Cooking tips

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  1. vidhya

    vidhya New IL'ite

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    To eliminate smell of fish and meats in knife

    Don’t throw away the used lemon!

    Here is a tip to eliminate the smell of fish and meats in knife on cutting them. Rub the knife with the skin of lemon and wash it.
    The smell will go off!
     
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    Coconut milk dishes

    Dishes with coconut milk are very common food of Keralites and are really yummy.
    I wanted to make the same in my house but when I add coconut milk, it gets spoiled(piriyal in Malayalam). Is there any way by which we can avoid this?
     
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    Adding lemon juice retains color...

    Adding few drops of lemon juice while cooking the vegetables will also help to retain the color.

    Another tip for cooking cauliflower - to retain the white color of it, add few drops of milk to the water in which it is being cooked.
     
  4. vidhya

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    Coconut milk dishes

    Of course we do a solution to your problem. Here it goes……
    Add little corn flour to water. Mix it. Then, add this mixture to
    the coconut milk dishes and it will not get spoiled.
     
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    To store fish for 2 to 3 days...

    To store fish for 2 to 3 days, clean it, rub with salt and turmeric, also if you prefer, with a dash of vinegar before freezing.
     
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    try this one to make uzhundhu vadas.

    hi friend,
    this receipe from my mom.just grind the uzhundu and add jeera,salt,asofodita.and keep it in the fridge[1hr].add chopped onion,green chilli,curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves,little bit cooking soda,1 or 2 tsp rice flour mix well.and make vada its really taste good and it will come crispy too.
     
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    Add bicarb for all green veggies

    In a pan of boiling water add 1/2 tspn of bicarb and then add any green veggies. This will make the veggies stay green and will also cook quickly.
     
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    Add a pinch of hing

    Add a pinch of hing in the oil before frying/cooking fish. It reduces the pungent smell of fish.
     
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    Add rice flour

    Hi Janet,

    You can also try this to adjust excess salt in curries...

    Dry roast 2 - 3 tspn of rice flour and add it to the curry.
     
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    A pinch of sugar

    To retain the green color while cooking peas and spinach, add a pinch of sugar.

    I have tried and it works.
     
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