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| rasgulla | 7/3/2008 | Marc Gray |
Q: i've tried to make rasgulla so many times and finally given up, after trying various recipes but my ...
A: Read the following: I don't have baking powder, can I just add baking soda? If you don't have ...
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| Questions about clay ovens? | 6/24/2008 | Sunil Tarneja |
Q: I live in Diamond Bar, a city in Southern California. I am looking for a tandoor clay oven that can ...
A: The supply of oxygen is required initially to start the fire and give the coal an even burning ...
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| Questions about clay ovens? | 6/20/2008 | Sunil Tarneja |
Q: I live in Diamond Bar, a city in Southern California. I am looking for a tandoor clay oven that can ...
A: The use of Bituminous in clay oven is not adviseable.There may be some cracks which may develop in ...
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| Questions about clay ovens? | 6/19/2008 | Sojourner |
Q: I live in Diamond Bar, a city in Southern California. I am looking for a tandoor clay oven that can ...
A: This is really sort of beyond my expertise, but I do know that it is unsafe to cook indoors using ...
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| Questions about clay ovens? | 6/19/2008 | Sunil Tarneja |
Q: I live in Diamond Bar, a city in Southern California. I am looking for a tandoor clay oven that can ...
A: The conventional clay ovens are made keeping inmind that they would use charcoal as the heat which ...
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| quesadilla | 6/17/2008 | Dina Street |
Q: my kids love cheese quesadilla,I have quesadilla maker,what is the recipe to make the tortilla for ...
A: My daughter adores quesadillas as well and I've never seen a quesadilla maker! I'm not well-versed ...
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| Bluish Areas On Marinated Garlic | 6/16/2008 | Sunil Tarneja |
Q: I prepared marinated garlic & green olives last night. The recipe: 25 large cloves garlic 25 ...
A: Hey Mike, The problem is simple you have either Not cleaned the jar and the lid properly which has ...
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| Bluish Areas On Marinated Garlic | 6/16/2008 | Jaya Shrivastava |
Q: I prepared marinated garlic & green olives last night. The recipe: 25 large cloves garlic 25 ...
A: I am not too sure, but if those spots grow, it could be mold. I wonder if you added water to the ...
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| Bluish Areas On Marinated Garlic | 6/16/2008 | Marc Gray |
Q: I prepared marinated garlic & green olives last night. The recipe: 25 large cloves garlic 25 ...
A: I suspect that there is little chance of the discoloration being anything more than cosmetically ...
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| Curd based gravies | 5/26/2008 | Jaya Shrivastava |
Q: How does one make smooth curd based gravies? The gravies I make always curdles resulting in a ...
A: yeah... sometimes curdling can be a problem with curd gravies :) But we can try doing few things. ...
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| Too Hot | 5/8/2008 | Dina Street |
Q: I was wondering when you are cooking and you add too much chillie to a dish what can you put in it ...
A: If you have used whole chilies, try removing them and pick out all of the little seeds (that is the ...
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| menu planning | 5/1/2008 | Dina Street |
Q: My kitchen is nicely stocked for Indian cooking, and I have been cooking mostly Indian for the past ...
A: I had exactly the same problem. Here are some ideas to bring variety into your Indian cooking: ...
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| Indian cuisine | 4/30/2008 | Marc Gray |
Q: I am writing a book and I would like to know what kind of utensil a rural Indian might use in which ...
A: Indians do not use utensils to eat. Only (some) urbanites in the newly developing middle class who ...
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| rasgulla recipe | 3/18/2008 | Sunil Tarneja |
Q: ) ive been wanting the original rasgulla recipe desperately.i have tried making them 100 times but ...
A: Anu, The real reason for you to not get the sponginess is that you need to knead the chenna / ...
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| rasgulla recipe | 3/18/2008 | Marc Gray |
Q: ) ive been wanting the original rasgulla recipe desperately.i have tried making them 100 times but ...
A: Recipe for Rasgulla: Rasgulla was created in Puri, a temple town in Orissa. The dish was later ...
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| rasgulla recipe | 3/18/2008 | Jaya Shrivastava |
Q: ) ive been wanting the original rasgulla recipe desperately.i have tried making them 100 times but ...
A: you are scaring me :) Anyway let's try this recipe out Ingredients: 1 liter milk (2% or homo) 1 ...
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| rasgulla recipe | 3/18/2008 | Sojourner |
Q: ) ive been wanting the original rasgulla recipe desperately.i have tried making them 100 times but ...
A: The problem may be in the way that you handle the paneer. I've seen a lot of recipes that use flour ...
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| Rasgulla recipe | 3/18/2008 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: ) ive been wanting the original rasgulla recipe desperately.i have tried making them 100 times but ...
A: Good to know that you love ragulla.Even i love it. So here goes the recipe for the spongy balls:- ...
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| english name for grain | 3/6/2008 | Jaya Shrivastava |
Q: i would like to knw the english name for the grain called Daliya/Dariya ni dal in gujarati
A: Daliya is roasted chana dal or roasted split gram which is available in east indian grocery stores ...
