When did you learn to cook?

Hi all!!

First of all…love all the yummy recipes and pics of your handy work in the kitchen. You are all talented. I finally joined this forum after months of just visiting. :slight_smile:

so anyhow, when did you all learn to cook?

For me, I used to play with my toy cooking pots on the rooftop with my cousins when I was younger and lived in Pakistan. My daadi used to give me some aata and I’d make these tiny rotis on my toy stove and real fire! haha…I was a mischevious child…

Around 12-13 years of age, I learned the basics of cooking from my mom…first chai (and now I make it better than her :slight_smile: ) and the basic salaan recipe, and rice. Rest is all I know from 3am hunger pangs in university and just throwing leftovers in the pot and inventing new dishes. Now I throw dinner parties at school…some dishes are desi, and others are from different cultures. I enjoy cooking if I’m in the mood after studying… but I like to try different things mixed with the classics comfort foods.

So my question is… did you learn to cook at an early age…or close to your wedding, or even after wedding? :chai:

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i learnd cooking after my wedding by reading recipes from shan maslas.............. now i m a good cook n can even cook without shan maslas

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well ilways try 2 make masala with the indi. at home

just imaginem agar shan masala kahr meien na ho and u are just use 2 cook with these masala what would u do then?

i started 2 cook actually after my fathers death honestly said qauz is c pehle was like okay momw ill do everythign

sometzimes kabhi mood ata tha then i cooked but know i cook everyday and trust me bara maza ta hai

for the first time i cook yesterday kabab salaan everything was perfect and it was tasty lol
i can cook any kind of rice which ihv learned abt 7 or 8 yrs ago!

i started 2 cook like making chai rotiya when i was abt 5 yrs old lolz but proper cooking after my dad

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**Started at 13-14 then stopped. And now still learning :wink:
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16 when mommy started working and i had to pretty much fend for myself :P

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I am still learning :bummer:

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I mastered the beans on toast recipe....do i need to learn anymore lol
kidding i learn't bits when helping mum around the kitchen
I can cook but wont cook, i will make my man cook for me lol!

Re: When did you learn to cook?

i started cooking at 12 and at home and at school