Dinner Table Settings – Good House Keeping
- 08
- May
- 2013
In the recent years, casual dining and more and more informal eating habits has become a trend. Most of them are comfortable having their meals in front of the Television sets or computers! I don’t blame anyone!! Well, in today’s fast-paced life…who has time to set a table and let alone have a meaningful conversation? […]
How To Freeze Vegetables
- 19
- April
- 2013
When mother nature gives you lemons, make lemonade. If she gives it to you in excess, pickle them! And, share them with others. That’s what my mother told me! Well, as you know by now…I love experimenting in my kitchen! Pushing my limits and trying things that I have not dared to do before! The […]
How To Mince Garlic
- 18
- April
- 2013
Garlic is a very popular flavor, a base for countless recipes. Using this common ingredient in right proportion may give you the best results to your otherwise regular dish. However, peeling fresh garlic and mincing it, is a bit challenging task to many! If you allow me, I will let you a know few tricks […]
How To Blend Asafoetida
- 16
- April
- 2013
Asafoetida is one of the strangest and strongest of all spices. It comes from a perennial plant, that belongs to the carrot family native to the mountains of Central Asia. Ferula asafoetida looks something like a giant fennel plants, growing up to five feet, which develops massive tap roots varying from 6-7 inches (15 cm) […]
How To Crack Open A Pomegranate
- 08
- April
- 2013
Now, how hard it could be to seed a pomegranate? Well, its not all about smartness, friends! Did you ever make a bloody mess of it and painted the whole kitchen red? Then, this post is for you. I have seen people, inconsiderately putting a sharp knife through it and squirt n spill the juice […]
Home Made Ginger Garlic Paste
- 06
- April
- 2013
There are tons of recipes in Indian cooking that calls for this particular combination of ingredients…the ‘Ginger & Garlic Paste’! Yet, none of the commercial brands has made them satisfactorily! If so, it comes with a heavy load of preservatives! I totally disagree with batch cooking and generally make only a teeny amount of GG […]
Home Made Chili Sauce – More than a Condiment
- 05
- April
- 2013
Also Known As: Home Made Hot Sauce. Home Made Sriracha Sauce. Hot Chili Sauce. Milagai Thokku. Milagai Saandhu. Hot sauce is one of the most favored condiment topped on fries, snacks, rice and what not! It adds that extra zest of culinary heat to the otherwise, basic appetizers and meat products. There are so many […]
How To Grate Fresh Coconut!
- 27
- March
- 2013
Now a days, Wiki How teaches you everything! And its so irresistible to refrain from trying few things, immediately. Right now, I am hooked up with ‘Kitchen Essentials’ kind of stuff! So, here you go…my take on How To’s. Stick around, more such postings are coming up… Select a good quality coconut. Shake them and […]
How To Make Coconut Milk
- 07
- March
- 2013
Select a mature coconut without any cracks. Break the coconut shell on a hard stone or use a corkscrew to do the job. Well, you could save the coconut water for other culinary uses or just drink it off right away like me:) Now, grate the coconut pulp (white matter) without going deep until the […]
How To Clean A Plantain Flower
- 11
- February
- 2013
Cleaning Plantain Flower Smear your palms and hands with coconut oil. Alternatively use clinical gloves. As this flower leaves a deep dark stain on your hands, which is hard to get-rid off. Now slowly remove all the thick leathery bracts and discard them. Separate the fine finger like — yellow florets, from it. These are […]
