Kanpur-based Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Raj Shekhar recently posted a photo of himself on Twitter trying to cook poha, however, he forgot one crucial step, to light the stove, and Twitterati was quick to notice.

The oversight led the Kanpur Commissioner to be mocked by users on the microblogging platform, although some of them also came to his defense, stating that the gas may have been turned off after the dish was cooked.