1 ) If Basmati rice is over cooked and soggy,add a teaspoon ghee / butter. The grains will separate. Or Drain all the water using a colander, pour cold water all over the hot cooked rice and drain well.
2 ) To prevent eyes from watering when cutting onions, cut onion in half and soak halves in water for 5- 10 minutes. Or Chew a gum while cutting onion. 3 )To peel the skin off the tomatoes...put the tomatoes in boiling water for 2 minutes and then in icy cold water. Peel comes off easy. 4 ) Soak potatoes for an hour in water before cooking to reduce cooking time by half. 5) Soak lentils/dal for an hour in water,before cooking....will cook faster. 6) Do not soak vegetables in water before cooking. This causes loss of vitamins and minerals. 7 ) Do not add baking soda, when cooking green vegetables. It keeps them green but destroys their vitamin contents. 8 ) Avoid any delay between peeling,chopping and cooking. 9 )Pappad can be cooked in microwave without any oil. Place pappad on a paper towel and cook for 1 minute. Depends on the microwave for cooking time. 10 ) If rice dishes, like fried rice, pulao ... turns out very spicy. To reduce spice level, add lime juice liberally. It will reduce the burning hot level to certain extent. 11 ) To identify and buy fresh prawns, check the head part of the prawns /shrimp. If it's clear white, without any coloration, then it's fresh. If it's not white and has orange or blackish color, then its been sitting on ice for a long time. 12 ) To ripen raw green plantains, place then in a bag of uncooked rice and cover with the rice. It will take a few days to ripen. You can try same method with other fruits like mango. 13 ) To clean Mushroom : Mix a spoonful of cornflour in water and wash mushroom with this. This will remove all the surface mud. DISCLAIMER: Notice : This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential to the addressee and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way whatsoever. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message, and deleting the original and any printout thereof. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/better_personality?hl=en.
