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Chitra amma, hope you don't mind me replying this

Priya, the dryness is due to not enough sauce or pasta is not cooked right. I make pasta's regularly and I don't use microwave. Make sure you cook pasta the right way - Use cold water, close and bring to a boil, add salt, 2 spoons, yep might look too much, but pasta will be well seasoned. When ready, add all pasta at once, stir it,turn the heat on to bring it back to boil. Make sure there is no foams, if so, adjust the heat accordingly. Usually penne takes 4-5 minutes, but check the pasta by using a fork. For me usually it takes 1-2 mins more than the box specification Once done, immediately drain it, but dont over drain also. Pasta should be moist... so I usually have my sauce going on in the side, so I drain and immediately toss it into the sauce. About the sauce, pasta should neither be just coated nor drowned in sauce

good luck !!

 

dear chith,
what would be a good cake recipe to start with????
luv
Pavi

 

Dear Ramya

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dear chithra madam,
i want to ask you about one health related question. hope you answer it.
i heard that drinking the water kept in an iron bowl helps to cure constipation as well as gives good health. what is iron bowl? can i see the picture of it anywhere?

 

hello mam..
Thanks so much for your receipes ..

I made rava idli using microwave .. process i followed is -

rava ( sooji) - 50 gm
curd - 50 gm
soda - 1/8 th of spoon

i mixed them well.. but the idlis made were not good .. neither they fluffed much and when i ate them.. they tasted very sour and not cooked enough .. however on inserting the knife .. the knife came out well

Could you please tell me what went wrong .. was soda more or may be water in the container was less..

i used minimum ingrigents just to see how idlis are prepared ..
Please let me know !

 

dear chitra madam,
pls tell me what is chia seed, sabja seed and kalonji? and why are they used? pls tell me their uses separately.
is sabja seed and kaloji seed one and the same? they look similar in pictures.
i read that all of these seeds are having high health benefits so would like to know more about these and want to use it in regular diet.
i have been eating raw kalonji (1tsp) with water daily from last one week. is it okay to eat raw kalonji (black seed) daily? do you know more about kalonji seed like...does it act as cooling agent....etc. bcos i have a heat body.
pls reply.