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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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When the noodles are boiled, drain all the hot water and add cold water. This way all the noodles will get separated.
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Put a few camphor tablets in a cup of water and keep it in the bed room near your bed, or in any place with mosquitoes.
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Grind some common salt in your mixer/grinder for some time every month. This will keep your mixer blades sharp.
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Adding half of teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in the milk while boiling will not spoil the milk even if you don`t put it in the fridge.
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Keep spoon in the vessel while boiling milk at medium heat. It will avoid sticking the milk at the bottom of the vessel.
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Moisten the base of the vessel with water to reduce the chances of milk to stick at the bottom.
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Hang a peacock feather, lizards will leave your house.
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If the lemon or lime is hard, put it in warm water for 5-10 minutes to make it easier for squeeze.
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To ripen fruits, wrap them in newspaper and put in a warm place for 2-3 days. The ethylene gas they emit will make them ripe.
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If you add half a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds to the lentil and rice mixture while soaking, dosas will be more crisp.
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Do not beat idli batter too much, the air of which has been incorporated during fermentation will escape.
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Place a betel (paan) leaf over the leftover idli and dosa batter to prevent them from becoming sour.
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To preserve green peas, keep them in a polythene bag in the freezer.
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To keep the chillies fresh for a longer time, remove the stems before storing.
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Avoid the use of ghee. If it is necessary, substitute it with canola oil. Even for making halwa, you can partly substitute it with oil.
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Garlic skin comes off easily if the garlic cloves are slightly warmed before peeling.
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Immerse the egg in a pan of cool salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh; if it rises to the surface, it is certainly quite old.
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Make a small hole in the egg by piercing a pin before boiling it. You will be able to remove its skin very easily.
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If the dough sticks to the rolling pin, place it in freezer for a few minutes.
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