when sameera got married and moved to abu dhabi she was not an expert in the kitchen but in fact the housewife who is now based in thiruvananthapuram says that is perhaps why she now has 6 lakh subscribers on her youtube channel salu kitchen which is the biggest food vlog by a woman in kerala i post easy recipes that even a young man who is cooking for the first time can prepare well says the housewife and mother to three boys five years ago my son sulthan who was then 10years old shot a video of me cooking and posted it on youtube though it had no views i felt excited to see my cooking video on the internet at that time there were only three such youtube channels run by malayali women sulthan would edit my videos on his digital phone and i started to post 10 cooking videos a day we thought if i posted more videos it would attract more viewers that didnt happen but i continued after a few weeks i received the first comment appreciating one of my recipes for me it was like getting an oscar says sameera though cooking started as a hobby sameera fell in love with it and she started to try out different things cooking is my passion in my channel i try to feature the delicacies which i come across but i only post them after preparing them and feeling satisfied with how it tastes thiruvananthapurambased anu ashins love for baking prompted her to resign her highsalaried job at a national bank in 2015 and start a vlog it did not turn out to be a halfbaked plan anu who focuses on southindian dishes now has more than 3 lakh subscribers i started the vlog as a timepass i started to get recognised when i posted a video of appam made using mixing aval flattened rice in the batter i felt happy creating dishes and posting them it relaxes me and gives me great satisfactionearning from cooking shabna hasker from kuttilangadi malappuram was inspired to start a cooking vlog by sisterinlaw shamsheera who owns the channel momtastic i always wanted to work and this has become my career apart from showcasing our cooking calibre this allows us women to stand on our own feet and have our own savings now i earn around 50k a month but what makes me happier is when young brids tell me that they have become stars in their inlaws house after following my recipes she says shahrooba shameer a resident of perunthalmanna in malappuram too wanted to work after getting a bed i wanted to become a teacher but could not do so because of family responsibilities i started the vlog neha food stories a year back but now have around 80k subscribers every month i earn more than 10000 which gives me a feeling of having a job and makes me proud she says anu also says that though people