Food making is an art and therapy. If you are very stressed, don’t sit and mire into muddy thoughts. Bro’ come out of that hole of darkness and be your own light.

All of us have stressful lives, and we all handle it accordingly. My spouse and I dabble a lot in the kitchen and in activities such as gardening, painting and sewing.

Today, I will give you an example, how one can be creative. In our tiny garden in the balcony, we have plants such as jasmine, aloevera, nayantara (Madagascar Periwinkle), curry leaves and lemon grass.

We have only five pots and birds come and lay eggs between the pots inspite of my brooming and cleaning the balcony regularly. I love sketching and stitching apart from gardening.

I pick the fruits of our labour from the garden and leave it on the kitchen table for my spouse to use it. He wears his creative cap and serves these: the curry leaves are used in the ‘poha’ and the jasmine flowers in green tea.

Jasmine is used to adorn hair and gives the effect of natural perfume. It might be uncomfortable for many to pick flowers from the plant and consume it directly. Many don’t even know the property of plants and flowers in the vicinity of their dwellings.

Afterall knowledge is gained through labour and connection. My favourite foods are simple and traditional such a roti and potato fry, puri and dum aloo, veg pulao, Kabsa, egg curries.

There are days when I just love to eat bread and butter bought from market. When I am very tired, I eat Maggi with lots of vegetables and fried eggs.