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The best oil for cutting boards and your chakla-belan
The best oil for cutting boards, chakla-belan and wooden spoons: which oils stay fresh instead of turning sticky or rancid, how to apply them, and which hardware-shop oils to keep off food.
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Danedar ghee: why good ghee turns grainy
Danedar ghee is ghee that cooled slowly into grains. Why the grains form, why ghee sets in winter and melts in summer, whether grainy...
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Adulterated ghee: how to check ghee purity at home
Adulterated ghee is usually cut with vanaspati, cheaper oils, animal fat or starch. Which home tests help, which are myths, what a lab checks,...
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Does ghee need to be refrigerated? Can it go bad?
Does ghee need to be refrigerated? Usually not, but it is not immortal. How long it lasts, how to tell when it has turned,...
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Refined vs unrefined coconut oil: smell, smoke point, uses
Refined vs unrefined coconut oil: RBD oil is neutral and smokes higher; unrefined keeps its coconut aroma and natural traces. How each is made,...
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Jaggery tea: why gur chai curdles and how to stop it
Jaggery tea, or gur wali chai, is a winter favourite, but it often splits. The kitchen science behind it, three methods that keep it...
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Cow ghee vs buffalo ghee: colour, fat and taste compared
Cow ghee vs buffalo ghee: why one is golden and the other white, how they compare on fat, cholesterol, taste and yield, and which...
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1 litre oil in kg, and 1 kg oil in litres: oil and ghee conversions
1 kg oil in litres, 1 litre oil in kg, and why ghee and castor differ: simple tables for mustard, groundnut, sesame and coconut...
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Linseed oil vs flaxseed oil: same seed, different bottles
Linseed oil vs flaxseed oil: both come from the same seed, but not every bottle belongs in the kitchen. Here is the naming, the...
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How is jaggery made? From cane juice to gur, step by step
How is jaggery made? Fresh cane juice is boiled down in open pans until it sets. Here is every step, from crushing and clarifying...
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Best oil to season cast iron: does flaxseed oil really work?
The best oil to season cast iron is any oil that sets hard in very thin coats. Flaxseed sets hardest but can flake. Here...
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Peanut oil allergy: is refined or cold pressed oil safe?
Peanut oil allergy depends on the oil: highly refined peanut oil has almost all its protein removed, while cold pressed, expeller pressed and gourmet...
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