All Tips
- If karanjis get a bit stale, warm them for half to one minute in a microwave oven before serving. They will taste like freshly fried.
- Wipe the blades of greasy knives with a peeled lemon. Then wash under running water. The greasiness will disappear.
- To get the full flavour out of saffron, warm it slightly before crushing (you may do so in a microwave oven for ten seconds on HIGH), add one teaspoon of warm milk and stir well.
- When mixing cake batter, icings or whipping any liquid, keep a folded cloth under the vessel. This will help you get a better grip of the vessel since it will not slip over the work surface.
- Warm garlic flakes slightly either in a microwave oven or on a griddle before peeling. The skin will come off easily.
- If you drop an egg on the floor, cover it with salt and let it remain like this for a couple of minutes. You will be able to easily clean the mess with a paper towel.
- To unclog a drain, mix a cup of salt with a cup of baking soda. Pour these into the drain, and then add a pot of boiling water.
- You can clean darkened aluminum pans easily by pouring in two teaspoons cream of tartar mixed in some of water. Place on heat and boil for 10 minutes.
- To cut grease and odour on dishes, add a tablespoon of vinegar to hot soapy water.
- To easily shred cheese, place it in the freezer for 30 minutes. The firmer cheese is less likely to make a melted mess on your grater.
- To get yogurt in winter, place the container in a warm place like oven or over the voltage stabiliser.
- If the yogurt has become sour, put it in a muslin cloth and drain all the water. Then add milk to make it as good as fresh in taste. Use the drained water in making tasty gravy for vegetables or for basen curry.
- Place a raw peeled tomato in the bow, it will absorb the extra salt.
- To keep the vegetables fresh for longer time wrap them in newspaper before putting them in the fridge.
- Tamarind is an excellent polish for brass and copper items. Rub a slab of wet tamarind with some salt sprinkled on it on the object to be polished.
- Place overripe tomatoes in cold water and add some salt. Overnight they will become firm and fresh.
- Put 2-3 cloves in the sugar to keep ants at bay.
- Preserve the samosas in freezer. For eating, take out of the freezer two hours in advance and bake them over low temperature.
- Don`t throw away the rice water after cooking. Use it to make soup or add it in making dal (lentils).
- Put a small paper packet of boric powder in the container of rice to keep insects at bay.
- Add 5gm of dried powdered mint leaves to 1kg of rice. It will keep insects at bay.
- Add a teaspoon of canola oil in the water before boiling the rice to separate each grain after cooking.
- Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter.
- To prevent formation of ice, rub table salt to the insides of your freezer.
- Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions.
- 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.
- Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get better pops.
- Bake in microwave ovens. Wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place with dal or rice will prevent them from drying and breaking.
- Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
- Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get better pops.
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