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| Indian Food thats is loved by children | 2/18/2008 | Sunil Tarneja |
Q: Can you please send me the detailed menu which is preferred by kids of age froup 6 to 15 years ?
A: BLACK FOREST PASTRY ON LETTUCE WALDROF SALAD CUCUMBER SLICES PAPAYA SLICES CONTI NON VEG CHICKEN ...
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| chapatti flour | 1/13/2008 | Jaya Shrivastava |
Q: just wondering whether there is any chapatti flour available that is non-wheat and without yeast ...
A: chapatis made out of any other flour will not turn out as good as those made with wheat flour ...
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| Papri Chaat | 1/12/2008 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: My fav restaurant makes papri chaat with onions as an addition. I can't find any recipes that use ...
A: The papri chat which you are talking about is not at all weird. It is just used to enhance the taste ...
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| english names for grains | 1/7/2008 | Jaya Shrivastava |
Q: .As I have been unable, after several hours of googling,find the answer....during ekadashi we cook a ...
A: I searched and came to know that you are talking about sawan (common name in hindi) which is called ...
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| Chicken pickle | 12/17/2007 | Marc Gray |
Q: Is it OK to use food-grade plastic jars for maturing & storing pickle (any pickle, but particularly ...
A: Glass is always preferred. Properly glazed crockery is barely acceptable, but not preferred. You ...
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| daily food habit of punjabi family | 12/2/2007 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: i want to know the daily food chart of punjabis ?
A: I know that there is a daily food chart of an individual depending upon wether he is a veg or ...
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| Recipe for Rasgolla | 11/30/2007 | Dina Street |
Q: ! I love cooking, especially Bengali sweets... I have tries many times to make rasgollas by ...
A: Can you please tell me exactly what is not right about the final result of the recipes you have ...
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| vegetable jalfrezi | 11/27/2007 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: can u tell me how to make jalfrezi for about 20 people plz. I need it for this saturday. Thanks, x
A: Sorry for replying late. Here goes your recipe for vegetable jalfrezi:- INGREDIENTS: 5 large carrot, ...
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| crispy potatoes | 11/17/2007 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: ..there is this dish served at our local club called crispy potatoes(stir fried chinese)...i would ...
A: French Fries!!!My favourite too.Anyways to start with your question I will first tell you how can ...
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| Bombay Aloo | 11/12/2007 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: Sohini I would like to cook Bombay aloo. I live in Portugal and I ate this dish in an Indian ...
A: Here is the recipes for Bombay aloo both dry and curry Bombay Aloo(Dry) Ingredients Serves 4 3 ...
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| chasni | 11/6/2007 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: I always find making chasni a very hard task, can you please help me with a few tips for making 1, 2 ...
A: It seems you like sweet dishes a lot. Anyway thanks for the question. Sugar syrup is used in a lot ...
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| Spices | 11/2/2007 | Sohini Chowdhury |
Q: Please, please share some of your 5-minute recipes with me. I LOVE Indian cuisine. :) (I cannot eat ...
A: it is good to know that you love Indian cuisine, and hence i am sharing two of very delicious ...
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| indian cuisine | 10/31/2007 | Marc Gray |
Q: types of marinations,
A: You have not posed a proper question. I am supposing that you are asking about how to marinate meat ...
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| Gujerati Bread/Tomato snack | 10/16/2007 | Sojourner |
Q: India) a few years back i bought from a street stall a snack which was a small bread (like a ...
A: OK, this is going to be a bit complicated, so let me say from the outset that if you can find an ...
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| Roti | 9/10/2007 | Sojourner |
Q: how to make tandoori roti at home ?
A: I haven't tried tandoori roti myself - I usually make nan, puri or paratha. But here's a recipe ...
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| keema | 9/6/2007 | Marc Gray |
Q: Do you have a recipe for keema made with ground beef or lamb? thank you,Tim
A: There are infinite variations on Keema. Here is my personal favorite recipe. I serve it with ...
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| looking for a raita recipe | 9/1/2007 | Marc Gray |
Q: I have found lots of raita recipes, but all have mint. I've eaten a raita at an Indian restaurant, ...
A: Personally, I never use mint, in spite of its popularity. I use chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) ...
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| Restaurants | 8/30/2007 | Sojourner |
Q: I'm not sure if i ask this at the right place, but i was hoping you can tell me; do you have any ...
A: I am answering this out of the question pool as no one else has answered it for you yet and it has ...
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| Tomato Rice | 8/28/2007 | Sojourner |
Q: How to prepare Tomato Rice
A: This isn't a dish I have personal experience with, but here are four sites online that have recipes ...
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| personal | 8/28/2007 | Dina Street |
Q: my question is that, i want to get basic knowledge about the indian cuisine. plz tell me name of ...
A: There are so many excellent books on Indian cuisine. I wouldn't know where to begin to give you a ...
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| Cook Books | 8/27/2007 | Sojourner |
Q: I wanted to know if you could recommend some Vegetarian Indian cookbooks? Thank you!!!
A: I'm answering this question out of the question pool. It wasn't sent to me directly. Please ...
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