Brine & Marinate – Why is it necessary for cooking chicken?

Cooking meat is a tricky business and demands perfection. Your favourite biryani with wonderfully spiced basmati wouldn’t be appealing without the meat being tender. Are you craving chicken curries? Let us brine for you to dine. Try sensational chicken curries with 1tsp ONE POT CURRIES. Nobody would want to eat boring chicken that is dry, […]

Discovery of the month – Potchef.in Dum Biryanis done right!

An average human consumes around 2,500 calories per day. One food calorie contributes 4,184 joules of energy. Therefore, if our food enables us with 2,500 calories, our bodies break down or release 1.5 million joules per day. How much energy would that be per second? A day contains 86,400 seconds. That works up to 120 watts (a […]

What is Dum Cooking? Easy tips for the best dum biryani

Dum! A word that often features in the menu cards of your favourite Biryani joints. Ever wondered what it refers to? Dum is a style of slow cooking that was developed 400 years ago and has been perfected in Asia. Dum means to simmer. To cook on very low flame, mostly in sealed containers, allowing […]