1. Starting with a simple.
Of course, many want to be able to cook a roast goose or bake a delicious cake, but if you did not do anything more complicated than fried eggs, then it's better not to take up complex dishes from the very beginning. Therefore, you must first fill your hand with cooking simple meals. Learn how to prepare salads, omelets, simple side dishes and desserts. Soup, meat, fish and other delicacies put aside for later. You will learn how to quickly cut food, mix different ingredients, bring the dishes to readiness, later experience with complex dishes will be more successful.
2. Kitchen utensils.
Among other things, do not ignore the kitchen accessories. All of them are designed to facilitate work. Blades help to mix and turn food in a salad bowl or in a frying pan, food processors and blenders will help to quickly crush anything, steamers - quickly bring to the preparedness of any dish. A confectionery bags, curly knives and molds will help make the dish beautiful. Therefore, learn everything that is at hand safely.
3. Do the workpieces.
Experienced housewives make their work much easier, making various preparations. For example, you can cook a steep broth, freeze it and store it in the freezer for a long time, and you will always have a base for many dishes. You can cut fresh or cooked vegetables, which can also be stored for a long time in the freezer and serve as an excellent supplement for soups. Herbs, greens, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables - all this should be stored in containers and always at hand. Then the preparation of many complex dishes does not take much time.
4. Follow the recipes.
At first, do not rely on intuition. Pick up a book with recipes, and choose from there those that you like most. Follow the tips written in the books, then any dish will turn out. Only first you need to make sure that you have all the necessary products, devices and time to prepare a particular dish.
5. Train.
In order to fill your hand and bring your skills to the desired level, you will have to cook some dishes as many times as necessary. This is necessary in order to memorize the order of actions, the necessary components and their number, to bring the cooking process to automatic. Then you will learn how to quickly and easily prepare a few dishes, it will be easier for you to move on to mastering the following.
6. Experiment.
Real cooks never set themselves any rigid limits. Therefore, if you like more salty or spicy food, change the recipes at your discretion. Do it better when you have already mastered the kitchen a little, to be sure that you will not spoil the dishes. Sometimes thanks to such experiments there are real culinary masterpieces, which are then passed on from generation to generation.
7. Learn.
Observe the actions of those who you think are well prepared. You can learn more quickly by cutting or, for example, more economical use of products, a special way to bake, cook and fry. Everyone has their own little tricks that help make the food special. If you watch experienced chefs, much can be taken on board.
Cooking only seems difficult. You can master it if you are persistent and persevering. Some dishes do not succumb to long, but some get delicious, to cook them nicely. Over time, everyone will be able to find that niche in cooking that will be best for him. It can be a special borsch, buns or jam, but, most importantly, it will be delicious.