Friday, March 1, 2019

Spices are the soul of any food/dish.. please have a look !


Chili Peppers, there are Numrous Diffrent Kind of peppers

There are many, many varieties of chili peppers with new hybrids being created all the time, and they often have different names depending on region. But, we're compiling information on chili peppers for you to understand.

Some of the Peppers which are creating wonders in your day to day life.

Pot Douglah Chili Peppers 
Pot Barrackapore Chili Pepper 
Pot Chili Pepper 
African Bird’s Eye / African Devil 
Aji Amarillo Chili Peppers 
Aji Chili Peppers 
Aji Cito Chili Peppers 
Aji Fantasy Chili Pepper 
Aji Habanero Chili Peppers
Aji Limo Chili Peppers 
Aji Panca Chili Peppers 
Aji Pineapple Chili Pepper 
Aji Sivri Chili Pepper 
Albino Sweet Pepper 
Aleppo Chili Peppers 
Anaheim Chili Peppers 
Ancho Chili Peppers 
Bahamian Chili Peppers 
Banana Peppers 

Barker’s Hot Chili Peppers 
Bird’s Eye Chili Peppers 
Bishop’s Crown Chili Peppers 
Bolivian Rainbow Chili Peppers 
Brain Strain Chili Peppers 
Carmen Italian Sweet Chili Peppers 
Carolina Cayenne Chili Peppers 
Carolina Reaper 
Cascabel Chili Peppers 
Cayenne Buist’s Yellow Chili Pepper 
Cayenne Chili Peppers 
Cayenne Golden Chili Peppers
Charleston Hot Chili Peppers 
Chilaca Chili Peppers 
Chile de Árbol Chili Peppers 
Chilhuacle Amarillo Chili Peppers 
Chili Pequin Chili Peppers 
Chiltepin Chili Peppers 

Chipotle Chili Peppers
Chocolate Habanero Chili Peppers 
Corno di Toro Chili Peppers 
Corno di Toro Giallo Pepper 
Cowhorn Chili Peppers: Good Heat, Big Pepper 
Cubanelle Chili Peppers 
Dundicut Chili Peppers 
Elephant’s Ear Chili Pepper 
Espanola Chili Peppers 

Fatalii Chili Peppers
Fresno Chili Peppers 
Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) – All About Them 
Giant Szegedi Chili Pepper 
Gibralta / Spanish Naga Chili Peppers 
Guajillo Chili Peppers 
Guntur Sannam Chili Peppers 
Gypsy Hybrid Chili Peppers 
Habanero Pepper – Great Heat and Flavor 
Hatch Chile Peppers 
Hawaiian Sweet Hot Chili Peppers 
Mulato Chili Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Are Spices?

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In the culinary arts, the word spice refers to any dried part of a plant, other than the leaves, used for seasoning and flavoring a recipe, but not used as the main ingredient. Why not the leaves? Because the green leafy parts of plants used in this way are considered herbs or the source which bring aroma to food.

Every other part of the plant, including dried bark, roots, berries, seeds, twigs, or anything else that isn't the green leafy part, is considered a spice. Today, India produces about 75% of the world's spices. They even created the Indian Insitute of Spices Research devoted to the study of spices.

Examples of Spices

  • Cinnamon is the bark of a tree.
  • Cardamom is a seed pod.
  • All spices is a dried berry.
  • Cloves are dried flower buds.
These are all examples of spices. Note too that spices are used in dried form while herbs can be used either fresh or dried.

  Chefs Recommendations for Cooking With Spices

One thing to keep in mind when cooking with spices is that spices start to lose their flavor when they are ground. So whenever possible, it's best to grind your own spices immediately before using them, rather than using spices that are already ground. You can use a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle for this purpose. If you do decide to use a coffee grinder you might want to use one only for spices and one for coffee beans so as not to accidentally flavor your morning brew!

Do spices expire?

While spices don't actually spoil or rot, they will lose their flavor over time. As spices are generally added precisely to add flavor, it is best to use them in a certain amount of time. If grinding your own spices isn't possible, try to use the freshest spices you possibly can. As a general rule, ground spices that are older than six months should be replaced. Whole dry spices can last for up to two years if stored properly.

