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Cooking Techniques

1. Frying egg for fried rice

I saw a friend scrambling egg for egg fried rice. Little steps can alter the look and feel of dishes. So take that extra step,  let the extra plate join the dishes to be done, to make a special dish different from what you do for a quick bite during your busy routine.

2. Cooking Dosa

I have always cooked dosa on both sides. But after looking at some videos of how dosas are done street-side and hotels, they cook it only on one side and add drops of oil on the non pan side to cook it through.

3. Cutting Avocado

Aavocado toast.
“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”― Frank Lloyd Wright
Should have taken those extra steps to get the spoon.

Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear the whistle from Spartan fife - Emerson. came across it in The Year of Dunk book.


4. Sliding a raspberry through the straw as garnish to smoothie. If you have used raspberry in the smoothie, then you are tipping off the ingredients, not that the colour already wouldnt have. But if you are not using, then see how the ruse comes along?

5. Twirling oranges
Twirled, sliced Orange


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