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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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Ragi nutritional value per 100 g: calories, protein, calcium and GI
Ragi nutritional value per 100 g from IFCT 2017: 321 kcal, 7.2 g protein, 66.8 g carbs, 11.2 g fibre, 364 mg calcium, 4.6 mg iron, GI 68. Plus calories per roti, mudde, bowl of porridge and glass of malt, and ragi against wheat and rice.
Saunf how to use: how to eat fennel seeds daily and in cooking
Saunf how to use: chew a pinch after meals, brew saunf tea or overnight saunf water, roast and grind it into masalas, and stir it into sweets like thandai. A teaspoon is about 2 g.
Jaggery Substitute: What to Use Instead of Gur in Recipes
Out of jaggery? Brown sugar is the closest jaggery substitute, white sugar the neutral stand-in and honey the liquid one. How each swaps by weight and teaspoon, the calories and carbs, and when a substitute changes the dish.
Ragi khane ke fayde aur nuksan
Ragi khane ke fayde aur nuksan, seedhi bhasha mein: 100 g ragi mein 364 mg calcium, 11.2 g fibre aur 4.6 mg iron (IFCT 2017), gluten nahi. Kise kam khani chahiye, roz kitni, aur kaise banayein.
Cloves how to use: how many per dish, how to eat and store them
Cloves how to use: how many buds per dish for rice, dal and curries, the tempering method, chai, raw eating, and storage rules so whole cloves stay potent.
How to eat ragi: flour, whole grain and everyday ways
How to eat ragi: as flour for rotis, dosa, mudde and porridge, as whole grain cooked like rice or sprouted, and as the roasted flour behind ragi malt. Methods, portions, tastes and the mistakes to avoid for each form.
Is sharbati atta gluten free? No: wheat atta, gluten and coeliac
Is sharbati atta gluten free? No: sharbati atta is wheat flour, and wheat is one of the three gluten cereals, so coeliac readers must avoid it. What gluten is, where it hides, and five gluten-free attas that can replace it.
How to eat flattened rice (poha): soaked, cooked, roasted and more
How to eat flattened rice: rinsed and cooked as kanda poha, soaked with curd or milk, roasted as chivda, or ground for laddu. The four ways, mistakes and times.
Why cloves for toothache: how to use them (and when to see a dentist)
Why cloves for toothache: reviews describe eugenol as pain-relieving, and home users hold a whole bud, a powder paste or a drop of oil against the tooth. Three common ways, and the signs that mean a dentist.
Ragi in Hindi, English, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil and other languages
Ragi in Hindi is ragi or mandua, in English finger millet (Eleusine coracana), in Marathi nachni, in Gujarati nagli or bavato, in Tamil kelvaragu, in Odia mandia. All 12 Indian languages plus the botanical name, from IFCT 2017 and ICAR-IIMR.
Desi ghee how to eat: teaspoons, portions and the ways that work
Desi ghee how to eat it: measured teaspoons on hot roti, in dal, khichdi and rice, in warm water, tea or milk, with the ICMR-NIN day of 1 to 2 teaspoons, the full time-and-quantity table and the mistakes to skip.
Is refined oil good for health? What the processing changes
Is refined oil good for health? What refining removes and what it adds, why the fatty acids and calories stay, the side effects, how much oil a day and the dishes a neutral bottle suits.