Do you know at least one person who makes that one dish so awesome that no matter how many times you get the recipe from them, you can never exactly replicate it? And then after you have slogged in the kitchen for an eternity, your family tastes it and says “Nah it’s not the same. It’s good but it’s not that. ” Because I know such a person for more than 3 decades. It’s my mom and that dish is her Rajma Chawal. Whenever anyone tasted my mom’s Rajma, they asked for its recipe. And it doesn’t matter how many times she gave her recipe to them, they came back saying “It didn’t taste the way yours did.” [Read on…]