On the way to becoming a cook

After palak paratha, I am imagining all the green leafy vegetables that can be used to make paratha. I am reminded of Spinach tortillas and tomato tortillas that I bought at Frys. I wonder why I never translated that to palak paratha or tomato paratha then. Now I am all interested in the world of Paratha. kothu parotta sounds familiar. My friends familiar with Tamilian food were excited about trying it. Even though I asked them about it, I forgot what was special about it, so no clue of how to make it.

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Banana pudding

I went over the roasted banana pudding recipe from yesterday and found it too consuming (shopping time, dishes, baking time), I finally decided on caramelized banana pudding . And meringue making is merry. Flour is used in making the custard. all purpose flour plays the corn starch role of thickening the custard. I used Parle G instead of vanilla wafers.

Leidenfrost effect

I was thinking about how water drops evaporate and came across Leidenfrost effect . A line in that article about dipping wet hands into molten lead made me ask if this is the effect that lets some people dip into boiling vat of oil for picking out pakoras with bare hands . Sure enough

Chemical study of food

Can you guess the physics experiments that potato chips are put to? Cake recovery. siphon cake The picture of algination looks like people in a line dancing alternately with the next one's hands and legs.

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