to manage family meals and should have a minimal amount of competence in the kitchen. Very few people outside of Pakistan and the Middle East have live-in help to cook the 3 meals a day. So unless the husband is happy cooking all meals (rare species, difficult to find) or you want to eat unhealthy, processed foods, learn simple dishes - but make an effort.