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How To: Make healthy curry

Chef Suvir Saran shares his recipe for curried summer squash. - Combine canola oil, 1 tablespoon of mustard seeds, 3 red chilies, 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds, and 12 curry leaves in a pan and stir fry the ingredients.

How To: Tie the padlock knot

The padlock knot is designed to look like a padlock, but without the actual function of one. In order to tie this knot take your rope or string and fold it in half. After you have done that make a loop with both sides of the rope making sure you leave a loop at the top. Put the two loops together the one in the front turning clockwise and the one in the back counter-clockwise. Make sure to leave a hole in the center for the rope to pass through. Now wind each piece of rope through the hole in...

How To: Neatly cut into a pomegranate to get the seeds

To neatly cut into a pomegranate, you are going to need a paring knife. First, score through the flesh around the top, middle, and bottom. Next, take the edge of your knife and peel the skin upwards and off the fruit. Remove the white pith. Repeat with the bottom. Next, score a line going from the top to the bottom and peel the pomegranate into two halves. Peel from the last score and open. Keep making cuts to open up the pomegranate until you have four pieces. Now enjoy.

How To: Make cabbage rolls

Take the leaves out and break them into pieces. Use a good knife. Start from the outer part of the cabbage to the center. Put all of the leaves into a pot and boil for half an hour. Arrange the pieces into rounded shapes. Put the ingredients, like onion, onto a tray and mix the ingredients into a sauce until the ingredients become juicy. Take the cabbage leaves, one by one, and put the sauce onto the cabbage leaves. Place the sauce in a circle in the middle of the cabbage leaves. Put the cabb...

How To: Make pumpkin pie layer cheesecake with Kandee Johnson

To make a pumpkin pie layer cheesecake, first blend together two packages of cream cheese with 1/2 cup of sugar and a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla. After that, add two eggs, one at a time and beat until smooth and creamy. Pour half of the cheesecake mixture into a graham cracker crust. In a different bowl, add 1 cup of canned pumpkin puree, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, and a pinch of nutmeg. Stir until combined. Pour over the cheesecake layer and bake 35-40 minutes at 325 degrees. Top with homemade w...

How To: Make a hot roast beef sandwich

Use top round roast, seasoned with meat tenderizer. Pound the seasoning on both sides of the beef so it is absorbed. Place in crockpot and cook for about 8 hours. Remove the beef and cut into small pieces. Take two slices of bread of toast in the toaster. Place the roast beef on top of the toast. Cut the sandwich in half. Place the two pieces of sandwich on a plate and in the middle of the plate place mashed potatoes. Use the remaining drippings from the crockpot to make gravy. Pour the gravy...

How To: Do a bumped ponytail without a Bumpit or teasing

To make a bumped ponytail start with your hair down. Put your hair up like you are going to put it half up and spray the back with hair spray and pat dry. Next, take a smaller section of the top and spray that two while patting until dry. Next, separate your bangs from the rest of your hair and gently start to pull your hair back into a ponytail trying to make it look as natural as possible. Secure with a rubber band. Spray your bump with hair spray. Next tighten the bottom of your ponytail a...

How To: Steal Kim Kardashian's sultry makeup look

Steal Kim Kardashian's look for your next big outing with this two-part tutorial on how to put together this beautiful celebrity's makeup look. In part one, our host CMichelle, shows us how to prime our face and apply the shadow. The second half speedily goes through how to line the lids.

How To: Knit a shaker rib stitch

Follow this quick video demonstration to see how to knit a shaker rib stitch. The shaker rib is also known as the half fisherman, and that's because it's not as bulky as the fisherman rib. During this process, you'll even see how you can knit one below, or k1b.

How To: Packet sniff networks with the fundamentals

Hak5 isn't your ordinary tech show. It's hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics, to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Damn the warranties, it's time to Trust your Technolust. In this episode, see how to packet sniff networks with the fundamentals.

How To: Make carrot & zucchini kid's muffins with Tamra Davis

Tamra volunteers at Skyler's school to do a cooking class. She shows you how you can do it too by simply dividing the class into small groups and breaking the recipe down into 4 parts. They make her delicious recipe for Orange and Green Muffins, which are actually zucchini and carrot muffins. A recipe perfect for introducing some spring time vegetables into your child's diet.

How To: Perform the Pass for card tricks

How to Disturb Reality is here to teach you some magic card tricks that you can learn directly at home. This video will hopefully inspire you to become a great magician, so if you're here to just learn card tricks and not perform them, you're here for the wrong reason!

How To: Conserve water indoors

W.H. Auden wrote, “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” Indeed, the average American home uses 140 to 170 gallons of water every day. Cut that in half with some water-saving tips.

