Showing posts with label Kitchen Tips and Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitchen Tips and Tricks. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

HOW TO COOK QUINOA


Quinoa is a wonder grain.. people have started adding it to their daily menu replacing the other grains. You can be innovative and use it in many ways. These days it is easily available in the stores also in the form of flakes and flour.

How to cook quinoa:
Take 1 cup quinoa.
Soak it with sufficient water for 1 hour.
Now rinse them and drain the water using a strainer.
Take a pan and tip in the soaked quinoa.
Add 2 cups of water and salt to taste.
When it starts to boil, remove the frothy scum with a ladle.
Reduce the flame to medium, cover it with a lid and cook until the water dries up.
It may look little mushy when hot but it will be separated and grainy on cooling.

Note: If you don't have time to soak it add little more water (2-3 tbsps) Otherwise the quantity is double. 1:2

You can watch the video to see the cooking process



You can store it in the refrigerator for 2-3 days and use in many ways.
 For example:
Add to the salads.
Make pulao adding vegetables.
Make khichdi.
Make cutlets.
Make pongal.
Make porridge.
Add to the uttappam / cheela batter.
Add to the waffle batter.
Bake cakes & breads

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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

HOW TO STORE GARLIC AND GINGER PASTE



Garlic and ginger paste is a very essential part of Indian Cuisine. We use them in almost all the dishes. Though it is good to use the freshly ground paste each day, sometimes it is not possible to do that as we are short of time due to many reasons like having visitors or going out on errands.
This is an easy way of storing ginger and garlic paste for use. It is really comes handy at such times.

Method:
1. Peel and grind the garlic and ginger separately or together as you need it.
2. Transfer into zip lock bags. Flatten them and freeze.
3. Just before cooking you take it out, break a small portion as needed and use without having to thaw the entire thing.


You can check out the video of the making process


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