a story that involves your attempt to cook a meal for others
in 350-400 words
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My earliest memory of cooking goes back to my school days. It was the summer vacations. Mom had made same old boring chapatis and some awful untouchable sabzi something. (I am sure it was very flavorful and tasty, but just not for me.)
So I went into the kitchen. There were some chopped up veggies in the fridge - Carrots, Potatoes, Onions, Green Peas, and Cauliflower. I had seen mom make sabzis before and had seen on TV as well (Sanjeev Kapoor, 'nuff said). I took a wok, put in oil, some mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and then threw in the veggies. Let them cook for some time. And voila! I had made my first stir fry veg without knowing what it was called!
Served it to everyone with great excitement only to realize it was missing salt and the veggies were not nearly cooked enough. Mom took the wok back and worked her magic on it. Have made it quite a few times after that till we all got utterly bored of it.