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Friday, 24 August 2012

15 Tips for Cooking





1 To make 1 cup of dal, add atleast 2-3 cups of water, depending on the type of dal.

2 Soak whole pulses overnight and other dals for one hour before cooking.

3 Always add hot water to the gravy to enhance the taste.

4 Add 1 Tbsp of hot oil to the dough for making Kachories or Kulchas.

5 Always use heavy bottomed vessels to make desserts, in order to avoid burning.

6 Make desserts with full cream milk, to get thick creamy texture.

7 Whenever curd is to be added to the masala, it should be beaten well and add gradually.

8 Use the leftover dal water to make rasam or sambar.

9 Never discard water in which vegetables are cooked, use it in gravies, soups.

10 Onions and masala are fried in the cooker body itself, raw vegetables are added to that with enough salt and water. Cook under pressure according to the cooking time of the vegetable. This method helps us minimize our cooking time, use of utensils and nutrients are also preserved.

11 If poppy seeds are used in grinding, soak it in hot water for 10 to 15 minutes, if you are grinding it in a mixie.
While boiling milk, always add a little water at the base of the vessel to avoid the milk from sticking at the bottom.

12 Add a tsp. of hot oil to homemade pastes of garlic, ginger or green chili, along with salt to make it last longer and taste fresher.

13 Store raisins in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They will stay fresh for much longer. Pour very hot water over them if they had harden, after that drain them immediately, and spread on a paper towel to dry.

 14 You can also leave a spoon in the vessel in which the milk is being boiled at low heat so that it does not get burnt at the bottom

15 Add a few drops of lemon a tsp of oil to rice before boiling to separate each grain.




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