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ing new recipes and exploring varied cuisines through traveling.Every time I cook I relate my kitchen accessories and activities with my emotional well-being and that’s how cooking is an absolute stress buster and a mood stimulus.<h2 id="b2e1">How I correlate my favorite Kitchen accessories and chores to my mental well-being</h2>○ The mini mortar and pestle used to crush ginger and other condiments feel like crushing my negative thoughts and external influences that are not under our control. Let life takes its course of action.○ The squeezer squeezes out the impostor syndrome in me and helps me control it to keep trying and working towards my goals.○ When I brew and filter my coffee, it reminds me to get the best out of my self for others.○ To date, the whisk has been my favorite kitchen tool. The way whisk blends the ingredients to form a smooth concoction, I get my chaotic thoughts to streamline and come in harmony.○ Kneading dough by hand gives a quick exercise and relives the muscle strain.○ The blend of Indian spices and condiments not only makes for an exotic recipe but adds flavor to life. I consider this my aromatherapy.○ Trying and failing in a new recipe surely generate

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s disappointment but its a reminder to keep trying and never give up. Also, getting it right the first time reminds me that I could always do better.○ The most prominent aspect of cooking — Food plating and garnishing. I feel the right food aesthetics are quintessential to enhance the recipe’s appeal. It takes time and patience but brings an immense amount of joy and satisfaction to see the final result. It betters the aesthetic sense and creative mind.○ Lastly, cleaning and tidying up the kitchen after a satisfying meal sparks joy and reminds us that, “Feeding ourselves not only provides nourishment to our body but our souls”.I never perceived I could become a decent cook from a struggling one and love it at the same time. Truly, my father has been my inspiration for cooking food. I could not forget a single day when he used to prepare and keep our lunch boxes for school.Every time I cook my parents recipe, I travel into the nostalgia zone and cherish my childhood memories with my family where we discussed food, flavors, and the recipe for the next day.Follow me on <a href="https://medium.com/@kamnakirti">Medium </a>or check my <a href="http://kamnakirti.com/">website </a>for more such articles.</article></body>

Cooking is a form of expression for me

How I correlate my dramatic cooking and kitchen accessories to my mental well-being

Sheer Khurma — Author’s Instagram account

When I moved out of my home to pursue my engineering in my 20’s, just like any other pampered kid, I had no clue about cooking.

How can I forget the day I had tears in my eyes while preparing Indian flatbread! The wheat dough turned out soggy and shrunk my effort leaving no option but to satiate my hunger with processed food.

The experience combined with more struggling days made me realize how basic cooking is essential as a mere survival skill.

For me, to be happy it’s essential to cook good food and to cook good food, it’s essential to be happy; it’s a vicious circle!

From that experience, slowly and steadily, my survival instinct kicked in. Cooking turned out to be a passion and triggered me from being a novice foodie to an ardent cook. There has been no looking back after that.

Now I take my food quite seriously and satiate my gastronomical delights learning new recipes and exploring varied cuisines through traveling.

Every time I cook I relate my kitchen accessories and activities with my emotional well-being and that’s how cooking is an absolute stress buster and a mood stimulus.

How I correlate my favorite Kitchen accessories and chores to my mental well-being

○ The mini mortar and pestle used to crush ginger and other condiments feel like crushing my negative thoughts and external influences that are not under our control. Let life takes its course of action.

○ The squeezer squeezes out the impostor syndrome in me and helps me control it to keep trying and working towards my goals.

○ When I brew and filter my coffee, it reminds me to get the best out of my self for others.

○ To date, the whisk has been my favorite kitchen tool. The way whisk blends the ingredients to form a smooth concoction, I get my chaotic thoughts to streamline and come in harmony.

○ Kneading dough by hand gives a quick exercise and relives the muscle strain.

○ The blend of Indian spices and condiments not only makes for an exotic recipe but adds flavor to life. I consider this my aromatherapy.

○ Trying and failing in a new recipe surely generates disappointment but its a reminder to keep trying and never give up. Also, getting it right the first time reminds me that I could always do better.

○ The most prominent aspect of cooking — Food plating and garnishing. I feel the right food aesthetics are quintessential to enhance the recipe’s appeal. It takes time and patience but brings an immense amount of joy and satisfaction to see the final result. It betters the aesthetic sense and creative mind.

○ Lastly, cleaning and tidying up the kitchen after a satisfying meal sparks joy and reminds us that, “Feeding ourselves not only provides nourishment to our body but our souls”.

I never perceived I could become a decent cook from a struggling one and love it at the same time. Truly, my father has been my inspiration for cooking food. I could not forget a single day when he used to prepare and keep our lunch boxes for school.

Every time I cook my parents recipe, I travel into the nostalgia zone and cherish my childhood memories with my family where we discussed food, flavors, and the recipe for the next day.

Follow me on Medium or check my website for more such articles.