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What Is Brown Sugar? Types, How It Is Made, Nutrition and Uses
What is brown sugar: sugar with part of the cane's molasses kept in — 380 kcal and 98.1 g of carbohydrate per 100 g. Types (demerara, muscovado, light and dark), names, how it is made, nutrition, uses, storage and buying.
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Coriander water benefits: what dhania water actually does
Coriander water benefits, answered honestly: the research reviewed here has no human trial showing coriander water does anything specific. Here is what is known about coriander, what one teaspoon of seeds holds, and how to make and drink the water.
Red rice vs brown rice: the fibre, GI and honest verdict
Red rice vs brown rice: brown rice lists more fibre and protein and an India-tested GI of 58, while red rice's seven foreign tests average 62. Side-by-side nutrition per 100 g, GI, cooking, cost and which to choose.
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Kali mirch in English, Hindi and other Indian languages
Kali mirch in English is black pepper, the dried berry of Piper nigrum. One table with every Indian name: Hindi Kalimirchi, Gujarati Mari, Marathi Mire, Bengali Golmarichi, Tamil Milagu, Telugu Miriyalu.
Masoor dal for weight loss: calories, protein and how to eat
Masoor dal for weight loss: 97 kcal and 7.3 g of protein in a katori, what a 2016 meta-analysis of 21 pulse trials found, a day of meals with dal, and what cancels the effect.
Difference between maida and besan: nutrition, taste and use
Difference between maida and besan: besan is milled Bengal gram, maida is refined wheat flour. Printed nutrition rows, gluten, taste, cooking uses and which flour fits which dish.
Mustard seeds types: yellow vs black, big vs small and which to use
Mustard seeds types explained: black, brown and yellow mustard compared on size, heat and use, with the per 100 g numbers for the black seed and which rai fits pickles, tempering and curries.
Masoor dal for diabetes: GI, carbs and how to eat it
Masoor dal for diabetes: GI 25, the carbohydrate and fibre in a katori, what a 2009 meta-analysis of pulse trials found, how much to eat and how to cook it, and what to avoid.
Which fennel seeds are good? Types of saunf and how to choose
Which fennel seeds are good? Fresh, bright-green, even-coloured whole seeds, matched to the use: small green saunf for cooking, plump saunf for chewing. Big saunf, lucknowi saunf, nutrition per 100 g and per teaspoon.
10 benefits of black pepper (and its side effects)
Black pepper benefits come in two sizes: the per-100 g numbers (10.12 g protein, 33.16 g fibre, 11.91 mg iron, IFCT 2017) and the per-pinch reality. Ten benefits with sources, the side effects, how much per day and how to eat it.
Besan recipes: breakfast, lunch, snacks and sweets with gram flour
Besan recipes grouped by meal: chilla, upma and porridge for breakfast, rotis, sabjis and four kadhis for lunch, dhokla, khandvi and fafda for snacks, and laddu, barfi, halwa, mysore pak and mohanthal for sweets, each with its serving numbers.
Besan (gram flour) nutrition per 100g: protein, calories, carbs, GI
Gram flour nutrition per 100 g: 387 kcal, 22.4 g protein, 57.8 g carbs, 10.8 g fibre and 4.86 mg iron, the USDA table beside chana dal and wheat, spoon and cup figures, and why the GI database has no entry for plain besan.
Masoor dal for babies: when to start and how to cook it
Masoor dal for babies from 6 months: when to start, how to soak, cook and mash it, the protein and iron in a katori, gas and allergy points, and the additions a baby's dal should never carry.
Loose leaf tea recipes: chai, masala chai and more
Loose leaf tea recipes grouped by the hour: chai and masala chai for the morning pot, orthodox plain cups and sweet twists for the afternoon, turmeric and iced tea for the evening. Links for every recipe on the site, two-line methods for the rest.
Tej patta vs bay leaf: the difference between them and uses
Tej patta vs bay leaf: one leaf in the kitchen, two trees in botany. The Hindi name, the Laurus nobilis vs Cinnamomum tamala split, which leaf the food tables record, and how to cook and buy each.