Sautéing is a cooking method that uses a relatively small amount of oil or fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat.
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can you saute lentils with butter (masoor dal)
After cooking masoor dal in pressure cooker, I used to saute it with ghee but since I don't have ghee and it's midnight, can I saute it with butter? will it taste bad?
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Doubling a recipe: how much oil for browning, sauteing?
I want to double this recipe, which calls for browning the floured meat in a pan in 4 tsp of oil, then sauteing the onion in 2 tsp of oil.
Do I need to also double the amount of oil for either or both of these? I am thinking that the meat doesn't…
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What "begin to flake" means in the context of sauteing a fish?
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When you see the bottom of the fish fillets turn opaque, tilt the pan and, using a large spoon, baste the tops of the fish with the hot oil. Do this constantly until the top of the fillets begin to flake, about 3 minutes.
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How do you know when your flavor base is thoroughly sauteed?
I have read that sauteing is basically taking all of the moisture and bite out of aromatic veggies. My assumption is as long as steam comes out of the flavor base (not fat burning smoke) there is some moisture to cook off.
Is it true? How can you…
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Can you cook off the acidity in wine?
My marinara was strangely too acidic than before even though I used canned tomatoes which are normally ripe, but then I remembered I added white wine to the flavor base (which i reduced).
First I do not know how acidic wine or white wine is (is it?…
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