Tuesday, June 19, 2012

cooking Tips

*  soak potatoes  in  salt water to avoid discoloration.
*  soak paneer in warm water adding little salt to it till  the time of cooking to get smooth & soft paneer.
*  If  you boil vegetables in water , don't  throw the water, use it for soups  or gravies.
*  To avoid browing  of apples  after cutting ,  brust  it  with little lemon juice on the cut surface.  The apples will stay  and look fresh for a longer time.
*  To remove the skins of Alomonds , soak almonds in hot water for 20 minutes.  The skin will peel off easily.
*  For crispy pakodas , add little corn flour along with the gramflour ( besan) while preparing the batter.
*  Add  some hot oil and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in the batter while making pakodas.
*  Fry the ground masala in reduced flame, so that it retains its colour and taste.
* To retain colour in the gravy always use ripe red tomatoes.
*  Good  variety chillies and chilli powder also gives colour to the gravy. As far as possible try to use long variety red chillies. Dry it in sun and powder coarsely. Always the coarse powder gives good taste and colour to the gravies and pickles.
*  While preparing ginger garlic paste , always use garlic at 60% ratio and ginger at 40% ratio, as ginger is very strong and make your dish sharp and pungent.
*  Whenever you add curd to the masala, it should be beaten well and add gradually.
*   If poppy seeds are used in grinding, soak it in hot water for 15 minutes, if you are grinding it in the mixie.

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