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Make a decoction of tea leaves, mint, a bit of ginger. Mix in a dash of honey, sip hot to give relief from chest congestion.
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Ovens And Toaster
Use old shaving brushes to clean insides of ovens, toaster, etc. to reach the difficult corners, Crevices, etc.
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Place green fruits in a perforated plastic bag. The holes will allow air to circulate while retaining the ethylene gas that fruits produce during ripening.
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If you have peeled extra potatoes, keep them dipped in water and store in the refrigerator. They will remain for a couple of days.
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Battaries
To charge a used pencil battery, place its negative end near a candle flame and warm for five minutes. The battery will be as good new.
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Holi Color Stain Removal
Boil clothes soiled in holi colour in water (1/2 cup sugar added to a bucketful water), for a few minutes. Allow to cool, add detergent, continue as for normal wash.
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Onions will boil faster if you make X-shaped cuts in the root ends.
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To make the ghevar two toned (brown at bottom and light on top) then use more milk in the Batter and less water.
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If large quantities are prepared, or more varieties are prepared, then sterilise a big batch of jars and keep ready in a large sterilised steel container or sealed (with sticking tape) clean thermocol box.
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If a lunch box tends of leak from cover, seal with scotch tape. Teach kid to remove tape before eating.
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Tamarind tends to get very thick on grinding. So save some water to add to the last churning, or To run in mixie, after having emptied it by inverting into container. The stuck paste will dilute Easily, when machine is run for a few seconds. Therefore cleaning is simplified and wastage Minimised.
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Line the bottom of sink with a thin sheet of sponge or thick towel, while washing delicate and Costly glassware and crockery. This will avoid any drastic mishaps of breakage.
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Wherever brinjals are required to be griddled, fried, or burnt, one can butter it up and cook it in the microwave too. Though a little different in texture, it will be equally good in taste.
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Thermo Flask
To clean musty insides of a thermosflask kept closed for long, put in some tiny shreds of old newspaper and fill with warm water. Wash with soap water after 8-10 hours. The flask will sparkle as new and have no stale odours left.
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To preserve amla murabba better, tilt jar around each day, to keep all amla coated with syrup. This way the upper ones wonot dry out.
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Ink Stain
Apply toothpaste on both sides of an ink-stain on cloth. Wash after dry.
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To increase the shelf life of dry masalas store them in airtight containers with a cube of asafoetida.
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To season a new earthen handi, pour oily water in it (from cooking, like that rinsed from kadai, Etc.) for some time, rinse with plain water, and keep aside. Repeat process for 2-3 days as many Times as possible. Then use to cook, so the raw smell will go, as well as getting sturdiness.
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For best effects of your decorative icecreams, sundaes, floats, etc., use plain transparent glasses with interesting shapes, like conical, balloon, stemmed, slender, etc. Opaque glasses will hide the essential decorative feature of these yummies.
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To get the best out of saffron: Warm saffron before crushing (you may use microwave: 10 secs on maxi.). Add 1 tsp. warm milk and stir well.
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