From sleigh bells to spice levels: How Santa cooked fame in an Indian kitchen 🎅🏽🔥
- SALT for cooking
- Dec 25, 2025
- 2 min read
India welcomes Santa's rath yatra
After racing across the world, bending time, dodging chimneys, and surviving one too many dry cookies, Santa landed in India—not for gifts, but for rest. His beard smelled faintly of snow and exhaustion. His bones ached. His spirit? Curious.
India welcomed him with winter air, honking roads, and the smell of something frying somewhere at all times.
That’s when the real plot twist happened.
The great realisation: India doesn’t sleep… It eats
Santa expected silence. Instead, he found kitchens awake at midnight, pressure cookers hissing like gossip, and street vendors flipping snacks with dramatic flair.
Reinvention begins: Santaji Sharma, HomeChef
Santa stayed back. Retired the sleigh. Bought an apron. Renamed himself Santaji Sharma – HomeChef.
He discovered short cooking videos—just two minutes long. No long speeches. Just drama, spice, and soul. Perfect. Every dish, like every gift, needed timing.
And decided to cook his fame with his 7-course meal.
Course 1: Ho-Ho Soup (The Calm Before the Chilli)
A gentle tomato-rasam fusion. Comforting. Warming. Santaji smiled.Then he added extra pepper.
Drama begins early in Indian kitchens.
Course 2: Sleigh Bells Pakora (Crispy Chaos)
Onion pakoras met parmesan. Oil splashed. Pakoras fought back. One burned finger later, Santaji learned: Indian frying demands respect.
Worth it.
Course 3: Santa’s Global Chaat (The Tangy Turning Point)
Papdi, chutneys, olives, sour cream. Sweet. Sour. Spicy. Confusing.Comments exploded.“Wrong but right.”“Don’t tell my nani.”
Santaji went viral.
Course 4: Silent Night Paneer Stroganoff (Emotional Healing)
Creamy, peppery, winter food for tired souls. Santaji paused mid-stir.He missed the North Pole. Then added butter. Feelings passed.
Course 5: Rudolph Roast Chicken Tikka (The Redemption Arc)
International roast technique. Indian marinade. Oven drama. Perfect char. Applause from the comments section.
Santaji bowed to the screen.
Course 6: Carol-Singing Biryani (High-Stakes Finale)
Rice. Steam. Spices. One wrong move and Christmas is cancelled. He waited. Lifted the lid. Silence. Then celebration.
Course 7: Plum Pudding Kheer-mas (Sweet Closure)
British pudding reborn as Indian kheer. Nutmeg, cardamom, warmth. Santaji smiled. This was home now.
Time for Santa’s Payback… with Love
As Santaji posted his final video, something changed. People didn’t just watch. They cooked. They tagged. They thanked.
For the first time, Santa received gifts back—fame, love, and belonging.
His apron replaced his sleigh. His hashtag told the story:
From one tired traveller to another—Merry Christmas. May your life be spicy, your food comforting, and your fame just two minutes away. 🎄🍲✨
This is unique and cute ❤️
Love the ingenuity. Merry Christmas
This is really innovative. Nice concept