Is it Indian Mothers correlating Love with Food aka 'Ma ke Haath ke Khana' or it is that Indian kids get confused between their hearts and tongue or is it both ways😕
Most people (specially and specifically Indians) when asked what is their favorite dish/cuisine/food, reply with a typical answer 'Ma ke haath ka khana' and I find it annoyingly boring, I mean seriously are you trying to tell me that your 'Ma ke Haath ka Khana' is better than restaurant food prepared by awesome chefs who are super qualified in culinary arts🙄
Growing up I never really felt that the food cooked by my mom was something special, it was the daily basic comfort food, there was nothing that I disliked about it but I didn't go gaga over it either. Special meals were always the once we had at restaurants.
Post her retirement she kind of got more creative in the kitchen but my opinion didn't really change, she still isn't my favorite cook.
But what I realized was her source of creativity in the kitchen was me. I was in this 'I love momos' phase and she decided to start making momos at home because having outside food all the time wasn't good for my health, and many such small experiments continued in the kitchen depending on my likes.
And then came the quarantine /lockdown period of our lives and she kept making stuff from chole bhature to ice cream to smoothies to keep my taste buds happy.
Well now I get it, I don't think she loves cooking or she is a great cook but when you have motivation as strong as making your kid happy, it makes you go out of your comfort zone and do amazing things.
If love was an ingredient that made food taste better I would say mere 'Ma ke haath ka khana' is the best but my tongue knows better, I rather take my mom (with all her love for me along) to my favorite restaurant/cafe and enjoy a yummy meal than claiming that my mom's cooked food is my favorite.