How To: Use motion to get running backs open in Madden NFL 08

To be the best at the Madden NFL video game, you have to be willing to get advice, but not just any old advice... professional advice. To beat everyone, you have to be ruthless and know all of the strategies and gameplay tricks. To master Madden 08, check out this quick, football game, video tip from Madden Nation (EA Sports and ESPN) with video game pro Charles James (or Chuck Hollywood).

How To: Say advanced English vocabulary

Check out this instructional English language video that demonstrates how to improve your English vocabulary skills, your listening skills, and your grammar skills. This is a lesson for the advanced English language learner. The theme is the 2008 Olympic Games that focus on VOCABULARY, LISTENING, and GRAMMAR skills. This is PART ONE, so you will study vocabulary. Be sure to watch the second half. Improve your English vocabulary with this instructional video!

How To: Knit a cable cast on

This instructional knitting video demonstrates how to knit a cable cast on. Start by making a slip knot with a 6" tail and place it on the left-hand needle with the working yarn coming from the back. Knit a stitch in the slip knot loop, but leave the slip knot on the needle. Give the new loop a half-twist and place it on the left-hand needle. You now have the first two stitches. For all subsequent stitches, knit each new loop between the last two stitches on the left-hand needle. Cable cast o...

How To: Hack an Ethernet ADSL router for log-in information

In this video tutorial, you'll find a step-by-step guide to how a n00b hacker (like you?) can get usernames and passwords easily through one of the security flaws of the Ethernet ADSL router. More than half of Internet users never change their default password which makes this "hack" easy. Take your time to read the text on the slide. For more, and to get started testing the security of your own Ethernet ADSL router, watch this hacking how-to.

How To: Play "Broken" by Seether on acoustic guitar properly

Want to learn how to play Seether on the guitar? With this tutorial you can learn how to play "Broken" by Seether on the acoustic guitar. This version is a simplified version of the song and is not exactly how Seether plays it. The tuning for "Broken" is standard tuning tuned down a half step. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. Watch this how to video and you will be able to sing and play along to "Broken" by Seether.

How To: Play "A Case of You" by Joni Mitchell on the guitar

Want to learn how to play guitar like Joni Mitchell? In this how to video you can learn how to play "A Case of You" by Joni Mitchell from the album Blue on the guitar. "A Case of You" is originally played on a dulcimer but you can play it on the guitar tuned a half step down from standard tuning. This lesson is geared towards intermediate to advanced guitarists because it assumes some prior knowledge of guitar playing. With this how to video you will be able to sing and play "A Case of You" b...

How To: Tie Seven Basic Scout Knots

How good of a scout were you? This how-to video goes over seven different knots that every Boy Scout should know how to tie. 7 knots every scout should know is filmed from the knot-tying point of view. The bowline, clove hitch, sheet bend, taut line, timber hitch, square knot, and two-half hitch are covered. Watch this video knot-tying tutorial and learn how to do seven essential scouting knots.

How To: Tie hammock hanging knots

The knots demonstrated in this how-to video are a good way to hang a hammock, because it makes it so easy to adjust your hanging height. The whipping knot around the tree will not slip if tied correctly. Make sure to tie the second half hitch or the knot may slip and come loose. As with all knots, use your own discretion and be safe. Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to tie some sturdy knots useful for hammock-hanging.

How To: Run USB through the phone lines

Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to run a USB cable through existing phone cords. You'll need two phone jacks, a USB extender, and a phone cord. Although dual jacks are featured in this video tutorial, single jacks are preferred. The process is fairly simple, what you need to do is open up the jack and cut the USB extender in half. Strip to the multicolored wires and match up the the wires with the opened phone jack's, all except for the white wire which will go to the ye...

How To: Fold a paper airplane

This instructional video shows how to make a simple and very effective paper airplane that can stay aloft for about half a minute. It is a simple and elegant design which does a fantastic job of balancing the weight of the craft forward and makes for a highly stable and effective airfoil. It's a great deal of fun to make and almost as much fun to fly. Give it a try! Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold a paper airplane.

How To: Mix a James Bond Vesper martini cocktail

The Vesper, made famous by Ian Fleming in Casino Royale, his first James Bond 007 book, is worthy of the gods. The delightful way the gin interacts with the twangy, piny, citrus notes of the Lillet blanc, all bolstered by a dose of vodka. Mmmm. Its pale yellow glimmer beckons the lips to take a dip in its icy splendor. But be careful, at 3 and a half ounces of alcohol, the potency of this beauty sneaks up on you. You may start divulging secrets to those around you. You will need gin, vodka, L...

How To: Cook a grilled lobster tail

Grilling lobster tails is quick and easy thanks to this easy method from Chef Jason Hill. Many people are intimidated on how to cook lobster, but grilled lobster tails are an impressive and simple way to go. If you have a Maine lobster or other variety of lobster, simply split the tails in half and rinse under cool water. Lobster tail recipes are best when made with a scampi-style butter, garlic and parsley sauce. Hill's recipe for grilled lobster tails uses this method, first by cooking lobs...