PASSION KUNAL KOHLI, WHAT146;S COOKING?

MY PASSION for making good cinema is as strong as my love for cooking. I love being the cre-ator8212; behind the camera as well as in the kitchen. Cooking, according to me, is the best possible stress-buster. There8217;s noth-ing like cooking after a hard day8217;s work or during weekends. And it helps that my wife is not as avid a cook as I am.

I don8217;t follow recipe books8212; may be because I am a stickler for originality. I8217;d rather create my own recipes. Though this kind of 8216;sponta-neous8217; cooking gives me a high, it has its downside too. To begin with, I can never repeat a particular dish. Once in the mood for action, my culinary skills chart their own course. For instance, I may set out to cook Chinese, but end up doing Italian. I often make pasta for my friends; I can always be trusted to dish out some neat Chinese and Continental stuff.

All said and done, I am not very good at cooking everyday food. And I cannot make dal at all. That8217;s because I can8217;t op-erate the pressure cooker for the life of me.

Director Kunal Kohli8217;s latest flick Fanaa releases this Friday