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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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Toor dal for diabetes: GI, carbs per katori and how to eat it
Toor dal for diabetes: GI 20 with its whole-pea caveat, the carbohydrate and fibre in a katori, what a 2009 meta-analysis of 41 pulse trials found, how much to eat and what to avoid.
Black rice (kala chawal): what it is, nutrition, benefits and cooking
Black rice (kala chawal): the dark whole rice from Manipur and the Northeast. What makes it black, the forbidden-rice story, USDA nutrition per 100 g (370 kcal, 4.2 g fibre, 113 mg magnesium), the GI range 64-109, benefits, side effects, cooking, storage and how to buy it.
How to store besan flour: shelf life, fridge, freezer and pests
How to store besan flour: airtight jar, cool dark shelf, or the fridge in warm weather. What the FSSAI moisture cap means, freezer rules, pantry pests and why bitter besan is thrown away.
Fenugreek seeds nutrition per 100g: calories, protein, fibre and GI
Fenugreek seeds nutrition per 100 g from IFCT 2017: 235 kcal, 25.41 g protein, 47.55 g fibre, 10.57 g carbs, 8.47 mg iron, and why no GI figure is printed. Plus what one teaspoon (4 g) of methi dana gives.
Toor dal for babies: when to start and how to serve
Toor dal for babies from 6 months: the ICMR-NIN gram amounts by age, how to wash, soak, cook and mash it, protein and iron per katori, gas and allergy points, and the additions a baby's dal should never carry.
Basmati rice water ratio: how to cook perfect basmati rice
The basmati rice water ratio is around 1:1.5: one cup of rice (200 g) to roughly 300 ml of water, simmered for 12 to 15 minutes. Steps, a plain-cooker-biryani-pulao table, common mistakes and storage.
Besan (gram flour): names, nutrition, benefits and how to cook it
Besan (gram flour) explained: what it is, its English and Hindi names, USDA nutrition per 100 g, benefits, who should limit it, how to cook and store it, every besan recipe and what to check when buying.
Fenugreek in English, Hindi and Indian languages (methi, menthya)
Menthya in English is fenugreek. Every name for the seed in one table: Hindi methi, Tamil venthayam, Telugu menthulu, Kannada menthe, Gujarati methi dana and the rest.
10 benefits of toor dal (and its side effects)
Toor dal benefits with the numbers behind each: 21.7 g protein, 9.1 g fibre, 1.56 g fat per 100 g, GI 20, a 99 kcal katori, plus the honest side-effect notes on gas and uric acid and the 85 g plate share.
Basmati rice: names, nutrition, benefits and how to cook it
Basmati rice in one place: what it is, its names across India, nutrition per 100 g, the glycemic index of 50, benefits and limits, and how to cook, store and buy it.
Lobia vs soybean: are they the same? Nutrition and uses
Lobia vs soybean: lobia is cowpea, not soybean. Lobia's nutrition, GI and protein, the anti-nutrient study where soybean appears, and which bean fits which kitchen.
Coffee: names, nutrition, benefits and how to make it
Coffee from bean to cup: the names the sources record, nutrition per 100 g, the BMJ review's benefits, caffeine limits, brewing, storage and buying picks in one place.