My Journey from Flop Pathari to Family Favourite Dishes
cooking My first cooking experience is still very fresh in my memory. I decided to make പത്തരി (pathari). I don’t know what I was thinking that day—confidence maybe, or pure innocence. The result? Total flop. Absolute disaster. 😄 My mom didn’t scold me. She did something much more memorable. She showcased that pathari for one full week. Whoever came to our house—relatives, neighbours, friends—she proudly showed them my first cooking attempt. At that time, I felt embarrassed. Today, when I think about it, I smile. That was my first lesson in cooking: failure is part of the process. Cooking Away from Home: Gujarat Days Later, when I got a job in Gujarat, cooking became a necessity, not a hobby. We were eight friends, all living together, all first-time cooks. No one was an expert. No one was even “average”. One day, we decided to cook rice. Simple, right? Wrong. The rice was overboiled, mashed, and watery. But we ate it together, laughed about it, and enjoyed every bite. Hun...
