Helpful Tips
Signposts to guide you through your cooking journey.
A little lost, when it comes to understand cooking jargon?
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Find yourself searching on google or any other search engine of your choice, as to what it means because somethings are known as something else in different parts of the world?
Need help with the measurements and temperature?
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We have been there, done that, got lost, made mistakes but found a way out and now here to help.
Check out everything you need to know and more in this section.
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If we haven't covered it, ask away and we will do our best to answer.
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Jargon Busting
Lentils and Pulses
Split daal varieties are listed below:
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Chickpea
Pigeon Pea
Mung Bean
Red Lentil
Black Lentil
Black Eyed Pea
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Many more varieties that come as whole lentils, pulses ad beans. There are the most common variety used for daals. Other beans and pulses can be used in curries and worldwide dishes.​
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Calzone
Italian dish, basically a folded oven baked folded pizza. Pizza like a massive Cornish pasty!
Measurements
Metric and imperial weights and measurements can be confusing when you trying to cook or bake, especially when you try something new and different measurements are used from the country you are residing in. This can add further to the stress of cooking. Stress no more there are is a guide here for you all ready to check before you measure out your ingredients.
Temperature
Each household has a different oven so this table will help with getting the temperature right for great results. A key to cooking is correct temperature control and the simplest of help goes a long way.
World Produce
Cake Rusks
This is between a cake and a biscuit as it is firm on the outside but soft like cake in the centre. This product also softens further as it's absorbs liquid very well and best wit tea in my opinion. This product is an Indian in origin and a found in many Asian Stores.
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Recipes that use this product: Tiramisu (Classic Coffee and Chaimisu)
Drumsticks
A stringy green veg, that well known in India and has slight bitter taste. Usually eaten just boiled and spiced in a curry with potatoes or a daal gravy.
Daal
A daal is a lentil soup like curry and made in many forms in Indian and Indian homes. There are many lentils in different sizes and colours ranging from yellow to rustic orange. Daal is usually made from split dried pulses There are various names for each lentil in different languages as well as in English. Lentil and Pulses breakdown is on the jargon busting section.