Kitchen Tips
You can clean a greasy oven easily. Just put 1 cup of household ammonia inside it. And leave overnight with door closed. The ammonia will work on the grease and cleaned.
To unmould a cake, lightly sprinkle flour in the mould after greasing it.
To prevent a cake from burning put double fold of greased paper at the bottom of the cake.
To get rid of all the insects hidden in the cauliflower by immersing the whole cauliflower in a pan of water with a tsp of salt mixed in it.
To set the curd in winter use double the amount of starter.(If you use 1tsp of curd for one liter milk in summer increase 2 tsp of curd)
To prevent mould from forming over pickle, place a small muslin bag of mustard seeds on top before you seal it.
Use bits of vegetables left over for making vegetable pulao.
Do not add any raw oil to any pickle. Heat the oil until smoky, cool it. It prevents the formation of fungus in the pickle.
To prevent coconut oil from freezing in winter add a few drops of castor oilto it, shake well and store.
To make karela (bittergourd) less bitter rub them with flour and salt. Keep aside for sometime. Wash thoroughly before cooking.
You can clean a greasy oven easily. Just put 1 cup of household ammonia inside it. And leave overnight with door closed. The ammonia will work on the grease and cleaned.
To unmould a cake, lightly sprinkle flour in the mould after greasing it.
To prevent a cake from burning put double fold of greased paper at the bottom of the cake.
To get rid of all the insects hidden in the cauliflower by immersing the whole cauliflower in a pan of water with a tsp of salt mixed in it.
To set the curd in winter use double the amount of starter.(If you use 1tsp of curd for one liter milk in summer increase 2 tsp of curd)
To prevent mould from forming over pickle, place a small muslin bag of mustard seeds on top before you seal it.
Use bits of vegetables left over for making vegetable pulao.
Do not add any raw oil to any pickle. Heat the oil until smoky, cool it. It prevents the formation of fungus in the pickle.
To prevent coconut oil from freezing in winter add a few drops of castor oilto it, shake well and store.
To make karela (bittergourd) less bitter rub them with flour and salt. Keep aside for sometime. Wash thoroughly before cooking.
