It's been 20 days since the last post!!!! How busy we have been! So, here's a different kind of a post for now... until we all get back into our aprons and get cooking.
Cooking tips:
1. How to peel a tomato without boiling:
(a) Freeze it. The skin comes off easily.
(b) Stick a fork in it, and heat it on direct flame.. until the skin starts peeling off.
2. Get rid of odours in your refrigerator by placing soda bicarbonate in a bowl & putting it in the fridge. Vinegar also works.
3. To avoid the hassle of handling frozen homemade ginger-garlic paste, make the GG Paste nd then, saute it in heated oil for 2 minutes or so, until the oil disappears. This done, store it in the refrigerator for as long as u like, it won't smell, it won't go bad.
4. Coriander leaves can be kept fresh for a longer time by wrapping them in paper and then refrigerating.
5. Keep fresh green chillies fresh for a longer time by removing their stems and then storing them in the fridge.
6. Save valuable energy by boiling potatoes along with dals (lentils) esp while making dosas when you will need the lentils for the sambar and the potatoes for the dosa filling.
7. Added too much salt in your food??? Worry not!
(a) Malai or milk cream works like magic.
(b) add a sliced potato to pick up the extra salt.
(c) add wheat flour balls to balance the salt. Discard after the taste is balanced.
8. Burnt your onions for the Indian gravy? Again, milk cream/malai is the answer, hands down.
9. Keep lentils bug-free by heating them before storing in air free containers. Same for semolina too.
If any of the tips helped you, do let us know.
Have any of your own kitchen secrets? Do share them with us.
Cooking tips:
1. How to peel a tomato without boiling:
(a) Freeze it. The skin comes off easily.
(b) Stick a fork in it, and heat it on direct flame.. until the skin starts peeling off.
2. Get rid of odours in your refrigerator by placing soda bicarbonate in a bowl & putting it in the fridge. Vinegar also works.
3. To avoid the hassle of handling frozen homemade ginger-garlic paste, make the GG Paste nd then, saute it in heated oil for 2 minutes or so, until the oil disappears. This done, store it in the refrigerator for as long as u like, it won't smell, it won't go bad.
4. Coriander leaves can be kept fresh for a longer time by wrapping them in paper and then refrigerating.
5. Keep fresh green chillies fresh for a longer time by removing their stems and then storing them in the fridge.
6. Save valuable energy by boiling potatoes along with dals (lentils) esp while making dosas when you will need the lentils for the sambar and the potatoes for the dosa filling.
7. Added too much salt in your food??? Worry not!
(a) Malai or milk cream works like magic.
(b) add a sliced potato to pick up the extra salt.
(c) add wheat flour balls to balance the salt. Discard after the taste is balanced.
8. Burnt your onions for the Indian gravy? Again, milk cream/malai is the answer, hands down.
9. Keep lentils bug-free by heating them before storing in air free containers. Same for semolina too.
If any of the tips helped you, do let us know.
Have any of your own kitchen secrets? Do share them with us.
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