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Snake-bitten chicken for dinner, anyone?

Or Lunch maybe? Well, how would you feel if you asked your mum or wife, what’s for dinner? And she replied : Snake-bitten chicken. Well for us Pakistani’s, it’s nothing more than a bad joke but for Chinese, it’s actually “a treat”.
It’s a strange strange world out there. Yes most definitely. And it [...]

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Recipe for happiness :)

Try it. You won’t like it – You’ll LOVE it!

All you need>>>
Patience——————– Two heaped cups
Love———————— One heartful
Generosity—————– Two handfuls
Understanding ———– One headful
Humor——————— a dash
Kindness——————-  Two Pinches
Faith———————– Plenty / according to taste
Supplications———— the more the merrier
How it’s made>>>

Mix together patience, love, generosity, understanding and beat it with humor until desired result is achieved.
Sprinkle with [...]

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Prove bread?

In bread recipes, you must have come across the line, “And prove your bread for 10- 15 minutes” and the next thing you know, well what you don’t know, is that what does this line actually means. Don’t fret. Lemme explain.
To prove bread means, to let it rise. To let it sit there, rest there [...]

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How hot is lukewarm?

A lot of baking recipes especially the bread one’s using yeast call for lukewarm either milk or water. So, do you know what is lukewarm? No, lemme tell you.
Lukewarm is when you mix together 1 part normal, room temperature water with 2 parts boiling water or milk. Simple! Now that’s your lukewarm water or milk.
“Generally [...]

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Doughnuts

In every country that makes bread, there arises a question of what to do with the leftover scraps of dough. In England, they dropped the bits into soup or water, and made dumplings. But in Holland and in Germany, cooks dropped the extra into boiling oil, and made fry-cakes, or olie-koecken. The Dutch fancied up [...]

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Caster sugar

If you’re wondering what in earth is Castor sugar, then my friend you have come to the right place, don’t fret!. First of all, Caster and Castor are the same so, don’t let it get to you
Now-a-days Castor sugar is readily available in the market. But why waste your money on this simple [...]

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