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If you want to thicken the gravy of any dish just add little cornflour and stir it slowly in low flame
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Milk got spoiled? no worries you can either make panner by draining the whey or just add sugar to it by stirring continuously and make palkova sweet
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To reduce the bitterness of bitter guard soak it in curd or salt water for around 15min
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Tips to make crispy French Fries: The secret of crispy french fries is Potatoes with less starch. Potatoes containing less starch will be having peeled out skin here and there, unclean while potatoes with heavy starch will have firm skin and appears clean.
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How to remove starch from potatoes: Take a bowl of warm water and add Alum to it. Put cut potatoes in this bowl and keep it aside of 20 mins. Excess starch in potatoes will be removed.
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Worried about excess milk .... Here a small tips for that ... Squeeze lemon (vinegar)in the milk and boil it nicely then filter the water and panner is ready ...
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Here is a healthy tip for you all ... While preparing. Mango poriyal slightly we can add neem flowers so that even diabetic patients can have sweet mango poriyal
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While cooking biggest challenge is cutting vegetables ... What we can do is vegetables like carrot , beetroot. Can be grind in mixie. It will make our work easy
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Do you like to make a creamy hot coffee? first in the mug put coffee, sugar with one teaspoon hot water and beat it. After five minutes add hot milk now enjoy espresso coffee.
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If you want red gravy on your subji or kuruma? just add red chilly powder in hot oil and then add another spices. You will see red color on the surface
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If you like to keep fresh green leaves (like curry leaves or spinach) longer then try wrapping it in newspaper
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The basic of good pastry lies a good mixing technique. There are different types of pasteries such as:-
(1) short pastry/sweet short pastry
(2) puff pastry
(3) danish pastry
(4) hot water pastry
(5) chox pastry
INGREDIENTS:- The main basic Ingredients of a pastry are:
FLOUR, BUTTER & SUGAR
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To make a simple apple milkshake or apple milk for kids, peel 2 apples and cut them into big chunks. Add 2 cups of boiled and chilled milk to this and blend them into a smoothie like consistency.A tablespoon of sugar can be added if desired. This milkshake can be given to kids who are over an year old.
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Use chlorine-free water when grinding, as this will be the water that the batter will have in it when fermenting. Tap water will work, but will inhibit the ferment a little. Most modern water filters remove both chlorine and chloramine. Use non-iodized salt such as ‘Kosher salt’ and Use spring water, boiled or filtered tap water to avoid Chlorine/Fluorine.
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Add 1/4 tsp of baking soda or baking powder to the ground batter and then ferment. It will help the batter to raise well in harsh cold conditions..
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Recommended thing for batter fermentation is to mix the batter using ur hands..Mix the dal and rice batter thoroughly.. Uneven mixing causes failures. Mixing them by hand works best!
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Are u fed up of bad smell in entire house, while preparing ghee. Then just store the butter or malai(cream) , from which u prepare ghee, in freezer... This will not produce bad smell whlie heating butter or malai.
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Avoid cooking sour dishes (like tamarind based dishes) in a non-stick pan as the sourness will remove coating faster.
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Icecreams set faster and better in aluminium containers. Also, place a thick plastic sheet or spread some salt under the container to keep it from sticking to the floor of the freezer.
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Always warm dry spices like cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, etc. on a griddle before powdering. They will grind faster and the powder will be finer.
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Add a few drops of salt water to banana chips while frying them as this will make the chips crisper.
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Crust removed from bread for making sandwiches etc. can be sundried or ovendried and powdered in a mixer to form fine breadcrumbs. Refrigerate and use as required.
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Add cardamom peels to the tea canister, instead of throwing them away. It will lend a very subtle flavour of cardamom to every cup of tea you brew!
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Whenever lemon slices are added to any tea, make sure to remove every single seed, or the tea will taste bitter.
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Keep grated potatoes in cold water to prevent them from getting discoloured. When required, drain, press out excess water and dab on a clean kitchen towel. Use immediately.
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When adding flour to any liquid to thicken it, first mix the flour in a little liquid to make a smooth paste and then add it to the rest of the liquid and stir well. This will prevent lumps from forming.
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Crush chikkis coarsely and use as nougat over cakes and ice creams.
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A handful of salt added to the rinsing water for glass and crockery will not only make them cleaner but sparkling clear.
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To smoothen the icing on a cake use a knife dipped in hot water and gently rub it over the top and the sides.
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It will be easier to chop raisins if you sprinkle some flour over them so that they do not stick. Then cut with a small kitchen scissors.
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