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A controlled method of cooking foods by heating the air within a lidded pot to a very high temperature (above the boiling point), allowing air pressure and steam to build inside and cook foods faster at higher temperatures.

To cook a food, such as eggs, fish or meat in a liquid that has been heated to just below the boiling point so the liquid is barely moving while the food is being cooked.

egg plant, egplant, vegetable, fruit,,

As the name suggests, a type of wheat flour that is suitable for most purposes. It is generally produced from a combination of high protein bread flour and low protein cake flour.

A kitchen utensil used to cook, sterilize, and preserve low acid foods that are to be canned for future use.

A wrinkled shiny skinned fruit, which is native to America, Europe and Asia. There are many varieties of this fruit, which have flesh that ranges in flavor from tart to very sweet, but there are only a few varieties that are suitable for drying.

A spice blend consisting of one or two types of dried red chiles that are ground and pulverized into a fine powder.

A wrinkled shiny skinned fruit that is a dried plum, which is native to America, Europe and Asia. There are many varieties of this fruit, which have flesh that ranges in flavor from tart to very sweet, but there are only a few varieties that are suitable for drying.

One of the most common and most popular of spices, the peppercorn is derived from the berries grown in clusters on the vine-like pepper plant.

To create a denser liquid or mixture by either adding a thickening agent or by boiling to reduce the existing volume of liquid.

A corn product created by soaking white or yellow corn kernels in scalding water that is mixed with a chemical solution, such as a mild lye or slaked lime.

1. A cereal grass that yields grain harvested as an important food crop. Rice is so important that half of the people in the world depend upon it for nearly 50% of their daily intake of calories.

A dry shelled bean that grows within a large, knobby beige pod with patches of red running throughout the length of the bean pod.

A reddish brown spice ground from dried peppers to be made into a sweet, mild or hot tasting seasoning.

A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.

A cooking utensil that creates pressurized steam to cook foods. A traditional pressure cooker consists of a steel pot with an aluminum base, a locking lid containing an airtight seal, and a removable safety valve (on older models) that attaches to the lid or a built-in value with easy to read pressure markings (newer models).