How to Properly Store Spice, Very Important to keep there aroma

Spices last longer when stored in a cool, dry location. So keeping jars of spices right next to your stove will significantly reduce their useful life. An enclosed spice rack or storing them in an opaque container will help your spices keep their flavor longer.

Nutritional Value

Spices are used in small quantities
to flavor dishes which means they add few calories to meals. This doesn't mean spices don't cause a large impact on your diet; they can be a great way to add necessary vitamins and minerals.

Spices in History

As the majority of the world's spices come from South East Asia, the spice trade helped drive the global economy starting in the Middle Ages. The Silk Road was a dangerous and long trade route that went from China to Europe. Sailing helped to speed up the shipment of spices. In search of a faster root to India, Christopher Columbus chose to sail east, landing in North America instead. It is believed that this mistake in continents is why Native American's were wrongly named "Indians."

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Gujrati Meal/Thali


I have been roam around the nation and have experienced so many different cuisine, trust me we belongs to a land which is full of flavors, different culture, nature, Languages as well as different eating habits.

I have experienced the same with Gujarati food, the food itself tells you about the place and it culture. food is very mild and sweet in taste as well as the people. All the delicacies are filled with different flavors, Thepla, dhokla, khandvi, sweets, curds, butter milk, savories and different pickles. Just sharing a Thali with all different options. its really adorable cuisine to experience with while travelling to Gujrat.

Culinary Journey



















Sunday, October 22, 2017

wasting food means wasting energy

The polices and campaigns to save energy in the U.S., from switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs to pumping billions of dollars into corn ethanol production, one of the simplest and most underused ways to curb energy use might be in the advice our grandmothers have been giving us all along: Eat your leftovers.
Each day, American households on average throw away at least one and a half pounds of food that, depending on which numbers you look at, represent between a quarter and a half of all the food produced in the U.S. Worse yet, the amount of squandered food is said to increase during the holiday season, a reflection of the same overindulgence that spurs overeating this time of year and pushes losing weight or getting fit to the top of the New Year’s resolution list.
But with every half-full, expired milk carton or rotten apple that is wasted, so is the energy it took to produce them.
Food waste has been studied for the past two decades, but for the first time a new study by Cockrell School of Engineering Professor Michael Webber quantifies the amount of energy in the U.S. lost in food waste. The study was published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology journal earlier this year and shines a light on a policy option that's long been overlooked but is gaining attention as food shortages around the world have drawn awareness to the relationship between food and energy.
The study, co-authored by former research associate and University of Texas at Austin chemical engineering and Plan II alum Amanda Cuèllar, calculated that the U.S. could save roughly 2 percent of its total energy consumption in one year if it stopped wasting food.
The number might sound small, but it’s the energy equivalent to saving 350 million barrels of oil.
"That's about twice as much energy as Switzerland consumes in a year for all purposes, so we could power them up and then some," said Webber, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering and the associate director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at The University of Texas at Austin. "The amount of energy embedded in the food we throw away is more than all the energy we get from the corn ethanol we produce in a year, so this is a big number and it's a big, underutilized policy option for us to consider."
Webber is not alone in his thinking. The study has caught the attention of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, among others, who are teaming up with him with hopes of conducting an updated study on the ties between food and energy and how much of both are lost during production, distribution and preparation. Webber and the agencies are trying to secure funding for the research, with the intent of starting a broader program of study in 2011.
"As a nation, we're struggling with energy issues and reducing food waste is not the only answer to problem, but it might be one of the easiest to implement," Webber said.

HOW AMERICA THROWS AWAY A QUARTER OF ITS FOOD

Webber first became conscious of food waste while working as a waiter for six years during high school and college, where he got his undergraduate degrees in Plan II and aerospace engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
Years later, just after earning his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Stanford University in 2001, his interest was piqued again when he invented a laser-based sensor used to measure the ammonia emissions from cow manure, a precursor to the formation of air pollution.

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