USEFUL KITCHEN TIPS

1. Cover the hot water container with news paper ,to last heat in the water for long time
2. To stop curdling of milk during summer time,add mint leaves to the milk
3. Or you can also sprinkle some cardamom powder
4. While making ghee from butter add a small piece of potato,it gives nice aroma for the ghee
5. To cook chicken softly add pinch of mustard powder or use pinch of baking soda,only one of these
6. Storing mushrooms in paper bag helps to keep them fresh for long time
7. To stop excess formation of ice in the freezer,sprinkle salt over the area
8. To keep the ghee fresh for long time during summers add some jaggery piece to the ghee
9. If steel vessels are over burned ,rub with salt and wash it off
10. After chopping apple ,soak them in salt water
11. To stop fungal growth over the mango pickle sprinkle jaggery powder over the surface
12. If gulab jamoon are not puffed up properly,place them in cooker along with the syrup,and boil for 10 minutes
13. To cook potato faster,place them in water for 1/2 hour and then pressure cook them
14. To get soft puri,mix the flour with milk and make dough
15. Sprinkle some salt on tawa and pour omelet mixture,it helps to flip the omelet easily
16. Apply oil to ur hands and chop the plantains,then the hands will not turn to black color
17. To boil dals and peas fast add little baking soda to it
18. Sprinkle sugar immediately after making custard,then the layer will not be formed o the top
19. Place onions in the fridge for 1 hour and then chop,it helps to stop the tears running from ur eyes
20. Add corn starch diluted in water to ur gravies,it helps to give thickness
21. If you like to boil veggies,use small amount of waterr and donot overboil to retain the nutrients

USES OF BAKING SODA

• When you get bad odor from under arms ,mix 1/4Th teaspoon of soda with water and sprinkle in arms.Apply regularly
• If your teeth are yellow,add soda in tooth paste and brush ,teeth will shine
• to avoid bad odor from mouth,mix 2 teaspoons of soda in a glass of water and wash your mouth daily with this water
• If the clothes has grease mark apply soda and wash,the marks will be gone
• To remove stains from mirror,make a paste of soda with some water then clean the mirror with a cloth
• Add 1 teaspoon of soda to a bucket of water and take bath,it avoids skin problems
• Sprinkle soda at the corners of the rooms to keep away cockroaches,fies and ants
• To keep flowers fresh for longer time,add soda to the flower vase
• Soak socks in soda mixed water and then wash,it will remove bad odor from socks
• To remove stains from wooden furniture,mix soda in a mug of water,dip a cloth in this water and rub over the furniture,it will remove stains
• To get puffy omlet's add a pinch of soda
• To make crispy fritters add a pinch of soda

TIPS WITH HONEY

1. Honey is a natural sweetener ,it has lot of nutritional values.If used daily it keeps health in good condition
2. Use honey as sandwich spread for kids,it provides more energy
3. 1 table spoon of honey gives 64 calories,when eaten the sugars in honey are converted into glucose
4. Fructose in the honey slowly dissolves in the blood and gives good energy
5. It maintains BP level in the body
6. Honey has more calories than sugar which helps to dissolve excess fats in the body
7. Mix lemon juice or cinnamon any one in the honey and eat 1 spoon,it is a good tip for weight loss
8. It contains Vitamins like D ,A ,C and K along with Folic acid and beta- carotene
9. It reduces bad cholesterol in the body,so mix cinnamon powder and honey and take 2 teaspoons every day,with in 1 month their will be a change
10. Honey gives good health resistance power
11. Honey if take every day then it also increases white blood corpuscles
12. Make tea with 3 cups of water,by adding 1 teaspoon honey and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.And divide this into three cups,and drink 3 times in whole day.A good beauty tip for fresh skin and to avoid wrinkles
13. Mix a teaspoon of honey in hot milk and drink before sleeping

TIPS TO CLEAN METALS

TIPS TO CLEAN SILVER METALS:
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1. Soak the silver articles in hot water for 1 hour,then clean with lemon juice
2. Small silver articles can be cleaned with tooth paste,then wash it by rubbing with tooth brush
3. Mix baking soda in water and make fine paste ,apply this to silver articles.Then wash with normal water

TIPS TO CLEAN COPPER METALS

1. Mix salt,baking soda and lime juice then apply to brass articles and wash with warm water

TIPS TO CLEAN BRASS METALS

1. Mix lemon juice and salt ,apply to this metals and wash

SOME BODY PACKS FOR BEAUTIFUL NECK

1. mix methi leaf juice and besanflour to a fine paste,apply the pack on the neck,wash after 20 minutes.
2. Add salt and turmeric to lime juice,apply it over neck and back,it acts as scrubber.
3. Use body brush with smooth bristles at least once in a week,it helps to remove dead cells and dirt on the body
4. Aloevera,turmeric besan flour mix all these and apply as pack from neck to shoulders,after it dries remove it with cotton dipped in hot water.
5. Don't through left over starch liquid from cooked rice,to this add chikpeaflour and apply on back,when completely dries ,remove the pack when layers come out.
6. Tomato and cucumber pieces when applied on neck and the body it will act as tan removing agent

MINT AS MEDICINE

1. persons suffering from frequent stomach pain:boil fist full of mint leaves in dicoction and strain and drink
2. When you r very much tiered use this tip.for 1/2 cup of mint,add lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of honey and have it
3. Have a cup of mint juice to solve acidity problem
4. Apply mint paste on acne's,soon it will disappear.

KITCHEN TIPS

TIPS FOR COCONUT:
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1. To cut coconut into two equal halves place it in cool water for some time
2. When we freeze coconut in fridge, it will be easier to separate from the shell
3. To avoid fungal growth on coconut ,apply salt all over the coconut(inner white layer)
4. Add one kajur(dates) to your coconut chutney,it gives extra flavour