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How to keep biryani hot and moist for a long time

I am looking forward to opening a biryani stall in my area, but my supplier of prepared biryani is far away. What method can I adopt to keep biryani rice fluffy, moist and hot for longer period of time? I want to keep it hot in a prepared condition…
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How long will cayenne peppers extend shelf life of cooked ground pork?

I am wanting to make a spicy Korean soup broth and the recipe calls for ground pork. I was wondering how long the cayenne peppers would extend shelf life of cooked ground pork? Or is the broth still "bad in 3 days" as most sites suggest when…
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How to use oleoresin capsicum (chilli extract)?

How do you use the food additive oleoresin capsicum? How to enhance its spiciness? I made a few attempts with 1-2 drops per person in dishes already spiced with lots of chillies. However, the additive seems to cause more stomach pains than heat in…
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Does soy sauce counteract hot stuff?

I put some soy sauce and a generous amount of Frank's RedHot Extra Hot into my chicken stir fry but it was considerably less spicy than I'm used to. Does soy sauce counteract heat / hot stuff?
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How can I stabilize my hot sauces?

I have started producing hot sauces, the taste and consistency is great! They are cooked sauces, I meant I cook the peppers and vegetables into the vinegar and water, then put them into a food processor. They are not fermented. In time the water and…
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Does lime juice make jalapeños less spicy?

I make guacamole with a whole jalapeño and the last time it was hard to mash so I poured lots of lime juice in this time. It was hardly spicy at all. Did the extra lime juice make it less spicy?
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Spicy foods and weight loss

It is well known that consuming spicy foods increases your metabolism and contributes to fat burning, mainly due to the presence of capsaicin. Since this effect is very small, how many spicy foods would one have to eat (in terms of capsaicin) in…
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Are "non-fat" condiments as effective as full-fat versions at reducing spiciness?

Nice creamy condiments are known to reduce the effect of spicy foods, such as sour cream on Tex-Mex food. I have a pretty low tolerance for spiciness, so I often need to put a glop or two of sour cream on what I'm eating. Would switching to low-fat…
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Is it reasonable to expect "spiciness" to fry off?

I got in a "heated" discussion with my wife this evening about a fried turkey recipe that I want to try for Thanksgiving. It calls for: 1 cup of Creole seasoning 1/2 cup of black pepper 1/2 cup of Cayenne pepper all mixed with a bottle of a bottle…
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Hot liquid reverse spherification

Can i uses a hot liquid such as a sauce for a meat dish, to make spheres and still maintain the heat of the sauce?
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Reduce heat of mustard condiment

I have been given a jar of homemade mustard as a gift. It is apparently a dijon-style made mustard for sandwiches. Luckily I tasted it before using it. Even a tiny taste almost blew the nose off my face. Despite this I don't want to bin it. Firstly,…
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How do i improve my hot and spicy chicken breast recipes so that the heat isn't an after taste?

This was my recipe from last week: Chicken Breast Marinade (this is after cutting them up into small pieces): Yogurt Sriracha Lemon Juice Black Pepper Marinate for 30 minutes. Caramelized Onions Black Pepper Salt Turmeric Soy Sauce (when the pan…
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Low-calorie alternative to Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp?

I've become obsessed with Lao Gan Ma brand chili sauces. This "Old Godmother" brand sauce is apparently a phenomenon in China and feels like it's about to break out in the export market similar to the rise of Sriracha. With its signature red label…
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What am I doing wrong that is making my dishes spicier when served as leftovers. Am I not simmering long enough?

For some reason the last three dishes I've cooked seem to get spicer leftover the next day. When they do obtain close to room temp they've all been stored in Pyrex and placed in the same fridge but cooked in different intervals (weeks apart). All…
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slow cooking with tabasco peppers

I'm cooking 4.5 lb of chicken in a slow cooker. I've yielded some tabasco peppers from the garden, poked holes in them with a fork, and add them to the liquid. Will this blow me out of the water? Will I notice the heat?
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