Tips and Tricks

Try these tips and tricks and make your cooking easier and delicious.....

For Veggies

• If putting vegetables in the fridge is like putting them in a coma, wrapping them up tightly in a heavy plastic bag is like suffocating them to death, which you don’t want to do. Vegetables need some air to stay fresh, so keep them in bags in which air can circulate.
• Vegetables also spoils very fast if they are peeled off. Peeling causes cellular changes inside the vegetable and they rotten quickly.
• Excess moisture will also age your vegetable, so keep the vegetable unwashed or washed and completely dried, until you’re ready to use it.
• Vegetables that have been lying in the refrigerator tend to look dull and lifeless. If you want to make a salad, and need your veggies to look fresh, soak them in cold water with a few drops of lime for about 15 minutes and they will look bright and delicious.
• Mushrooms, which will go rotten faster in plastic bags and should be kept in paper. Do not wash the mushrooms with water. Clean it with a damp cloth.
• Fresh basil/ coriander keep much better and longer at room temperature with the stems in water.

For Non vegetarian

• While cooking chicken or meat, you should cook it initially over high flame to absorb the juices and then cook it on low flame till it becomes tender.

• For avoiding kebabs to become harder, marinate them for a longer time and also avoid over cooking them.
• For its better effects, mutton should not be of an older animal. Younger one looks pink and has firm texture. If it is red and looks wrinkled, it will be tough.
• When refrigerating fish for your curries, rub some salt and turmeric so that the fish remains fresh and flavourful for longer.

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