this is why I dont cook desi food! when ur non-paki friends come over, they expect your place NOT to smell like masala dosa!
It is not related to whether you cook desi food or not.
It is how you take care of your house to kill all kinds of odors.
It is all in one's own attitude toward life . Like the thread starter cares and she asked the question here. Like many of my friends noted that when they come for a party they expect my home to smell like biryani and qorma but it does not and the take a note of it and then they care to ask and then when they go back to their homes , they take advantage of my experiences.
Many non desi have pets which can make home smell like hell but since they have pet they make sure that they take care of the issues which come with the responsibility of owing a pet.
I work at a company which has many office building in the office campus and one of the buildings smells like mold all the times and nobody cares. I try to avoid to go to that building as much I can.