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Don`t throw away the rice water after cooking. Use it to make soup or add it in making dal (lentils).
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Put a small paper packet of boric powder in the container of rice to keep insects at bay.
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Add 5gm of dried powdered mint leaves to 1kg of rice. It will keep insects at bay.
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Add a teaspoon of canola oil in the water before boiling the rice to separate each grain after cooking.
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Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter.
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To prevent formation of ice, rub table salt to the insides of your freezer.
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Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions.
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To bake potatoes quickly, place them in salt water for 15 minutes before baking. Use the skin of boiled potatoes to wipe mirrors to sparkling clean.
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Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get better pops.
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Bake in microwave ovens. Wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place with dal or rice will prevent them from drying and breaking.
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Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
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Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get better pops.
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To prevent the growth of fungus in pickles, burn a small grain of asafoetida over a burning coal and invert the empty pickle jar for some time before putting pickles in the jar.
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Bake in microwave ovens. Wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place with dal or rice will prevent them from drying and breaking.
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Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
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To keep paneer fresh for several days, wrap it in a blotting paper while storing in the refrigerator.
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Apply a paste of sodium bicarbonate and water on the walls and floor of the oven and keep the oven on low heat for about half an hour. Dried food can easily be removed.
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Watch from the oven window to conserve energy because the oven temperature drops by 25 degrees every time its door is opened.
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Wrap the onions individually in a newspaper and store in a cool and dark place to keep them fresh for a long time.
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To avoid tears, cut the onions into two parts and place them in water for 15 minutes before chopping them.
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