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Food
Measurements And Conversions
To be a good cook, it is of utmost importance to have a good judgement of measurement of different ingredients. Every cook has his or her favourite cup or katora as a standerd measure in his or her kitchen.So you must fix up a favourite cup,spoon, ladle and a Katori as your standerds. In olden days, the measurement for spices was given as "KAI ALAVU" But now it is generally not give. Except some spices are still specified as "PINCH" . For a quick view of cups and measures here is a simple food conversion calculator. I am giving as under approximate measures as under .Hope they will be helpful to you.
IF POSSIBLE, BUY STANDARD PLASTIC SPOON SET OF MEASURES NOW AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT STORES. IT IS STRINGED IN A SET SO ALL MEASURES ARE AVAILABLE AT ONE GO. When any recipe gives measure in grammes, use your judgment as to a spoon will have 5 gms of sugar but same spoon will have 1.5 to 2 gms of Dhania, as Dhania is lighter.1 spoon of chilli powder means 1bout 2.5 gms of chilli powder and so on. When One spoon of anything is prescribed, take moderately filled spoon. NOT HEAPFUL unless otherwise stated. Taste
your chilli powder and Asfoetida for their strongness, use your judgment
in usage. If I say one spoon of Asfoetida, I mean mild compound variety
available like LG etc, and if you are using a strong variety like mine,
even the dogs will not eat the food if you add 1 spoon. That amount of
asfoetida will suffice sambar for 30 people.. So be careful when you add
such sensitive ingredients.
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