Useful Cooking Tips - Discover and Make Life Easy
Is your kitchen taking most of your time? Want some extra time for leisure. Here are some handy cookery tips that will make your life trouble-free and relaxing. Integrate these tips in your life and make kitchen an interesting place and enjoy cooking.
Fast preparation of pulses: Adding pinch of turmeric powder or applying oil to pulses speed up the cooking process.
Oil splashing while frying: While frying vadas or pakoras, if oil splatters then add a tablespoon of ghee to the batter and get rid of this problem.
Thickening gravy: While making a gravy or soup add corn flour to thicken it. Remember to avoid lumps mix corn flour in water before adding to the dish.
Boiling pasta: Add salt after boiling the water otherwise water will take longer time to boil.
Salt to taste: For reducing excessive salt add tomatoes, potatoes or a tablespoon of sugar.
Cut onions without tears: Before cutting onion put it in refrigerator to chill or soak peeled onion in water for some time to avoid tears.
Prefect rice: To relish non-sticky rice soak washed rice in water for ten to fifteen minutes before cooking. You can also add a teaspoon of oil to get separate granules of cooked rice.
Boiled Eggs: While boiling eggs put little salt or some vinegar in the boiling water in order to get eggs without cracks.