Kfoxxilicious's 56 tips to kitchen guru-ism...what ....is that even a word...it is today!!!!!
- Add a little honey in the cake mix, cake will be tastier and will not crumble when cut.
- Add Banana to chapatti mix, chapatti (bread like) will be softer and tastier.
- Add a desert-spoon full of curd while mixing chapatti dough to make chapatti soft.
- Cutlet will not crumble if little corn flour added to the mix.
- Food cooked in Iron pots supplements iron to the body.
- Put one or two paddy seeds in honey to preserve the honey for longer period.
- Wrap bakery items in butter paper to keep them fresh longer.
- If bread crump is not available for cutlet mix then add semolina (Rava).
- To get potato cooked faster, add little lemon juice to it.
- Add little coconut oil to stale ghee and boil it to make it better.
- To make Poori crispier, add little corn flour to dough.
- Put a whole red chilly in coconut oil to keep the oil fresh longer.
- Metal pots are better cleaned with the mixer of salt & tamarind.
- Add black pepper powder fried in ghee to the pancake mix, it will not stick to the pan.
- Beat egg with cauliflower to make it tastier.
- Beat egg with a spoonful of milk to make it softer.
- Beat egg with corn flour to make it softer.
- Use a buttered knife or dip the knife in boiled water to cut the bread, it will not break into smaller pieces.
- Potato stays fresh longer if some garlic is kept in the container.
- Add a tablespoon full of vinegar while boiling potato to preserve its white color.
- Rice cooks in less water if it kept soaked in water for some time.
- Color will not change if lemon juice applied on cut apple.
- Add equal amount of peanut to the chutney mix to make it thicker and tastier.
- Grind Saffron with little sugar before adding to the preparations to preserve its color.
- Sandwich stays soft if wrapped in butter-paper.
- Before beating the tamarind in Mixer-Blender soak it in water for sometime, it will not stick to the blades.
- Keeping lighted candle nearby prevents spreading the smell of fish frying.
- Marinating chicken in Ghee & Sugar mix gives good color and will be tastier.
- Milk will not overflow while boiling if little ghee or butter is applied at the rim of the pot.
- Marinating Fish in the mix of Lemon, Vinegar & Salt makes it tastier.
- If Curry is too spicy and hot add little coconut milk or sugar.
- While cooking green-peas add 3 or 4 drops of vinegar to preserve its green color.
- Purity of honey can be tested by putting few drops in water. If it reaches the bottom without mixing with water, it is pure.
- Boil cracked egg in the water added with vinegar; the yolk or white will not come out.
- Add salt to the water and boil the water first before putting egg to boil, egg will not crack.
- If egg falls on the floor, sprinkle salt over it and clean after 15 minutes, foul smell goes away.
- To separate Egg Yolk and white, power it into a funnel.
- Grind boiled potato and add it to the soup to make the soup thick.
- Fish absorbs Marsala & Salt faster if mixed with lemon juice.
- To make curd in an hour, add juice of one-half of a lemon to still warm boiled milk.
- While cooking cabbage add a piece of crumbled bread to reduce its unpleasant smell.
- There will not be foul smell if ginger added while boiling cabbage.
- When dry fish is put in water to reduce its salinity add some paper also.
- Cook vegetables added with a tea spool full of sugar to preserve its color and to make it tastier.
- Adding crushed onion to preparations makes it tastier than adding cut or sliced onions.
- To remove fish odor from hands apply lemon juice and wash in saline water.
- Sprinkle yellow power over green chilly & keep it in a glass container to preserve for longer period.
- Apply lemon juice on cut papaya keeps it fresh longer.
- Jam can be softened if its container is dipped in warm water.
- Eyes will not water while peeling onion, if taken from the fridge.
- Eyes will not water if hands washed frequently, while peeling onion.
- Add 2 teaspoon full of lemon juice in jam preparation to set the jam quickly.
- Mushroom Poison Test: Boil mushroom added with garlic, if the color of the water changes then it is poisonous.
- Apply kerosene on hands while cutting and peeling raw jackfruit to prevent its wax sticking on hands. Odor of kerosene will not be there when cooked.
- To remove odor from Kitchen-Sink wash it with hot water mixed with vinegar.
- To remove odor from kitchen pots and pans wash them in lemon juice mixed water.