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, […]

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 […]

How does pressure help in cooking faster? Basic kitchen science# 101!

The cooker has been resting on a mild flame for a while and suddenly, like a person just about to sneeze, the pressure pushes the weight and the cooker whistles.  The Bat-Signal for cooked food! But how does this work? Why does pressure help? We all know that water boils at 100 degrees. In a […]