Cooking is all about Mathematics
@allknowing (140088)
India
February 5, 2025 7:35pm CST
I messed up with the dosa consistency by adding more black gram dal by mistake. They turned out dry and I had to dunk them in tea in order to moisturize them.
Cooking is all about mathematics. You have to count everything - be it weight, be it number of spoons, number of eggs, the works.
When making cakes if you do not add the right proportion the cake will turn dry Even the size of the eggs matters.
Where have you goofed?
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@arunima25 (88588)
• Bangalore, India
6 Feb
I have been cooking all my life, from the age of eight. And I have perfected the estimation. But when it comes to certain dishes like cakes and dosa, I will take the correct measure.
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
For daily cooking just a handful of this and a spoon of that will produce a pefect dish
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@sallypup (62628)
• Centralia, Washington
6 Feb
@allknowing I was thinking of you this morning when I made a batch of hummus. I don't add oil- I find hummus is fine without oil. I used a can of garbanzo beans and was careful to add its liquid slowly so that I did not get a soup instead of thick hummus.
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@arunima25 (88588)
• Bangalore, India
6 Feb
@allknowing Yes, I have become an acrobat in my kitchen with decades of experience 
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
In life being 'calculative' takes a different meaning
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@RebeccasFarm (91565)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 Feb
Hmm, that is hard to say as I just throw things in and somehow they turn out well.
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
May be for things that you have been doing countless times.
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@RebeccasFarm (91565)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 Feb
@allknowing Yes from childhood even
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@1creekgirl (42211)
• United States
6 Feb
I heard that cooking is an art, but baking is a science. It's so true. I tend to get creative and it doesn't always work!
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
7 Feb
@1creekgirl Can I then say you may not be good in the kitchen as well?
Science was my favourite subject specially Chemistry.
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@1creekgirl (42211)
• United States
7 Feb
@allknowing Yeah and I wasn't very good in science class!
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
A simple dosa also needs the right proportion of everything that goes into making it a soft fluffy dosa
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@Orson_Kart (6938)
• United Kingdom
8h
The adage - “Cooking is an art, baking is a science” is correct.
To bake cakes you have to get the measurements right, but in cooking you can be creative and make adjustments to taste.
I don’t bake often, but I do a lot of cooking. I tend to follow tried and tested recipes, so my disasters are far in the past.
@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
That is for common dishes that are made every day. Not for example while baking a cake
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
@jstory07 In one of my cake recipes I need 110grams of walnuts. I cannot guess by looking at them how much they weigh.
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@jstory07 (141468)
• Roseburg, Oregon
6 Feb
@allknowing She did it with cakes, pie dough and other goodies.
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@RasmaSandra (82240)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Feb
I have always been bad at math but with cooking measuring cups help and a pinch of this and that,
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
We do need measuring cups and weights besides ofcourse a bit of this and that
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@allknowing (140088)
• India
6 Feb
It is not without reason that expert cooks recommend fixed portions of various ingredients. Even the size of eggs matter when baking cakes
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