Cooking SKILLS I wish I learned sooner » with recipes! 👩🏻‍🍳

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My first tip is: Always read the recipe all the way through - not just the ingredients. Sometimes there are hidden instructions like - marinate over night, or let rest in the refrigerator (make sure you have room in there) etc.

Related to mise en place, I clean up as much as I can before I cook. It's a much more pleasant cooking experience if I'm not washing vegetables or straining pasta over a sink fully of dirty dishes. And with a clean counter space, I never feel bad about getting out the proper tools or as many bowls or pots and pans as I need.

Small tip for the pizza dough: put the containers upside down, so the ball rests on the lid. This way you can just drop the ball off the lid instead of scraping out of the bowl.

So I went to culinary school and I have been cooking for too many years now. I already know everything that was there in this video. But why I am commenting here is because, despite the fact that there was nothing new for me to learn, I was hooked and watched the entire thing from start to end!!! Everything about this video is so wholesome! The voice, the structure, the flow, the aesthetic, just everything!! This is brilliant quality content. Never stop making such wonderful videos Sadia!

if Sadia/PUL wrote and narrated an Audiobook, I'd listen to it on repeat. Thank you for all the knowledge you share in such a positive calming way!

Something I wish I started doing earlier is when using cookbooks, to stick a little post-it note on the recipe page with some notes: was it delicious, was the portion size okay, did you change any ingredients, ... so useful!

Ok but like... how is no one talking about how aesthetic this video is. Any part of this video could be on a cover of a magazine and i'm not even exaggerating. IM OBSESSED!

This is one of my favorite cooking channels. Sadia is so warm, welcoming and informative. Plus the way it is captured is so captivating. 🌿 Thanks for creating such epic content!

A cooking skill I picked up over the last year was labelling and dating everything I make. I use old containers to store leftover food and ingredients in the fridge and I always forget what I have in there or when I made it. Just using cheap masking tape I can label my stuff along with the date that I made it on, and it helps me remember what’s in the fridge and what’s not, and it helps me reduce waste as well as come up with creative dishes with something that’s gonna go bad soon. It helped me save soo much money and time in the long run. The other day I made ice cream from leftover chocolate frosting and it was so good, helped me make my cooking skills more versatile I loved this video Sadia! I am not vegan but I have always loved your content and try a lot of your recipes, and I am interacting more with it because you deserve a million more subs :) please make a video about your cinematography and shooting style/ how you edit and shoot food, plus help for beginners. I have been interested in videography and the way you make your videos is so calming and beautiful

A skill that I wish I knew and should have learnt sooner is to mix dry and wet ingredients seperately and then combine both while you make a cake..that ACTUALLY makes so much difference in the texture of the cake! 😍 I used to mix everything randomly but now my cakes turn out sooooo goooood ☺️

Often I would eat my meals and think about what I could of added to make the meal better, or ways I could of cooked the meal better or something I forgot to add to the meal. The best tip I was given to stop this happening was to take your time while cooking, step back and think before rushing into the next step. By slowing down I find that I can really think about what I’m doing and when I step back I often have sparks of inspiration of what would be good to add to the meal. It also helps me not forget about ingredients. Plus makes the experience much more enjoyable AND it somehow results in a less chaotic kitchen at the end, I seem to have time to clean up as I go when I don’t frantically rush cooking my meals

That line though.. "I did that, I made that". This actually happened today. Enjoying the process is the skill I have learnt recently. Thanks for sharing.

When PUL uploads a new video it's therapy session for mind, soul, eyes and everything. Lots of love from ur forever fan🥰🥰

Working full time has really made me appreciate the importance of good cooking skills and meal prep!

One thing that I’ve learned from you is to add water rather than oil! I used to add so much oil because my vegetables were burning and then it was not enjoyable ! Now that I add water it taste way better and I don’t feel bad after my meal! So thank you for all of your tips ! It really helps me to be a better cook 😊

Ahh I love this video idea, thank you for the insights! My "I wish I had known sooner" is how to use my stainless steel pans correctly. First they have to be hot enough for drops of water to roll around on them, then you add oil and wait till it barely starts to smoke, and then you put the ingredients in, and it's often best to let the ingredients sit to cook because they'll naturally detach from the pan when they get browned enough. I could have saved myself so much broken-up food and scrubbing if I only knew!

this isn't a youtube video this is a Netflix show or a tv documentary .. what i want to say: the quality of your content is mind-blowing. i am so inspired and a huge fan... thanks girl !!!

I just started making my own bread. I decided if I was going to eat carbs they were going to be really good. I've made my own sourdough starter and now I'm into sourdough bread. It's as beautiful as it is delicious.

I learned most of my cooking skills from my mom and it’s cool to see that she’s taught me most of these skills. We cook a ton of Indian food so it’s very spice heavy.