| In a traditional Indian home, the wife and mother | | | | way. However, in modern-day India and in Britain, |
| does not go out to work. She stays at home and | | | | where many Indian families have made their homes, |
| spends her days making sure that there is | | | | life is quite different.These days, Indian women often |
| wholesome and tasty food ready for her family to | | | | do not have the luxury of staying at home all day. |
| eat whenever they may want it. If there are other | | | | They want or need to go out to work. Indian girls |
| older women in the household such as aunts or a | | | | brought up in Britain see other girls of their age going |
| grandmother, they will help too.An Indian girl will start | | | | shopping, to parties, to visit friends, to school, to |
| learning to cook at a very early age and will be | | | | college and ultimately to work and they don't want |
| expected to help her mother with the household | | | | to stay at home with their mothers, slaving over a |
| catering and cleaning too. At her mother's side a | | | | hot stove. On top of that, they don't want to lose |
| daughter will learn how to grind spices, how to mix | | | | the culture and flavours of Indian cuisine.What to do |
| them to make various masalas and exactly when and | | | | then, when Indian cookery does not provide a quick |
| how to add them to individual dishes. She will learn | | | | answer to providing a meal? Vicky Bhogal has found |
| how to make various types of bread - chapattis, | | | | the answer. In her book, Cooking Like Mummyji, she |
| rotis, parathas and more. She will learn to make | | | | explores the culinary problems of a modern Indian girl |
| several dishes at the same time, no Indian meal | | | | living in Britain and provides an interesting answer.I |
| consisting of only one dish, and she will learn the art | | | | suppose we would call this fusion cooking as it is a |
| of producing the crispest deep-fried onion bhajis and | | | | mixture of the flavours of India and the simplicity of |
| pakora. The girl's skill in the kitchen can make the | | | | British family food and the results are great tastes |
| difference between her finding a husband or | | | | produced in the minimum of time. I particularly |
| not.There's no getting away from it, delightful though | | | | recommend Fishcakes with Bite and for Sunday lunch |
| Indian cuisine is, producing a meal is a complex and | | | | with a difference, Green Masala Roast Chicken - |
| time-consuming business, even for the most | | | | absolutely delicious.Liz Canham is the webmistress of |
| experienced Indian housewife.That's the traditional | | | | Asian Food and Cookery and Travellers' Tales. |