Housemaid cooks chicken with plastic packet still on, viral video leaves internet stunned

Anyone who relies on a house help knows that they are the absolute backbone of a desi household. We trust them with our meals, our chores, and basically our daily survival. But every once in a while, a tiny miscommunication happens that leaves us scratching our heads - and in this case, grabbing our phones to record. A recent video taking social media by storm shows exactly what happens when cooking instructions get completely lost in translation.

A recipe for disaster

Let’s be real, cooking chicken can be a bit of a process. You have to thaw it, clean it, marinate it, and cook it to perfection. But what if you just skipped all those steps and threw the entire store-bought packet right into the pan? That is exactly what went down in a hilarious video shared by Instagram user Saurav Devrani (@lifeofdevranii). Viewers were left utterly baffled as the short clip showed pieces of chicken gently simmering away in a rich, bubbling gravy. The catch? The meat was still entirely sealed inside its original, unopened plastic wrapping. Yes, you read that right. Plastic chicken curry, anyone?

How did we even get here?

Naturally, people had questions. How does one look at a plastic bag and think it belongs in a hot pan? Devrani took to his video to explain the baffling mishap. He shared that he usually stores his frozen chicken in the refrigerator. However, he forgot to give his house help one very crucial, albeit obvious, piece of information: the plastic wrapper needs to be removed before cooking.

In the video, a bemused Devrani can be heard saying, "Meri maid ko koi batana shayad bhool gaya ki isse nikalna bhi hota hai, matlab direct nahi pakana hota hai" (Perhaps someone forgot to tell my maid that this needs to be taken out, meaning it shouldn't be cooked directly). Still processing the bizarre outcome, he cheekily captioned the reel asking his followers, "Should I fire my maid?"

'Must be her first internship': Netizens react

Needless to say, the desi internet had an absolute field day with this one. Uploaded on February 21, 2026, the reel blew up almost instantly. It has already racked up a staggering 8.4 million views and well over 60,000 likes. The comments, predictably, were pure gold. Viewers had an absolute field day roasting the sheer absurdity of the clip. "Must be her first internship," one person joked, while another user practically ran to thank their own cook, writing, "Let me go touch my didi's feet." Some even started spinning hilarious theories about the helper's motives, with one asking, "Notice period chal ra kya didi ka" (Is she serving her notice period?). But perhaps the most accurate takeaway came from the person who simply declared, "Didi collectively reset all expectations we have from our cooking helps."