Cooking Tips Trivia

  • When you see too many lizards and cockroaches around the house, all you've to do is keep empty egg-shell halves at those places.
    You will never see a lizard again on that spot.
  • For Soft fluffy omelet - Beat the egg and stir briskly with a fork as this will allow more air in the omelet, making it light and fluffy; by the time heat butter in a non-stick pan & then fry till done and serve hot.
    You can even add one tablespoon of water to an egg before beating.
    Your omelet will turn out fluffier and larger!
  • Hard Boiled eggs will peel easily when cracked and placed in cold water immediately after taking out of the hot water
  • To determine whether an egg is hard-boiled, spin it, if it spins, it is hard boiled, if it wobbles and will not spin it is raw
  • Clean Vegetables & make them germ free by adding some salt or vinegar drops while washing them
  • To avoid milk from spilling - Apply glycerin to the rim of the vessel
  • Before boiling milk, rinse the container with water and then boil.
    This prevents the milk from getting burnt.
  • Keep chapatis soft & fresh by place a few pieces of ginger in the container
  • After opening a bottle of sauce, first introduce a drinking straw into the bottle all the way down, turn it clockwise and anti clockwise and then take out the straw.
    This way the sauce will flow freely.
  • When cooking something in a pressure-cooker, add a little tamarind or a small piece of lemon along with water.
    It prevents the inside of the vessel from getting dis-colored.
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