Cooking is surely an art that requires utmost perfection and skills. And it is only with time that one may fully get accustomed to it. Not only we but even celebrity chefs sometimes perform such errors that simply result in a cooking disaster. So, to prevent such disasters and ease your experience with cooking, we have compiled a list of 15 kitchen hacks. These hacks will not only make cooking easier but will also let you enjoy cooking in an amazing manner. So, whether you are a busy mom or are a beginner in the cooking field, these tips are sure to help you.
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You can easily find onions in almost all Indian households. While onions add a lot of flavours to dishes, cutting them is surely a task. Chopping onions is one such thing that almost all cooking enthusiasts don’t like. This is because of the tears that start rolling down while cutting onions. However, keeping peeled onions in cold water or refrigerator is an easy food hack that you can follow to prevent your tears from overflowing.
Another important kitchen tip that you can easily follow is to preheat the pan. Preheating ensures that the vegetables get fried in an efficient manner. It not only makes the vegetables crispier but even adds a lot of taste to the vegetables. So, use this food hack and enjoy your meal to the fullest.
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Wondering how to get rid of the stickiness of rice? Then, don’t worry as we are right here to help you. One of the easiest ways is to add oil to the rice. Add oil while rice is getting cooked in the pressure cooker. Only 2-3 drops of oil can work great in removing the stickiness from rice.
Just like onions, cutting garlic is also not easy. So, we have got one of the most useful kitchen hacks for you. Before cutting garlic, we suggest you first separate the garlic cloves. Then, keep them in water and finally switch to cutting the garlic. If you are looking for some easy garlic recipes, then follow our garlic masala rice recipe.
Wondering how to make puris that are too puffy and are made with less oil? Then, the best way is to store the flattened puri in the refrigerator. Keeping them inside a refrigerator for about 30 minutes can do wonders in making puri puffy. And when you finally fry the puris, you will witness how they will absorb very little oil. Isn’t that great?
Very often you unknowingly tend to add a lot of spices to a dish. This results in making the dish so spicy that you simply cannot eat it. For such a situation we have one of the easiest cooking hacks that can be of great help. Just add a spoon of cream or yoghurt to your dish. Doing so will help you neutralize the spicy taste of the dish.
Another useful kitchen tips for the home is to keep spices away from the stove. Exposing spices like clove, cumin, turmeric, etc to the stove can lessen the flavour of the spices. Not just the heat of the stove, even humidity plays a role in altering the flavours of spices. So, be mindful of both heat and humidity while preserving the spices.
There is nothing that can beat the taste of tasty and soft paratha for breakfast. Isn’t it? We have thus tried to make cooking easier with these kitchen tips and tricks. Dough plays a major role in making softer roti and paratha. So, it is vital that you add about two teaspoons of milk to the dough. This will result in making extremely soft parathas which are delectable too.
If sticky noodles are becoming a matter of worry for you, then we are right here for your help. The next time you face this problem, just keep in mind to wash the boiled noodles in cold water. Doing so will separate the noodle strings and also ensure that they don’t stick to each other.
Salt is one thing that can set all the flavours perfectly. But, altering a slight amount of salt can simply make your dish go wrong. So, if you too unknowingly add extra salt to your food, then remember adding cream or yoghurt. Adding a spoonful of yoghurt or salt neutralizes the effect of salt.
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Another important kitchen hacks include knowing the boiling point of a lot of vegetables. And here we have brought a useful tip which lets you reduce the boiling point of potatoes. Sometimes potatoes may take a longer time to boil. However, poking the potatoes with a knife can be of help. The holes created by poking let the potato boil at a faster rate.
Bananas tend to ripe easily as compared to other fruits. This early ripening can sometimes affect other bananas too. So, we advise you to store bananas separately. And if you want other fruits to ripen easily, you can simply place them in a rice drum. This is an age-old practice to ripe the fruits.
Sometimes the onions might take a longer time to get caramelized. Such a situation can be extremely annoying for you especially when you have a lot to cook. Don’t worry as we have some of the easiest cooking hacks for such a situation. Just add some salt to the onions, and witness how fast the onions start to caramelize.
Almost all of us face a day when the milk starts overflowing in the kitchen while we get busy with other tasks. Isn’t it? So, to make this easier for you, we suggest that you place a wooden spoon over the milk vessel. Placing a wooden spoon will prevent the milk from spilling over the floor and making your kitchen dirty.
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Cooking bhindi can be very tedious due to its sticky nature. However, there are some hacks that you can implement while cooking bhindi. All you have to do is squeeze lemon juice while cooking bhindi. Doing so ensures that the stickiness vanishes quickly.
So, follow these kitchen tips and tricks that can help you in a lot of ways.
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