Let’s be honest. How many times have you landed in a soup in the kitchen? How many times have you been faced with the not-so-unlikely in your-case situations like too much salt in the gravy or rice that sticks together like goo?
Don’t fret with the horror of it all. TimesCity has hacked into your kitchen and promises to help all you food ignoramuses out there kiss goodbye to your kitchen woes.
We bring you a bunch of useful kitchen hacks to simplify your life.
Kiss goodbye to your kitchen chronicles and simplify your life with these easy and handy tidbits:
1) To prevent the dough from sticking, place it in refrigerator for 10-20 minutes before you start making Chapatti.
2) Boiling milk? Don’t need to watch it like a hawk. Instead rub a dollop of butter or oil on the edges of vessel and it won’t spill over – so more crying over spilt milk, literally.
3) Ward off that bad odor of an old meal or stubborn grease signs from your utensils by adding a bit of vinegar and soap to the hot water you use to wash them with.
4) For white, thick and fluffy rice grains, squeeze half a lime into the rice while cooking.
5) The key to hear a faster beep of the microwave is to place food in circular dishes as compared to square or rectangular dishes as it radiates the heat evenly from all sides.
6) Prevent your cut veggies and fruits (especially apples) from browning by rubbing a bit of lemon onto them before storing.
7) Struggling to scrape out butter from hard slab stored in the refrigerator? Just heat up your knife and cut the brick.
8) Place a bowl of water next to an idli or chappati to retain the moisture while re-heating in the microwave.
9) Add cloves to your sugar container to prevent an ant attack.
10) Store green leafy vegetables like peas, spinach and methi in a polythene bag to keep them greener for a longer time.
11) Enjoy soft and supple rotis by adding a bit of milk while kneading the dough.
12) Dissolve saffron in a bit of warm milk to extract its complete colour.
13) To bring a bright and luscious color of the gravy, add a pinch of sugar to it.
14) For a tender, supple and super soft dahi vada, add some rice flour during the grinding process.
15) Rub some oil on the skin of brinjal before roasting it on the fire for making baingan ka bharta. This way you will not have to sweat too much to peel off the skin later on.
16) If you worry way too much about cracking an egg while boiling, then cover them in vinegar before putting them on the stove.
17) Grease your tawa with a thick slice of onion or potato coated in oil before making a chilla or dosa. This will prevent it from sticking on the surface of the skillet.
18) Enhance the flavor and aroma of your coffee by adding a pinch of salt to it. It will also curb down the bitterness.
19) Prevent your sliced mushrooms from turning black or brown by pouring two teaspoon of hot milk while cooking.
20) Do away with all not-so-appetizing versions of fried rice like overcooked fried rice, sticky fried rice, and not very tasty fried rice. Rather cook your rice in coconut milk instead of water.
21) Planning to make a decadent shahi paneer at home and just realise that you don’t have any onion paste left? Don’t stress and mix ginger with asafoetida (hing) for a similar taste of the gravy.
22) Put an end to the nightmare of moong dal halwa or urad dal halwa sticking on the pan. Instead add a teaspoon of wheat flour to the ghee before mashing up the paste.
23) Increase the longevity and freshness of the cottage cheese (paneer) by wrapping it with blotting paper before storing in refrigerator.
24) Keep your rice, pulses and lentil boxes out of the reach of insects by placing few pieces of dried bitter gourd (karela) in it.
25) In winters, don’t struggle with frozen coconut oil. Instead add few drops of mustard oil to retain its liquid form.
26) Get rid of the fish stench off your palms by rubbing few drops of oil on your hands before washing, cleaning and cooking the fish.
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