Questions tagged [powder]
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How should I measure ginger powder?
Whenever I use ginger powder in a curry, it tastes bitter.
For instance, today I added two tea-spoons of ginger powder to cook a curry of 400 grams of chickpeas and approximately 700 grams of potatos. ...
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Measuring powder vs non powdered (e.g. sugar) with measure spoon and precision scale
I bought a scale to measure very small quantities in 0.01 increments.
The scale has a calibration weight of 50 grams and it measures so +/- an error as expected.
My intention for the scale is to ...
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Spices very powdery when cooking
This is a constant problem I have when cooking chicken dishes with low water content. I add my spices and a bit of water so that everything mixes. The problem exists in the end result. When I taste ...
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How to move powders to avoid spillage?
I always have trouble pouring coffee or cocoa powder. The containers are never designed with a spout so I use a spoon or pour it from tiny plastic container and my fine motor stability isn't ...
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Icing Made with Yogurt powder
I am looking into making icing using yogurt powder. My question is, would it still need to be refrigerated after I make it. The ingredients in the product I am look at are nonfat milk solids, whey ...
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Homemade soy milk powder, or other plant-based milk powder
I have tried making soy milk powder from store bought soy milk. I used my dehydrator, but a few hours into the process the milk was starting to smell sour.
I have seen recipes that make soy milk ...
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Milk powder doesn't dissolve
I'm following some recipes making chocolate, candies and cookies that use milk powder to enhance the flavor. I tried several milk powder brands, different types skim vs full cream, but I never can ...
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Retain chilli powder taste till end of cooking
When I add chilli powder to an Indian curry, and let it lid-closed for next 5-7 minutes, by the time it's cooked, it loses it's taste and the curry becomes bland. What should I do to retain the spice ...
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are syrup more flavorful than powder or similar?
I'm going to make a recipe which includes
45 Grams of vanilla powder
2 Syrup pumps of Fruit syrup (20 Grams)
but i'm changing some in the recipe so i will use vanilla extract instead of powder and ...
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Non fat bakimg milk powder vs regular
I recently bought milk powder for baking which is non fat,
Can I use it to make non fat milk or other non baking uses?
Thanks a lot
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Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Yeast
I've read one cook say,
"I add baking soda when I make bread using buttermilk. The buttermilk is acidic enough that it interferes with the environment that commercial yeast needs to reproduce well, ...
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Why is my Taiyaki (Cake that looks like a fish) too hard and dry?
I was making taiyaki, and most of my friends said that the dough is too hard and dry. I have:
2 cups cake flour
4 tablespoons sugar
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup of milk
1/3 cup water.
I use an ...
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How to make good quality onion powder at home?
I chopped some onion and put it in an old gas oven. It had 3 issues:
Some pieces or parts of pieces are burned while other pieces are
still not dehydrated.
It sticks with the bottom of the aluminum ...
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Chocolate cake recipe requires both baking powder and baking soda?
Here is the recipe I am using.
For batter:
2 cups Sugar
Flour 1 3/4 cups
Cocoa 3/4 cup
Baking Soda 1 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder 1 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
2 eggs
Milk 1 cup
Oil 1/2 cup
Vanilla Extract 2 tsp
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Which method to use when making fruit powders?
Searching online I found a lot of videos/ articles about making fruit powders, some of them dried the fruit itself then ground it. While other juiced the fruit, then ground it.
I am wondering which ...
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How to make oil have powder garam masala taste?
I'm wanting my oil to taste of garam masala. At the moment I'm adding a little bit of powder to oil and frying it. The problem is the powder doesnt dissolve and the flavour doesnt seem to go to all ...
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fried garam masala tastes watery
Recently I've been frying garam masala because I want some tasty oil(which should not be watery). At first it was kind of working however it now seems the oil is watery and not thick or oily if you ...
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Why doesnt curry powder completely dissolve when heating in oil?
When I grill store bought sheek kebabs I notice the oil drips out and it is coloured while being free of any curry powder though I imagine curry powder is added to the mince before they make it.
I ...
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