Hot Grains, Nuts & Soy How-Tos

How To: De seed a vanilla bean

This video show you how to get those deliciously fragrant vanilla beans out of their pod. Whenever possible, opt for the fresh whole vanilla beans over the extracts. A vanilla bean can cost anywhere from $1.50 and up, but the flavor it adds is priceless.

How To: Cook pancakes in Stop Motion

This how-to video uses the magic of stop motion to demonstrate a recipe and the techniques for making some good pancakes. The 5th of February is Pancake Day - make sure to celebrate it by cooking up a batch of pancakes, and trying some new toppings. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make some pancakes.

How To: Make yogurt rice

Yogurt rice (also called curd rice) is an all time favorite comfort food and a wonderfully soothing end to a spicy Indian meal. See how to make yogurt rice and get rid of all those rice leftovers in the fridge!

How To: Make biryani masala

Chef Sanjay shows you how to make biryani masala in his first 2008 video. The great thing about this recipe is that you can make a lot at once and save it to use as you need. He gives a good breakdown of how to use this Indian food base.

How To: Cook rice perfectly

Cooking rice perfectly is not always that easy - on the stove, or in a rice cooker, it's STILL possible to mess it up. In this video Vahchef shows you a surefire method to cooking perfect rice (unfortunately it's not easy).

How To: Cook rice pilaf

Louis Ortiz shows you the ingredients for a small batch of rice pilaf. I'm going to use a half batch so I have a half cup of white basmati rice which is just a basic white rice. Then I've got one full cup of chicken stock. I've got some dice carrots and some dice onions.