Heat a non-stick pan and add a little more butter than usual. Now beat the egg and stir briskly (even while frying) with a fork. This way more air goes in your omelet, making it light and fluffy. Fry till done and serve hot.
* Add a little milk to onions while frying, this will help retain a rich colour and prevent them from burning.
*Cook pulses like chana etc. even if you have forgotten to soak them overnight
Just put the chana in a flask full of boiling water for an hour. They are ready for cooking.
*Okra will not stick to the vessel
Adding a spoonful of curd to the Okra while cooking while ensure that they do not stick to the vessel or turn black.
*To remove excess oil in any fried vegetables
Sprinkle a little gramflour over the vegetables. Gramflour absorbs the excess oil and makes the vegetable tastier.
*Curry turned out a bit oily and pungent
Take two bread slices and powder them coarsely. Add this to the curry and mix well. Bread absorbs the excess oil and spice.
*Hurry to cook 'dal'?
Add a little oil and turmeric powder to the dal before placing it in the cooker. It will get done in 10 minutes flat.
*Boil potatoes faster
Peel and cut potatoes and boil them in water to which a little vinegar is added. They will be done in no time and will retain the texture as well.
*Retain the green of vegetables
Green vegetables lose colour if subjected to continuous heat. So, don't overcook them.
*Boiling Pasta & Noodles
Boil pasta/noodles in plenty of water and remove just before it is fully cooked. They continue to be cooked even after it is removed from flame and drained.
If noodles/pasta has to be used after some time, then refresh the boiled noodles in cold water and drain. This way they will not stick to each other.
*Instant Lemonade
Pour lemon juice with sugar and a little salt into ice trays, to make cubes which can be used for instant lemonade.
*How to Freeze Tomatoes
Before freezing tomatoes, light a candle, put some of the candle wax on the tomatoes green leaf part and cover each one properly.
*Freeze them on a tray, separating each one from the other and you'll see that in one day they will go hard. Then put them in a bag and they wont stick together.
*When defrosting, put in hot water and the wax will come off and the tomatoes will be as fresh as ever, with a nice red!
*Keep Rice Separate
To keep rice separate, so they don’t join and stick together, put 1 tbsp white vinegar as it doesn’t have strong taste. You'll find the rice scattered and standing!
*How to Keep Vegetables in the Fridge for Longer
Never put aubergines ontop of each other in the fridge, as they go soft and leave water. Slightly sprinkle salt on them, they wont leave water nor go black. If you can purchase or already have a plastic sieve, then put it them in there.
# As for peppers, then put abit of oil on them and put them in the plastic sieve.
You'll see that in the plastic sieve they won't be closed-up and will receive air and coolness, whereas in packets they'll become soft.
# As for coriander leaves and mint, then put them in brown paper and don’t wash them until before adding to your dish.
*Leaving Meat Out For Long
If leaving meat out for long, sprinkle with a bit of dry wheat and then cover the meat with a cloth sprinkled with vinegar. There will be no smell and it wont go off; in fact, not even one fly will sit on it!
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