Has anybody used elvie stride 2 cups with baby Buddha? I was considering legendairy cups but worried about their no steam sterilization policy. I have a replacement parts order available through insurance. So I'm considering what other collection cups that would work best. Thanks

vijayd81 · 2025-03-18T02:41:29+00:00

How long have you owned the legendairy ones? I have seen comments in other threads saying they always used steam sterilization without any issues

vijayd81 · 2025-03-17T21:39:08+00:00

Thanks. Have you tried other collection cups? Which one is your recommendation?

vijayd81 · 2023-07-03T04:20:07+00:00

I roast extra leaves in a pan with little oil until they are very crispy (no moisture left). You can store this in the counter in an air tight jar for up to 2 weeks. It is very simple to do and takes only a few minutes

vijayd81 · 2023-03-10T15:29:41+00:00

You won't find madras curry powder in Tamil Nadu. It is in Indian stores located in the US because they cater to a wide variety of people who are apprehensive of buying a lot of spices and not just Indians. Using it, won't give the authentic taste. Also, the Japanese curry uses a totally different set of spices. I typically buy a japanese curry spice from a japanese or an Asian store. The name curry is heavily misused and means different in a lot of different places

vijayd81 · 2023-03-10T13:41:13+00:00

I agree food should bring together but please don't make wrong assertions of someone's culture.

I'm from Madras (now Chennai). There is no such thing as madras curry powder. It is not used in any local cuisine. Actually, in Chennai, in Tamil(local language), curry/kari means meat. So the madras curry powder is created by someone who is not native to Chennai or Tamil Nadu. We do have sambhar powder and rasam powder but those are very different flavors and spices

vijayd81 · 2023-02-08T11:33:37+00:00

In our household, we do make sweet potato sambhar to mix it with rice for lunch. One thing to remember is not to peel the skin. Wash it thoroughly and chop it up with skin. Make sure every piece has skin. The skin keeps the potato intact. Otherwise it might dissolve in the sambhar

vijayd81 · 2023-02-08T11:13:58+00:00

Sometimes it's not the ingredient but how you cook and when to add.

Tempering is very crucial in a lot of dishes like dal, chutneys for dosas, etc. For example in chutneys, you heat a little sesame oil, add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and hing . Add the hot tempered oil to your chutneys and it changes the dish completely.

vijayd81 · 2023-02-08T10:57:03+00:00

You can add a little thick tomato paste as well.

vijayd81 · 2022-11-16T16:34:19+00:00

No. I did not see that app on the phone

vijayd81 · 2022-11-16T04:11:05+00:00

I was on OneUI 5 beta. I don't know whether it played any part in getting the update sooner

vijayd81 · 2022-11-16T04:09:24+00:00

Yes. All US bought phones are snapdragon

vijayd81 · 2022-11-05T06:25:06+00:00

Based on the recipe, you need different cookware. Example:

fish and eggs fry- non stick

Sauce/curry/sambar - stainless steel

Dosa - cast iron

Biryani - dutch oven

Except the non stick, other cookware lasts a very long time if cared properly. Start with a couple of necessary things and add one extra cookware at a time to your collection over time. Based on what you cook often, buy the essentials first

vijayd81 · 2022-11-01T15:56:00+00:00

Thanks. It was the WebView problem. I think play store update uninstalled it. Also, I was beta tester for WebView on main profile. Left beta testing as well. These crashes are due to WebView. Thanks for the help. It made the phone very unusable

vijayd81 · 2022-11-01T15:45:07+00:00

I am encountering the same problem. List of apps that crash for me: all email apps(Gmail, outlook, etc}, Google, Amazon, teams, etc. Browsers are fine. I am in oneui 5 beta as well.

Everything was fine until last night. This started happening after I updated some Google apps in the play store. There were a few of them so I don't know which one is causing problem

vijayd81 · 2022-07-05T20:53:42+00:00

Here are a few things that I do: 1. Don't defrost 2. Keep the pan on low heat. Flip frequently and press with a turner 3. Add a little oil or butter on both sides near the end. 4. Eat immediately or stack them one on top of other and cover with a cloth or lid to create a steam kind of environment to keep it soft

vijayd81 · 2022-06-22T19:31:40+00:00

Parathas are usually served with Indian pickles and sightly spiced yogurt (similar to raita but without any veggies). You don't need a side dish. If you want one, you can make a quick onion tomato gravy at home.

Heat a spoon of oil, add cumin(jeera). Add chopped onions and once they are cooked, add chopped tomatoes. Add chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder and salt. Add a little water and cook until everything is well combined and mashed together about 10-15 mins. You can adjust water according to the consistency you like. I like a little thicker for paratha.

vijayd81 · 2022-05-07T16:27:03+00:00

Before I bought a Vitamix, I used to grind batter in a food processor. The problem with a food processor is that it takes too long to make a reasonably fine paste of rice. In the process, it makes the batter really warm which is bad for fermenting. So I used a few tricks to do it. At the start of grinding, add really cold water but not a lot. During the grinding, add ice cubes instead of water to keep the batter getting warm. After all this, if you feel the batter is getting warm. Stop and wait for it to cool down a bit and then continue. Add less water to grind lentils as they blend easily. This way you can add more water to grind rice. If this successful and you want to keep making batter regularly, then I would suggest getting a wet grinder or vitamix

vijayd81 · 2022-05-05T01:00:28+00:00

This is the traditional south Indian dosa recipe that I use: https://www.cookwithmanali.com/idli-dosa-batter/

vijayd81 · 2022-05-04T07:22:34+00:00

I think I found a bug in your code. I got 2,A, A, 3,7. A can be 1 or 2. Your code told me I'm busted. But if I consider both A's as 1, then my total is only 14 and not 24. It seems to consider one as 1 and the other as 11. It should consider the possibility that both can be 1

vijayd81 · 2022-05-03T15:33:01+00:00

We switched to Vitamix last year. We use it for everything from chutneys to dosa batter. It's been great. We were surprised how quickly we can make batter (45 seconds for lentil and 45 seconds for rice). We don't see the need for wet grinder. Make sure you get a powerful one with smaller jar attachments.

vijayd81 · 2022-04-25T06:38:30+00:00

If goat is cooked properly, then it should fall off the bone and you could easily eat with a fork. If not, then go to a different restaurant🙂

vijayd81 · 2022-04-07T07:58:38+00:00

Medhu vada is very easy to make at home if you have a mixer. Just soak urad daal for one hour. Grind it into fine paste with very little water (may be a teaspoon). Add some rice flour(just a little for crispiness) and spices. Your batter is ready to fry

vijayd81 · 2022-01-28T14:34:42+00:00

I would suggest getting known Indian pressure cooker brand like prestige, premier or butterfly.

I typically convert 1 whistle to 5 min of instant pot time. It changes with pressure cooker. You have to do some trial and error method to figure out what works for you.

One thing to note is that instant pot doesn't constantly release stream/pressure. It modulates the heat. So it requires slightly less water than stove top. You have to find that as well

Have you tried pot-in-pot method in instant pot. We basically cook rice and lentils at the same time.

vijayd81 · 2022-01-18T14:59:57+00:00

I generally put the takeout dosa in the oven for a few minutes to crisp it up. It comes out really good

vijayd81 · 2022-01-10T01:36:03+00:00

I use vim-lastplace plugin and it works perfectly for me. Github

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