The Ultimate Guide to Cooking a Thanksgiving Turkey

Kathy Maister’s Startcooking.com has a nice post on The Ultimate Guide to Cooking a Thanksgiving Turkey. In that post Kathy writes about 10 questions and answers that are guaranteed to make your hosting this Turkey Dinner a huge success.

What kind of Turkey you should buy
What size
what is the stuffing and more.

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How to Make Indian Cottage Cheese/Paneer?

How to Make Indian Cottage Cheese/Paneer

Paneer/cottage cheese is an Indian Cheese made with Milk.You can get that in Indian Stores or any supermarkets. It can be cooked like any other Dish.

How to Make Paneer:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 litre milk
• 1 tsp lemon juice/Vinegar
• Muslin cloth

PREPARATION:

• Boil milk.
• When the milk is fully boiled, Add lemon juice/ Vinegar.
• Reduce heat and stir continuously until the milk is completely curdled.
• Remove from the heat when the whey is seperated.
• Strain the mixture through a clean muslin cloth.
• Remove exessive water by putting a weight on the muslin cloth so that all the water is removed.
• Remove the muslin cloth and cut into desired shape.

Tips: Paneer tastes good when it is fried in a little oil or butter before cooking. Make sure the paneer dont break. Just a few minutes of frying will god a good taste/

Enjoy:)

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South Indian Rasam(Tomato Soup)

South Indian Rasam(Tomato Soup)

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes ripe – 5 medium
• Oil
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
• 4 cups water
• 2 whole red chillies
• Curry leaves – 6 leaves
• Mustard seeds – a few
• Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Cilantro chopped

Method:

• Boil water, blanch tomotoes. set aside
• Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when crackle, add curry leaves
• Add red Chilli
• Add Ginger and garlic paste
• Add Blanched tomoatoes
• Add coriander and cumin powder
• Add water, salt and bring to a boil
• Cook on a slow fire for 10 – 15 minutes
• Garnish with Chopped cilantro

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Home Made Paneer ( Indian Cottage Cheese)

How to Make Garam Masala ?

Make your own garam masala, a popular spice mix in India used for most of the Indian Dishes

Approximately half cup

PREPARATION TIME: 5 minutes

5 teaspoon cardamom seeds
1 medium Cinnamon Stick
5 teaspoon fennel seed
5 teaspoon cumin seed
10 cloves
5 teaspoon black peppercorns
3 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Finely grind all the ingredients in a spice grinder or coffee grinder.

When you prepare your dishes, you can sprinkle a pinch of Garam Masala to add flavor to your Dish.

Enjoy

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