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Submitted by swatisaigal on Tue, 2006-08-29 00:46.Easy but Important tips for Indian Cooking
Submitted by Aroop on Wed, 2006-08-16 18:43.Hey all these tips are very essential tips, one must be aware of these tips.
In a hurry to cook dal?
Add a little oil and turmeric powder to the dal before placing it in the cooker. It will get done in 10 minutes flat.
To preserve ginger-garlic paste : Fry them in oil before grinding and store in the same oil.
Soak some fenugreek seeds in water for sometime, grind it to a smooth paste and add it to the dosa batter to get crisp dosas.
Before cutting vegetables or any meat, dip the knife in hot water and you will be amazed to see the ease while cutting.
If you are cooking cabbage add a small piece of ginger for a different and enhanced taste.
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Submitted by swatisaigal on Fri, 2006-08-18 13:23.Easy but Important tips for Indian Cooking - 3
Submitted by Aroop on Thu, 2006-08-17 13:14.Tips Continued.........
As soon as you open the cooker lid wash the gaskette (rubber) in cold water and keep it in the reezer. By doing this you can use the rubber for more than a year.
To remove the odor from the refrigerator, place half a lemon in the fridge.
To easily slice boiled eggs, dip the knife in water first. The slice will be smooth and no yolk will stick to the blade.
Before beating eggs, rinse the container with water. The mixture will not stick to the sides of the vessel.
While cooking dal, add two to three drops of oil and a pinch turmeric powder with water to cook it faster.
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Submitted by Aroop on Thu, 2006-08-17 13:13.Tips continued.........
Always use a clean pair of kitchen scissors to trim edges of bread. Much neater and less messy edges as compared to those trimmed with a knife.
* To make samosas crisper add some corn flour to the maida for dough.
If you are making potato or cauliflower curry and you do not want any change in the colour, then do not fail to add a few drops of vinegar for the natural colours to be retained even after cooking.
If you are cooking cabbage, add a small piece of ginger for a different and enhanced taste.
To make fluffy chapathis: Use warm water when kneading the dough for chapathis. Flip the chapathi over three times before you pour ghee/oil on it so that the chapathi is soft and fluffy.
Easy but Important tips for Indian Cooking - 1
Submitted by Aroop on Thu, 2006-08-17 13:10.Tips Continued..........
If you have added too much salt: According to the dish you are preparing, you could add a few pieces of cooked potato, breadcrumbs, cooked tomato, maida, rice flour or chilli powder to solve the problem of too much salt.
To make fluffy chapathis: Use warm water when kneading the dough for chapathis. Flip the chapathi over three times before you pour ghee/oil on it so that the chapathi is soft and fluffy.
Always soak cauliflower in warm salted water for some time to get rid of tiny insects which may be hidden deep inside the florets.
Making dosa - When you make dosa, grease the pan with an onion. It helps to get it crispy and remove from pan easily.


Hi buddies, i was to make butter chicken this sunday but was short of tomatoes, so i decided to make it roganjosh style.. Marinated in curd, then cooked it in curd, although i did put in onions(fried/paste) later on to make the gravy thick. It came out really well.. What do you say? coming for lunch sometime?