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Mummy was German and my dad, Bengali. Mummy hated cooking, which may have been to her advantage since I grew up in an Indian joint family. For those who don't understand the concept of a ‘joint family', or to be specific a ‘hindu undivided joint family' .. it is basically where all the family members from grand parents, to married uncles, unmarried aunts including lived-in maids, all live under one roof! It is very much like a fish market busy from sun-up to sun down and beyond. Such a family also means that there is normally only one kitchen, the joint kitchen for the whole family... Cooking in any family generally tends to be a busy affair. The same process taking place in a joint family kitchen took on another dimension. One person was in charge of lighting the open fires, another person, perhaps a maid working the day shift, would be busy chopping and shredding veggies (all per Nanny's strict instructions), and another person would be getting all the ingredients ready close to the..

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