Good food has always been a weak point for me. But it’s not that I just only eat… I cook too… Yes, you got it right. I love cooking.
Cooking is a kind of a refresher or a stress buster for me and I never get bored with cooking. I won’t say that everything I cook are mind-blowingly tasty… after all am not a professional chef… What I can say is most of my creations come out well. And the biggest critic for my creations is my wife Manasi. Who else can get these recipes tasted and tested.
My love for cooking is not recent. I started cooking since my teenage days. I started cooking from the time when I was in 8th standard. It was necessary that time as my mom had to go to the places, at least for few days, where my dad was posted for his job. I being the eldest among us three siblings I had to take care of the cooking. It started then.
I got into full-fledged cooking when I was doing my post-graduation studies. I used to stay in a rented house with a couple of my friends and I was taking care of cooking – well most of the time. I used to enjoy it and never used to get bored or annoyed. I started making experiments with my recipes and the best part was my roommates had never complained.
My cooking started taking the flight and I started loving it more in the last 5-6 years. I got my wife by my side. She is very supportive and also likes to experiment just like me. We together try making something or the other new and innovative using the regular stuff. I have experimented with a curry paste in my cooking journey, which is purely vegetarian. That curry paste can be used for preparing dum aloo. I’ve prepared it and captured in this video. My wife tried some experimental recipe as well. One of them is a chicken recipe that I have captured in this video here.
I feel pretty happy while cooking. My blog earlier was more like recipe documentation but as the time progressed it got changed into something different that captures everything. But my love for cooking made me to think of a name that goes well and hence I came up with the name The Mixed Flavors.
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Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan
Based on your description, I would say this is the right title for this site 🙂
Sham
Thanks Doctor!! Yeah that’s the name came to my mind…
Vaishali
Cooking is surely an art and for some it can be a passion. Hope to see some more veg recipes here.
Good Luck to you Shamik!
Sham
Thank you so much Vaishali 🙂
I can relate to what you are talking as cooking has always been my passion and I enjoy cooking a lot.
I’ll surely post some more veg recipes on my blog 🙂
Akshata
It’s been nice to hear about your love for cooking and the varied experiments
Sham
Thank you Akshata for your comment. Am very much passionate about cooking and like experimenting to create something new 🙂
Atulmaharaj
Cooking I feel is the best stress buster, whenever I’m not working I try to spend some time cooking. The amazing flavours and fragrances keep stress at bay. Wonderful post.
Sham
Thank you Atul for stopping by my blog and am glad you liked the post. Cooking has always been my passion and of course a great stress buster too. Being a foodie I try to create something new every time am in the kitchen 🙂
Alpana Deo
Awesome. Good to read your love for cooking. Cooking is definitely a stress buster if you enjoy it.
Nice read!
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Sham
Thank you so much Alpana for visiting my blog. Am glad you liked the post. Cooking has always been a passion for me and I like experimenting with different recipes. They come out nice… well… most of the time 😉
Dipika
Cooking is an art, there are many kind of cooking – one is just to sustain on life and second kind is to make it life. I love the way you expressed your passion for cooking.
I am in awe with the site, thanks to #myfriendalexa that I bumped into this page. Will be here forever to learn and have eye fulfilling appetite.
Sham
Thank you so much for those beautiful words… I’m glad that you liked my post and the blog as a whole. I’ll be looking forward to a great connect 🙂
Manisha Garg
I like trying experimenting too. But still a learner I feel in cooking world.
Sham
That’s pretty cool… To be honest I too am a learner in the cooking world and its fun 🙂
Keep up your learning spirit and take my words, you will enjoy it 🙂
Iram
I like good food but not cooking simply because no matter how hard I try it doesn’t come up into something that can be appreciated and presented 🙁
Sham
What it matters the most is to give it a try and am glad that you try… it does not come in first shot itself 🙂
When you like good food that means you have a taste… That taste will drive you to prepare a good dish and do share the same with me sometime 🙂
Aseem Rastogi
Ahh and that’s why I was wondering how come this interesting blog name :D. While not during the school and college years, I did get used to cooking during my worklife as having food everyday at different restaurants became a bit too much.
Sham
Thank you for your words 🙂
Some or the other time we need to try our hands in cooking and you started during your worklife 🙂
Keep exploring the arena there would be something new every time 🙂
Reema D'souza
Initially I used to hate cooking but now that I must cook and there is no other way around ( at least budget wise 😛 ) I’ve begun to enjoy it. I have limited resources available but I still manage to make something.
Nice to read about your cooking journey 🙂
Sham
Thank you so much… Glad you liked the post 🙂
Cooking for me is always a passion and will always be 🙂
Since you have started cooking and started to enjoy it am sure you’ll capitalise on your liking… Do share your cooking spree and recipes… I would love to read them… Please feel free to drop me an email when you post something like that 🙂
Ruchi Verma
I too love cooking but not in summers 😉
Sham
Hahaha… In summers we ourselves get cooked 😉
Glad to know that you love cooking too 🙂
Pratibha
It is so easy to relate to foodie people and places. I can relate to the love for cooking.
Sham
Food is that one important thing that connects people… like how it connected us here… Am glad to know that we share the same passion 🙂
keerthi vydyula
Oh I just love cooking! I bake very often and enjoy my time doing it. Do share ur love for cooking with more and more recipes in future 🙂
Sham
Am glad that we share the same passion. Yes sure… I’ll share some more recipes… Glad you visited my blog 🙂
Ranjini S
I cook once in a while. The main issue being, I like to cook by myself. With no help or hullabaloo about me. But that is impossible as there are constant doses of words of wisdom and moving things around and so, I ensure I do it when I am alone. About to check out your videos now 🙂
Sham
Superb comment 🙂 I liked your comment…
You can’t avoid the words of wisdom when you are cooking!! But I would suggest to go ahead with your cooking spree, at least when you are alone… And don’t forget to let me know if any of my videos would have helped you 🙂
anupriya
I really appreciate men who like to cook. I know men can make really good cooks because my own brother-in-law takes to cooking sometimes and the results are pretty awesome.
Sham
Thank you so much Anu for your kind words. I feel very much passionate about cooking. And being a Bengalee food takes a special place to me. I love to eat good food and cook too 🙂
Deepti Menon
The title is absolutely apt. As my husband also enjoys cooking, I can identify with what you have posted. Here’s so many more recipes and many more blog posts. 🙂
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Shamik
Thanks Deepti. I’m glad you liked my post.
talesofsuchita
It’s appropriate that I’m eating and reading your blog! I really liked the line where you said ‘my wife is very supportive.’
Shamik
Thanks Suchita. I’m glad you liked my post.
Manpreet
You don’t have to be a professional chef to be a good cook. My mom is a great cook and there are chefs that make terrible food… though, their career is of course short-lived
Sham
Yes I agree to your point Manpreet. Cooking is my passion and love it 🙂
Tina Sequeira
Lovely to read, Shamik. I personally love men who cook and enjoy it. I’ve made a note of your spice mix for Dum Aloo and your wife’s Chicken recipe. Will be trying it out soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Shamik
Hey Thanks Tina. Glad that you liked the post and made a note of the couple of recipes 🙂 I’m sure by this time you would have prepared then. Please share your experience. I would love to hear 🙂