Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Cooking Tips

*To make 1 cup of dal, add atleast 2-3 cups of water, depending on the type of dal.
* Soak whole pulses overnight and other dals for one hour before cooking.
* Always add hot water to the gravy to enhance the taste.
* Add 1 Tbsp of hot oil to the dough for making Kachories or Kulchas.
* Always use heavy bottomed vessels to make desserts, in order to avoid burning.
* Make desserts with full cream milk, to get thick creamy texture.
* Whenever curd is to be added to the masala, it should be beaten well and add gradually.
* Chop some extra vegetables, for next day stir fry.
* Use the leftover dal water to make rasam or sambar.
* Never discard water in which vegetables are cooked, use it in gravies, soups, rasam or kolumbu.

There are so much tips i can provide here few of them are listed will pass some more tommrow.

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