Tips

• Cleaning Tarnished Silver - Take a glass bowl and cover it aluminuum foil. Put 1 spoon of baking soda and 1 spoon of salt and pour boiling water into it. Immerse the tarnished item in the water and keep it for 15-20 min. The tarnished item will turn into new silver item.

• Cut Lemon or Lemon juice or Tamarind can be used to clean Brass, Copper and Silver also.

• To peel baby onions/pearl onions easily,soak them in cold water for 20 minutes.

• Use warm water for kneading dough to get soft rotis.

• Add a few pieces of raw potato(skin peeled) or tomatoes to remove excess salt in the dish.

• To powder 4-5 cardamoms- put it on a flat surface and powder it along with sugar using a rolling pin.

• Add a tsp of oil or a tsp of lemon juice while cooking rice to prevent the grains from sticking.

• Before making dosas, add 2-3 drops of oil on the tawa, then rub with half an onion, to prevent the dosas from sticking to the tawa.

• While cooking ladyfingers, add a few drops of lemon juice or a tsp of yogurt to avoid becoming sticky.

• Add a pinch of sugar while boiling green peas to retain their green colour.

• To ripen fruits faster, wrap them in a newspaper and keep them in a warm place for 2-3 days.

• To set curd faster, add a slit green chillie to it.

• For onions to brown quickly, add salt to it while cooking.

• Soak almonds in hot water for 15 minutes to remove its skin easily.

• For sparkling mirror,crumple a newspaper and wipe the mirror with it.

• Neem leaves are Eco friendly insect repellent. They can be kept in bookshelves to keep away silver fish.

• To get rid of mosquitoes, keep a few pieces of camphor in a bowl of water.