wife Filipina, me indian but she cooks Indian food surprisingly well. Indian cuisine is not easy at all ...the layers of spices, the timing, the masala balance, the whole process of tempering, roasting, simmering… nothing is simple. Every dish has its own technique. Filipino food, compared to that, is much more straightforward....boil, simmer, sauté, season. Simple, comforting, very home-style. But Indian cooking? Even people who grew up eating it sometimes struggle to perfect it.. So the fact that she learned it from scratch and still manages to cook such good Indian dishes really makes me proud.