Get to know me!

A Bombayite (born and brought up in Bombay/Mumbai, India), who as a child, loved to cook with a little kitchen game set. My passion for cooking grew as I helped my mom in kitchen making chapati dough, chopping veggies, making salads and milkshakes. Cooking and entertaining friends is an inspiration from my mom who is a great host!

Another important person to boost my passion and whom I grew up with is my sister. My best friend and a great critic of the food I cooked! She would inspire me and shop veggies so that I could try to create some new recipe in the kitchen. She would stand besides me, while I would cook and talk about my cooking (pretending to have my cooking show). And yes, cannot forget, a clean freak who would clean up after my cooking! Love you sis! She is the one who created this Blog, motivating me to write, and now I am loving it!

Writing about me would be incomplete without my darling hubby.  He not only lets me experiment in kitchen, but is always a part of my experiment. He calls himself me sous chef and he enjoys cooking and eating too.  He critically analysis my cooking and doesn’t give up till I acquire the right taste or texture in the dish.  :)

My cooking and food is inspired by the place I grew up. Simple, quick, easy and fun cooking! I do love to try recipes from the other parts of the world and not just India.  I do not own a fancy professional camera (hint for my dear hubby). So, all my food pictures are as simple as they would be, made at home. Love clicking and uploading step-by-step pictures of all my recipes to make my writing more interesting and fun for you and me!

I am a Science teacher by profession. And, I do like to take my passion to my classroom. Love to talk about food science and teach kids how to make yogurt and cottage cheese and make food and science more fun.  Kids enjoy cooking and they develop love for food they make. I feel it also inculcates good practice for fresh food and nutrition.

When I am not cooking, I like painting terracotta pots and diyas, doing tie dye and learning some new craft.

I enjoy reading feedbacks and comments. If you have any question or comment, do write one. I check my comments often and reply soon. You can just say 'Hi' or even introduce yourself. Would love to know you too.

Like Shital's Kitchen on facebook https://www.facebook.com/shitalskitchenlab Also, try out my recipes and share the pictures of your re-creations by using #shitalskitchen. Would love to see your pictures.

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Hope to see you here often!

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Happy Cooking! :)