Time is one of the most valuable things in life. This lockdown gives us a greater opportunity to hone that new skill that we always wanted to learn. If you are someone who loves to eat, you might be looking for ways to start cooking.
You don’t need to go to a cooking school to muster the basics of cooking. All it takes is willingness, passion, and a lot of patience. You can learn all the beginner’s cooking skills by simply watching cooking shows or web series. You can learn cooking from web series in India like Hebbar’s Kitchen. Her channel has millions of followers and she posts delicious vegetarian recipes for the passionate home cooks. If you are looking for some web series to watch and learn, check out these shows:
Look I can Cook Ripu Daman Handa
Watch this web series with Masterchef participants on the Watcho app. You can also watch other cooking shows on this app. It has released one season with over 15 episodes. Check recipes like chicken coconut curry, mushroom cheese toast, lemon rice, and many more. You’ll enjoy watching him cook healthy recipes that taste delicious too.
Barefoot Contessa
This is hosted by the amazing Ina Garten. Her recipes are delicious, moreish, and hearty. She also gives amazing tips for entertaining your guests. If you are planning a holiday dinner, check out these recipes baked pasta with eggplant, and tomatoes, chicken thighs in creamy mustard sauce, Moroccan lamb tajine, perfect roast chicken, bourbon honey cake, pumpkin spice cupcakes with maple frosting, vanilla rum panna cotta with salted caramel, cranberry and apple cake.
Nigella’s Kitchen
Every cook loves the homestyle cooking of Nigella Lawson. She hosts multiple cooking shows ranging from Simply Nigella, Nigella Express, and many more. If you want to host a Christmas dinner with minimal hassle, these episodes will help you. You can learn recipes like mine pie, chili jam, maple roast parsnips, chocolate fruit cake, squash & sweet potato soup, and many more.
My China
Join the Maestro of Asian cooking Kylie Kwong on a journey to China. Follow her along as she ventures into the quaintest little villages cooking authentic and traditional Chinese food. This travelogue takes you across Toishan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, and many more cities in China. Check her assemble a simple bowl of noodles with local ingredients. This show generally features on Fox TV.
Jamie’s Italy
Jamie Oliver is an amazing chef who cooks delicious and comforting food. Jamie has Italian roots and has many Italian restaurants all around the world. His shows have some delicious barbeque recipes, roast potatoes, pasta dishes, pizza recipes, and much more. Looking for the perfect roast turkey recipe? Check out his roast turkey recipe. Recently he hosted a show where he cooks Italian recipes with his mentor Genero Contaldo. He travels all across Italy to explore the regional Italian recipes and learn from the regional chefs.
These are some of the shows that will help you to learn the basics of home cooking within a short period.
