Cooking Tips

Veggies Vegetable stock: Boil 4 cups water. Add a pinch of salt & bay leaf. Add chopped veggies(beans, peas, carrots, celery, cauliflower). Lower heat to medium and simmer till the veggies are ... More in Veggies... Non-Veggies Marinade For delicious stocks and even better tasting gravies, marinate chicken with salt, lime juice, ginger garlic paste and green chilies. More in Non-Veggies... Chinese Rice preparation: For fried rice, soak rice for ½ hour. Boil lots of water, add the rice with a pinch of salt and lemon juice. Stir uncovered and when just cooked, drain the water. Add cold ... More in Chinese... Recipe Tips Noodles (for American chopsuey): Crispy noodles can be obtained from any grocery store. However if it isn't readily available. Get a pack of normal hakka noodles..Heat ½ cup oil. Let it be ... More in Recipe Tips... General Tips Pressure cooking: Use pressure cookers or pressure pans for deep frying. It saves cooking time hence saves electricity. More in General Tips... Italian Pizza dough: In a bowl mix 1 packet quick rising yeast with 11/3 warm water, In another bowl put 3 cups flour, ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp salt, ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese, and 1 ½ tbsp extra ... More in Italian... Salad Dressings Thousand Island ¼ cup finely crushed saltine crackers, ½ cup dried parsley flakes, ¼ cup dried minced onion, 2 tbsp garlic salt, 2 tbsp onion salt, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp dried ... More in Salad Dressings...