Kitchen Tips

Easy peel of Garlic

Place about 10 flakes of garlic in the microwave for 20 seconds.

Break Coconut Shell

You can take the coconut out of its shell easily by burning it slightly on stove before breaking.

Fresh green chillies

To keep green chillies fresh for more days remove the kaada from it and store in refrigerator.

Clean microwave oven

Mix 1/2 cup of vinegar and 1/2 cup of water in a microwave - safe bowl and bring it to a rolling boil so the inside  dried food will be loosened. Then with the paper towel or cloth, wipe clean. Odors will also disappear.

Remove the pressure from the cooker

To remove the pressure off the cooker, just pour some cold water on the top of the cooker or hold the cooker under the running water.

Stop tears while cutting onions

Put one candle in front of you or cut near the flame of gas stove.

To retain the freshness of coffee powder

Store coffee powder in fridge to retain the freshness of coffee powder for a long time.

Removing Stickers in new vessels

To remove stickers in your new utensils, just boil water in the vessel in high heat, automatically the sticker will be removed

Glittering stainless Steel vessels

Usually our stainless steel vessels became old and dull after some day, particularly the boxes, for that after cleaning the vessels with soap water wipe it without a few drop of water and then clean it with veebhuthi. Your vessels will glitter like a new one.

Removing egg smell from the vessels

To remove the egg smell from the vessels as well as your hands, take 1 tea spoon of coffee powder and mix it with water and wash the vessel. Now the vessels as well as the hands smell good.

Squeeze a lemon

If the lemon or lime is hard, put it in warm water for 5-10 minutes to make it easier to squeeze.

No color of beetroot

Before cutting the beetroot apply oil to hands so that the color will go off very fast when you wash.

Bad smell from fridge

Keep cut lemon pieces or squeezed lime piece in fridge.

Cleaning Gas Stove

Sprinkle some baking soda with water keep it for some time. Then wipe it off.

Cleaning tea stains in the cup

To clean tea stains in the tea cup take a transparent plastic bag/cover and put some liquid soap / powder on the plastic and rub it on the stains. This does wonders and removes tea stains within minutes.

Smell of onion and Garlic

Rub salt on finger and on nail tip. No more smell.

Cutting Carrots & Beetroots

To cut carrots or beetroots easily put them in the oven for a minute or 2 then cut. This makes it easy.

To keep raw bananas fresh and firm

Drop the raw bananas in vessel with cold water, it will keep them fresh and firm for up to a week. Change water once in two days.

Freshness of dry fruits and flour

To keep dry fruits and flour fresh for long time, place them in air tight containers and refrigerate.