Less is More (minimalistic cooking)

Minimalistic cooking will be the focus this month.

Anyone who is in my close circuit knows that I pretty often use the terms – HS & LS.
Now, I mean no offence.  It is my way of signalling a certain behaviour.  But, what do these terms mean ?   Well, HS stands for “High Society”  and LS for “Low Society” but I consider it as  High Standards and Low Standards.

Both these terms have nothing to do with a person’s monetary or social status.  It is intended to be a rather fun way of dealing with some things or people you come across in everyday life.  Like when someone tries to belittle others in public for instance disrespecting the waiters in a restaurant or trying to act fresh with a lady, or using foul language –  all of that is considered LS

On the other hand a few things deserve an instant  HS.
For eg.  acts of kindness or charity without announcing it on social media – completely HS
Respecting women – HS
Standing up for something you feel strongly about and saying it out loud  – VERY HS.
Offering someone a seat while travelling in a public transport – HS
And the list goes on…..

My last month’s concept –  ‘COOKING WITH WINE’  was highly appreciated and people termed it very HS (High Standards).   But, I genuinely feel this month’s concept     “LESS IS MORE”    should be considered even more HS because it brings you back to your roots and minimalism. 

But why am I putting so much emphasis on these terms ?

Well, recently I came across an article on a certain social media platform wherein a well- renowned nutritionist who has an extremely no-nonsense approach to local food and authentic recipes,  highlighted that  eating Bhutta (ie the good old Indian corn) from the street vendors is considered as LS by some, while eating American corn in the malls and theatres in a plastic cup & plastic spoon is cool and HS.  IT IS SAD.   Why do we have to wait for the western world for validation ?  We can clearly see the impact of all this, we no longer find that variety of corn in the metro cities.  Our kids haven’t seen it.

Many a times we ignore the potential of our locally grown superfoods, till the time the western world doesn’t endorse it.  For eg. Amaranth or Rajgira is used by us through thousands of years now but it came to limelight only recently.   I remember having rajgira laddoos, my mother used to make at home. It is powerhouse of nutrition. But Amaranth rose to fame when the western world recognised it’s benefits and started using it extensively.

So this is going to be my small contribution to these foods and also how we can prepare them with minimum ingredients and still derive maximum nutrition from them.

Do stay along this journey of LESS IS MORE and do share your thoughts on the same, in the comment section below.  I would be really glad to read your valuable inputs.