A delicious meal can turn a bad day into the best day. Food is powerful in a subtle way, it has the ability not just to entice your taste buds but also fill your heart with love. Case in point – a recent post shared on In the heartwarming post titled “Like mom like son”, Rapal shares that he learned cooking from his mom while in school. “By the time I reached graduation she was teaching me complex stuff like gajar-halwa/gajar-pak,” he wrote.
Their shared love for cooking recently led to a quite sweet moment, literally and figuratively. Rapal revealed that his parents recently came to visit him from Patiala. To surprise him, his mother brought along her special carrot-pak. To surprise her, Rapal also made gajar-pak using his mom’s recipe.
“Same texture, same colour, same consistency, same taste and even same level of sweetness. The only difference is she put in dry coconut, I did not,” he revealed, adding, “She trained me well.”
Sharing a picture of the two look-alike gajar-pak, he explained, “The one in round container has been made by mom. The one in a square glass container is made by me.”
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Like mom like son.
My mom started teaching me cooking when I was still in school. By the time I reached graduation she was teaching me complex stuff like gajar-halwa/gajar-pak.
Today my parents came from Patiala and to surprise us she brought gajar-pak. And, to surprise them,… pic.twitter.com/Dx3NNyMhOd— Harshdeep Rapal (@harshdeeprapal) January 18, 2025
The beautiful post received love and appreciation in the comments section:
“It runs in your genes and the special ingredients are love and affection,” an X user commented.
Another wrote, “Hats off to your mom for teaching you a life skill when you were so young! Perfect gajar-pak!”
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A user said, “Mom’s teaching is all about love and sharing always.”
Praising the son, another added, “Isn’t she proud of a bright student and a great learner?… I would be.”
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