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Preparing barbecue marinades
Marinades are used to add flavor and to moisten or tenderize foods, particularly meat. Marinades can be either savory or sweet and are as varied as you want to make them: spicy, fruity, fragrant, or exotic. Most marinades don’t contain salt, which ... Read more »
Adding flavor to fish while steaming
Steamed fish can be bland so give flavor to it by adding vegetables, herbs and spices and other seasonings to the liquid in the wok or steamer or by sprinkling them over the fish itself. Here are some methods for flavoring fish and making it more tasty ... Read more »
Fillings for spring rolls
Spring roll wrappers are delicious as it is fried to a golden-crisp and packed with a mixture of aromatic ingredients. They are the quintessential Asian treat. The paper thin wrappers used to make spring rolls are commercially available in Asian super ... Read more »
Shopping for the best ingredients
When buying the basic ingredients always buy the freshest and the best quality ones from which you can get the most flavor. Fresh ingredients will have high nutritional content. If its organic produce please get those ingredients. The flavor will be better ... Read more »
Handling disasters in the kitchen
When you encounter a disaster while preparing food, it is important NOT TO PANIC. This must be the golden rule. After all its only food and usually there is something that can be done to rectify the situation. I have listed a series of common disasters ... Read more »
Sanitizing your kitchen and stationary
It is always very important to clean and sanitize (killing disease causing bacteria) the stationary equipment and work surface of the kitchen, in order to get rid of disease causing bacteria which causes food poisoning and diarrhea. Prevention is better ... Read more »
How to reuse cooking oil by purifying
If you want to reuse oil it’s probably best to use sunflower oil for frying. The high smoke point it starts with gives you more re-uses before it degrades below the frying temperature. We all like to save and be economical by not wasting cooking ... Read more »
Coating fish before frying
There are different ways in which we can fry fish. Before frying it’s a good idea to use a light coating on it. This protects the delicate fish fillets and helps keep them moist during frying. Also it brings different taste to the fried fish making ... Read more »
Flavoring for omelettes
Just to get started the word omelette is a french word that came to use during the mid 16th century. An omelette is a folded, fluffy creation, simply made by whisking eggs and cooking them quickly in a traditional non stick frying pan. This is one of ... Read more »
Different methods of pureeing
Fruits and vegetable mixes can be pureed in many ways depending on the type of fruit or vegetable. Vegetables and fruits that contain strings such as green beans and those with coarse skins like pepper need to be blended and sieved after cooking in order ... Read more »
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