Recipes for a beginner cook!

Hi girls,

I need help! My wedding is in about 4 months and I CANNOT cook! After I finished uni, I started a full time career and after that I kind of never got around to learning which I regret now :frowning: Could people please post some simple step by step recipes I could follow and try out? I am really getting worried because I want to be able to cook for my hubby but if I don’t start learning now I feel like it will be difficult for me later on. I am completely clueless when it comes to the kitchen :confused:

Thank you!

Re: Recipes for a beginner cook!

Don’t worry - when I got married I only learned like two super special dishes from my mum - biryani and chicken karhai. It was great in the first week…then afterwards when it was time to cook simple food I had no idea how to even boil plain rice! But I learned everything off the internet. Easiest thing is to search for whatever dish you feel like cooking and follow the recipes.

Here are some basic tips that helped me along the way though:

For cooking veggies: fry chopped onion until golden, add salt, red chilli powder and turmeric and then add then whatever veggies you’re cooking, and fresh or tinned tomatoes to make a salan

For cooking meats: follow same as above, but add ginger and garlic along with your onions. Then add the meat and fry, before adding the masalas and tomato

Hope that helps :slight_smile:

Recipes for a beginner cook!

When I got married I only knew how to cook a few things. Now people come to me for recipes (I have only been married 2.5 years). What’s my secret? Bajias Cooking on YouTube! She has lots of recipes and almost all of them are amazing!! I say almost all of them cause I tried one once that my husband didn’t like but maybe that was just him and the recipe was actually ok.

Also, ask your mom, sisters, cousins, friends etc to help you out. After I got married I would also call my mom or my mil and ask for certain recipes. It also makes them feel special that you want their recipes.

Re: Recipes for a beginner cook!

I was the same.. I dinno anything at all not even how to boil an egg.. there is a fb page called fauzia’s kitchen fun I follow her recipes and theyre quite easy.. iv been married fr 4 mths only n cook everyday!!

Re: Recipes for a beginner cook!

Thank you! :slight_smile:

Re: Recipes for a beginner cook!

yeah I use bajia and FKF also - AND would often ring mum and ask for step by step while I’m on the phone to her :slight_smile: