When
I was a child, I used to watch my poh-poh (grandmother) cooking in the
kitchen. Normally, we would make typical Asian dishes – stir-fried, stewed or
steamed, which were quite easy to prepare and cook. Poh-poh taught me the
technique of cooking. We started from the basic things a person would learn
from a culinary school. Under her supervision, I learned how to peel, slice and
mince gingers, garlics and onions before trying out the more challenging tasks.
My poh-poh was very patient and
she gave me so much advice. After preparing the ingredients, I was only allowed
to stand beside her and watched her “doing magic” with her favourite iron wok. Sometimes,
she would allow me to do a quick stir in the wok or dish up the food to a
serving plate.
Poh-poh
had never cooked from a recipe. She cooked by heart. She took pleasure in cooking and felt good
when someone gobbled down the food she prepared.
Like
my pop-poh, mum is also a great cook and I love her cooking so much. She
is also an excellent baker. When it comes to cooking, she is my inspiration. I
remember clearly she spent so much time in the kitchen when I was a kid,
filling my childhood with love and food. Passion for cooking – I guess that’s
what I inherited from both my poh-poh and my mum.
Baking
and cooking are my favourite pastimes. If there is one thing that helps to
relieve my stress, it must be either cooking or baking. I love to be in the
kitchen preparing food. That is my best moment of deliciously destress!
Anytime
is cooking time – any day, any place, happy or sad. Cooking is a continuous learning process. I
fine tune my recipes and my cooking skills whenever I find the end results less
satisfactory so that I can improve myself. It’s a never-ending process, but
it’s fun and fulfilling!
Not
long ago, my sister introduced me a multi-purpose cooking pot. The pot is so
versatile that you can use it to cook, steam, stir-fry, stew and grill. I
bought the pot from an online shopping mall “shopee.my”. Initially I used it to
make some soup or steam some leftover and bring to the office as lunch. After a
while, it suddenly hit me that if I repeatedly eating leftovers, my health
would soon be affected. So I decided to prepare some easy meals in my office
for lunch.
Inevitably
occasionally it is nice to eat out but making my own food sounds even better to
me. I can make whatever I want as long as I have the ingredients, rather than
going around trying to find the food I want in a restaurant. Besides, nothing
beats home cooked meals.
I
will share more recipes on I how cook using this cute mini pot. The recipes are
simple and easy to follow.
Cooking
brings joy, that is for sure, whether I do it alone, or with family and
friends. Serving them food that I prepared and receiving their compliments
always bring me so much joy and satisfaction. I am glad to be obsessed with
cooking for it excites me and comforts me.
Introducing my “cute mini pot”.
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The Good Food 