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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Did you Know Some Indian Spices and Herbs will Help reduce Weight?

Tips to Reduce weight using Indian Spices and Herbs 

1. Drink a glass of lemon juice with a teaspooon of honey with warm water early in the morning
2.  Skimmed milk with Bean Srouts in the morning will help
3. Carrot juice /pineapple juice in the mornings.
4. Chapatis, Indian Bread and butter milk for lunch with salad with vegetables like cucmber, lettuce, cabbage, tomotoes, Beetroot
5. Tender Coconut water, Indian Iced lemon tea, vegetable soup or Rasam(South Indian Tomato Soup) in the afternoons
6. Indian Bread, vegetables and fruits are good for Dinner.

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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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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.

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