Kitchen Tips

* For soft Dosas, add some boiled rice to white gram and rice, while grinding.

* Put some neem and turmeric pieces or garlic flakes in the container where you store rice or grains, in order to keep away insects.

* To adjust salt in curries add roasted rice powder.

* If the curd is too sour, add 4 cups of water to it. After half an hour, remove the water collected on top.

* When you cook dal add some refined oil or garlic. It will reduce gas trouble.

* Keep rice flour and basin in a polythene cover in refrigerator when you want tem stored for a long time.

* Add some vinegar in the boiling water before steaming potato.

* For crispy dosas, add a teaspoon of tur dal gram) and some fenugreek seeds while soaking rice.

* Add a pinch of corn flour to the jar of salt to prevent it from getting damp.

* To peal garlic easily apply some oil and turmeric to it and dry in the sun for few hours.

* To make the 'poori' more tastier, add one tablespoon semoline for each 100g wheat flour.

* Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda while mixing the dough for 'chappathi' to make it soft.

* For making soft sauce, add some paneer.

* Add a pinch of sugar while cooking spinach, it will retain its green colour.

* Dal will cook well, if you add a little sesame oil while cooking.