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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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Mustard seeds: how to use them in cooking (tempering 101)
Mustard seeds how to use: add them to hot oil and wait for the pop, then pour the tadka over dal, sambar or poha. Step-by-step tempering, whole, ground and soaked uses, common mistakes, identification and storage.
Chickpeas (kabuli chana) for weight loss: calories, protein, portions
Chickpeas for weight loss: 378 kcal, 20.5 g protein and 12.2 g fibre per 100 g, a 113 kcal cooked katori, the 2016 pulse meta-analysis and how to eat them so the calories work for you, not against you.
Is kabuli chana good for diabetes? GI, fibre and portions
Is kabuli chana good for diabetes? Boiled chickpeas average a GI of 23, the low band, with 63 g carbohydrate and 12.2 g fibre per 100 g; portions, the 2009 pulses meta-analysis and plate ideas.
10 benefits of rajma (kidney beans) and its side effects
Ten rajma benefits with the number behind each: 19.9 g protein, 16.6 g fibre, 6.1 mg iron and 316 mcg folate per 100 g (IFCT 2017). Also the side effects of undercooked beans, gas and allergy, how much to eat in a day and how to serve it.
Asafoetida how to use: cooking, storing and eating hing
Asafoetida how to use: a pinch into hot oil or ghee at the start of the tadka for dal, sambar, curries, vegetables and pickles, plus solid hing, common mistakes and airtight storage.
Ragi huri hittu: how to make ragi flour at home
Ragi huri hittu, roasted ragi flour made at home: clean the grain, slow-roast it, cool and grind it, with a sprouted route for malt flour. Step by step, the mistakes to avoid and how to store it.
How to use green tea: best time to drink and how much
How to use green tea day to day: one teaspoon steeped at 80 to 85 C for 2 to 3 minutes, an hour away from meals, and daily caffeine inside the 300 mg tolerable limit. Timings, mistakes and a quick table.
How to make desi ghee from butter: melt, simmer and strain
How to make desi ghee from butter: melt 500 g of butter in a heavy pan, simmer until the water boils off, the foam falls and the milk solids turn golden-brown, then strain into a dry jar. Foam, colour and smell cues, timings and mistakes.
Chickpeas for babies: when to start, how to cook and serve
Chickpeas for babies: start around six months, cooked soft and mashed. WHO weaning ages, NHS salt and honey rules, a chickpeas recipe for baby, feeds a day and the gas and choking cautions.
11 ragi recipes: breakfast, lunch, snacks and sweets
Eleven ragi (finger millet) recipes grouped by meal: porridge, dosa, idli and upma for breakfast, mudde and roti for lunch and dinner, ragi malt to drink, cookies and chips to snack on, laddu and kheer for sweets. Six have full step-by-step pages.
How to make A2 ghee at home: the curd, butter and ghee method
How to make A2 ghee at home the bilona way: set A2 milk into curd overnight, churn it to butter, wash the butter and slow-heat it to clear golden ghee, then strain. Timings, the yield question, mistakes and the cues that the ghee is done.
Kabuli chana benefits and side effects: what the evidence says
Kabuli chana benefits: 20.5 g protein and 12.2 g fibre per 100 g, a GI of 23, iron and folate, honest side effects such as gas, and how much to eat a day.