Sunday, 19 February 2012

Kitchen Tips - Maximize your kitchen benefits

Kitchen tips is the most recommended solution for me. I normally consider Kitchen is the best place to seek instant solutions and tips. We can find all type of problem solution by utilizing materials available in Kitchen. If you want to get pampered with beauty tip; variety of masks will be available of all tone of skins, Herbal treatments available in kitchen, health treatment available in kitchen so it's up to you that how do you utilize your kitchen to get maximum benefits... According to Kitchen rocks in all ways from cooking to healthy living
  • Place a tsp. of soda bicarbonate in a corner of the fridge in a small crucible. This will keep smells of foods in the fridge from permeating each other.
  • Place some soda bicarb open in a small shallow dish in the fridge. This will disallow odours of one dish mixing into another. Eg. milk and guavas.
  • Place a folded cloth under any vessel which you have to whip in. You will have a better grip of the vessel since it will not slip over the worksurface. This holds good while mixing cake batter, icings, whipping, etc.
  • Rest assured that honey can never be adulterated. If warm water is added, it will ferment. If any type of sugar syrup is added it will solidify. Also, the older the better.
  • Use the water drained from curdle milk to knead chappati dough. They will turn out softer and whiter.
  • Soak jewellery (eg. silver, copper, gold) in the water drained from curdled milk for 15 mins. wash them with soap afterwards. Get back the sparkle in them to look new.
  • Apply tamarind paste and salt for greasy, or copped bottomed or brass vessels, and wash. They come out much cleaner, and more easily.
  • Dissolve a 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder in hald a cup of hot sweetened milk and drink for relief from cough and cold. Repeat morning and night for a week.
  • Make a decoction of tea leaves, mint, a bit of ginger. Mix in a dash of honey, sip hot to give relief from chest congestion.
  • Try substituting kids' lunch bag with lemonade instead of water once or twice a week. They'll be thrilled.
  • Crush chikki coarsely and use as nougat over cakes and icecreams. Use nuts of your choice.
  • Blanch green leafy vegetables ( fenugreek, spinach, etc.) in boiling water for 2 minutes. Hold under cold running water, press out excess water, store in freezer for about 2 weeks without spoiling.
  • Shake the vegetables loose in the plastic bag before thawing, to distribute the heat evenly.
  • Rub a piece of lime (used) inside the lunch box to get rid of strong odours (like garlic) before rinsing off.
  • Rub the point of a bee-bite with soft mud and salt made into a paste. The swelling will subside soon, as also the poison will not spread further.
  • A tsp. each of ginger juice and honey to be warmed and taken just before sleeping, to bring relief from severe cough. Repeat every night for a week.
  • Sprinkle a mixture of powdered cardomom and rock sugar (misri) over the tongue, gums and inner cheeks to get relief from mouth sores and ulcers. Repeat 3-4 times a day.
  • A clove and a cardamom kept in the mouth while travelling, brings relief to those suffering from motion sickness.
  • Easiest way to chop raisins. Sprinkle some flour over them so they don't stick. Cut with a small kitchen scissors as required.
  • Add a few pinches of turmeric, a small spoon of ghee, to dal before pressure cooking. This will enhance flavour to the dal.
  • A drop or two of eucalyptus oil add to water for steam inhalation gives excellent relief in common colds.
  • If there is a lot of leftover paneer(cheeze) crumbs, dry in a warm oven. Fry till crisp and store in the fridge. Soften in boiling water, drain and add to thicken gravies of any vegetables and curries.
  • Make tomato puree in bulk. Transfer to ice cube trays and freeze. Put the frozen cubes in a thick polythene bag. Store in the freezer and use reddy puree cubes as required. Will keep for over 3 weeks in the freezer.
  • Store nail polish bottles in the refrigerator to prevent the polish from drying up.
  • To get a dry sketch pen working again, pour three or four drops of hot water into the sponge tube inside and wait a while.
  • If grilled doors or windows start getting rusty, scrape off the rust carefully and paint the area immediately. You can also use a metal primer instead of paint.
  • To remove mud stains from clothes, soak and wash them in water collected after boiling potatoes.
  • Use the whey (water) from tied curds to make softer chappati, paratha and naans. Use this water instead of plain water to knead the dough.
  • Always use a clean pair of kitchen scissors to trim edges of bread. Much neater and less messy edges as compared to those trimmed with a knife.
  • Use a large semiboiled potato to make a quick flower arrangement if a flower holder is not available. Push sturdy stalks of flowers into the potato at the required angles. Do not keep for more than 2 days. Immerse in water to which an aspirin is added.

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