20/06/2021
“𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺—𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 & 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴,” says; 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯.
Today, we learn how to make some “𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙞 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨”—One thing we have learnt from our over a decade of kitchen-adventure is learning how to balance & harmonize flavours! Even the fresh ingredients, such as herbs, spices & vegetables, can differ depending on their freshness, the soil/climate condition where they are grown, the way they are packed and stored etc.
For any cook, amateur or experienced, it is important to make adjustments in the quantity used to bring out the right flavour of the ingredients to suit your taste buds rather than blindly following the given recipes religiously.
Recipes should serve as guidelines as they cannot speak for our taste preference or the variance in the ingredients we get from different places, rather following the cooking instructions!
“𝘞𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 & 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺,”
Following your instinct & taste should not be limited to the ingredients you are familiar with, to the food which you are grown up with or to the one’s which you have had tasted hundred times!
Never hesitate to cut down the number of chillies—if you can’t take too much of heat, increase the amount of lime-juice if you enjoy sharp & sour taste, play around with the ingredients until you get the right combination of flavours that are most suited to your palate!