Well-maintained crockery, cutlery and utensils are a boon when you have to quickly whip up a meal and lay it up in style for your family or friends. Not to mention that well presented food in good looking crockery always ups the appetite. So, here are some handy tips to help you keep your fine [...]
You can use dried coriander and mint leaves in coarse powder form in vegetable curry or chutney, if fresh ones are not available. To keep them fresh for longer time, wrap them in a muslin cloth and keep in a fridge. Put some boric powder in kitchen in corners and other places. Cockroaches will leave [...]
Dry roast powdered salt before putting them in shakers for easy flour. To avoid worms or other pests in dal or rice keep neem leaves in that container. When pans are badly burned and crusted, fill them with soapy water and let it boil for 15 minutes. This will help to remove burnt marks while [...]
Sugar: Put 2-3 cloves in the sugar to keep ants at bay. Tadka: Use sprouted mustard seeds (rayee) and fenugreek (methi) seeds for your tadkas. Both of them when sprouted have more nutritional values. Also this add flavour to the dish and can be more beneficial, besides giving decorative look to the dish. Submitted by [...]
Almonds: To remove the skin of almonds easily, soak them in hot water for 15-20 minutes. Ants: Putting 3-4 cloves in the sugar container will keep the ants at bay. Biscuits: If you keep a piece of blotting paper at the bottom of the container, it will keep biscuits fresh for a longer time. Butter: [...]
When you are cooking a meal, there are many things that can go wrong and many simple, household solutions to issues that arise that you may not know. To that end, we’ve written this article to discuss some simple hints that can make your time spent in the kitchen much easier. – Did you burn [...]
Because of my young children, I have leaned towards healthy cooking choices. In addition, my husband who always eats out due to his frequent business meetings, desperately needs to lose weight. Being a Chinese and growing up with a mum who likes to cook, I have been educated in more ways than one on the [...]