Hawkins FUTURA NONSTICK Series, Instruction Manual

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Glossary (Meanings and Methods)
Batter: A mixture made from flour and a liquid such as water, milk
or egg which is thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon.
Beat:
To mix with an instrument such as a spoon, whisk or electric
beater using a regular, rapid, rhythmic movement.
Besan (Bengal Gram Flour): Besan used in all the recipes has been
ground from pure chana dal (Bengal gram). If you use commercial
besan , water quantities may have to be reduced if besan is diluted
with ingredients other than chana dal . Our testing indicates that
diluted besan takes less water than given in our recipes to reach the
desired consistency.
‘Boiled’ Potatoes in a Hawkins Pressure Cooker:
Size of Potatoes
(Whole, Unpeeled)
Water
Quantity
Pressure Cooking
Time
(Small – 75 g)
(Medium – 100 g)
(Large – 150 g) 1 cup
1 cup
1½ cups
6 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
Method: Pour water in cooker. Put grid in cooker. Place potatoes on
grid. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure (first whistle) on high heat.
Reduce heat and cook the required time. Remove cooker from heat.
Release pressure by slight lifting of vent weight. Open cooker.
Clove of Garlic: One of the small curved segments which make up
one whole garlic bulb. Small cloves specified in the recipes weigh
about 1 g and measure about 2 cm from tip to tip and about 1 cm at
the widest part.
If you have larger cloves, adjust the quantity
appropriately. Large cloves can be five times larger than small cloves.
Garam Masala Powder:
Yield: About 2½ tbsp / 37.5 ml
1 tsp / 5 ml peppercorns
3
6
4
tsp / 3.8 ml
cloves
7 x 1 inch / 2.5 cm sticks cinnamon
4 brown cardamoms
seeds taken out and kept,
pods discarded. Measure
3
6
4
tsp / 3.8 ml seeds.
3
6
4
tsp / 3.8 ml black cumin seeds
(shah jeera) or cumin
seeds
1. Roast together all ingredients in frying pan on medium heat. Stir
continuously until the spices darken by a few shades and give out
their distinct aromas (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat, spread on
a plate and allow to cool.
2. Grind to a powder. Store in an air-tight jar.
Ginger, fresh (Adrak) : Peel off the smooth brown skin before
grating or chopping. The recipes give the weight as well as the length
of fresh ginger required. Since the width and thickness of ginger
pieces vary, the width of a piece of ginger is taken to be 1 inch/
2.5 cm for quantities specified in the recipes. A 1 inch/2.5 cm long
and 1 inch/2.5 cm wide piece of ginger is taken to weigh
1
6
3
oz/10 g.
Grate
(Kasna)
: To reduce food to fine particles by rubbing it against
the surface of a grater (an abrasive implement with sharp edged slits
and perforations).