once my husband cooked chicken curry…i emailed him the recipe but he couldnt understand so i told on fone while he was cooking at same time…at the end he put the chicken on dum…i asked after 15 minutes that’ is it ready? “he said “no,chicken is not tender enough”…i said “ok put on stove for some more time with iittle water”…then i again asked if its ready?..he said"not tender enough”…the same process went again for 15 minutes n then he said that meat has totally seperated from bones:smack: i dont know if he wanted to make halwa out of that chicken lol
he never cooked when i came here…
but he helps in cutting veggies needed for salan he makes gingergarlic paste also n wash meat when i’m sick…
Why is it that the most famous and celebrated chefs of the world are usually men, when in most households the woman has much more experience in cooking than the man?
Wow. My husband can’t even boil water lmfao. Literally, i asked him once to set a pot of water to boil…i came home to see my $300 pot on the stove…water completely boiled off..stained like hell from the continuous heat and evaporated water. It was so sad.
My husband is like that too. If I am sick or sleeping, he would call his mom in pakistan to ask how to fry an egg.
CB you won’t have any help? I hate it when my husbands goes in the kitchen because of the mess I would have to clean later on. I cooked three days food before going to the hospital. Ordered takeout for a day to two, started cooking, going back to routine from the fifth or so day after I gave birth. Honestly you are worrying way way too much. Enjoy these last few weeks of your pregnancy. Stop worrying about if you will eat Rachel Rays food or chef zakir’s. Just relax and enjoy. Everything will be fine.
lol @ some of the Gappan’s husbands…they need recipe even for boiling water? thanki God, i am NOT like that and my wife will be like shahzaadii of the house!
Its pretty common, I saw desi dudes coming to study in US who could barely survive, nasty filthy apartments, clothes etc. were never taught or expected to do anything at home so coming overseas and being independent was very tough. On the other hand there were guys who could make kick ass biryani etc. The big challenge was hygiene and the infrequency with which clothes were washed, linens were changed, rooms vacuumed. This was not just 18 year old frosh, but grad students in their 20s and 30s also.
btw..just remembered my lazy man recipe from college days.
brown chicken pieces, fry some onions, add ginger, garlic, yogurt
add a couple of cans of spicy V8 and let it simmer.
when I’m sick and I sense husband wants to help, I just tell him to goondho aata if he wants homemade roti and do the washing part (both dishes and kids’ butts as required) and I can do the cooking ! I hate doing dishes
I don’t mind my baniya’s lack of kitchen skills…the man can clean a bathroom and vacuum/sweep/mop our floors like nobody’s business…we have a nice division of labor
a simple chicken salan… heat oil, add onions, sautee them, add ginger garlic paste, tomato puree or fresh chopped tomatoes, salt, little red pepper, haldi, corriander powder, couple table spoons of yogurt, bhonafy the masala, add chicken, bhonafy it for few mins, add a little water and let it cook on medium low heat till tender. if you want you can add vegetables with chicken like add a bag of baby spinach or chopped potatoes or zuccini, peas, etc. enjoy with pita bread or boiled rice.
thanki God, i am NOT like that and my wife will be like shahzaadii of the house! 
