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How to thicken the soup!
To thicken your soup use whole wheat atta instead of cornflour or maida, it tastes good and is a muc...
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Too much salt in food?
If there is too much salt in any dish the best way to reduce it is to add potatoes. Potatoes absorb ...
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Storing Dry Fruits
If you want your dry fruit to last long, then freeze them to last longer....
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Making softer Iddlies
While grinding idli batter (3 glasses of rice and 1 glass udad dal ) add 100 gms of poha ( beaten ri...
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Storing Salt!
Put a few grains of rice to your salt shaker to keep your salt damp free....
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Mosquito menace!
Keep camphor in one cup of water to repel mosquitoes. ...
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Cleaning charred vessels
Add few drops of lime in curds and use it while cleaning charred vessels to make them sparkle.
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Sharpening Mixer Blades
To sharpen mixer blades, run a handful of rock salt for 2 minutes....
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Storing Coconut
To preserve coconut, just rub some salt on the insides of the coconut and keep it in fridge....
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Preventing milk from overflowing while boiling.
Tired of milk overflowing while boiling? Apply ghee to the rim of the vessel in which milk is boilin...
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Keeping Ants away
Add a little vinegar to water while cleaning the floor to keep ants away and the floor sparkling.
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Cooking Spinach
Do you find that the colour of spinach (palak) changes while cooking? To maintain colour add 1 teasp...
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Tears due to onion?
To prevent eyes from watrering while cutting onions, clean and cut them in half and keep in the frid...
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Softer Puris
Add little suji (semolina) to wheat flour (atta) for soft puris....
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Cooking rajma
For faster cooking of rajma put a little of refined oil to it...
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Cleaning pressure cookers
Use lime to clean and remove the stains from charred cooker base...
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Cleaning toilet seats
Use mixture of vinegar and salt to clean hard stains on the toilet seats
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Cooking dal
Soak dal in water for half an hour before cooking to help cooking faster...
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Preventing cooker from turning black
Put used lemon in the cooker while cooking anything, vessel will not turn black.
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Storing bananas
If you wrap bananas in brown paper it will prevent it from getting over ripe.
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Cleaning Slippery Bathroom Floors
Troubled by slippery bathroom floors? Use the filtered residue of coffee powder to scrub the bathroo...
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Storing Jewelry
If you precious sliver and gold ornaments are getting tarnished try this tip. Place a piece of white...
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Keeping away Flies
Flies are not only a nuisance but also are a health hazard. To prevent flies in your house add salt ...
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Woolen Garment Care
Refresh the stored woolen garments by hanging them in a steamy bathroom. The moisture in the bathro...
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Polishing Brass or Copper Items
Want your brass or copper items to sparkle? Apply some edible oil on your brass or copper show piece...
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Tip for Washing Curtains
Washing curtains with soda and salt retains luster of your upholstery....
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Preventing Cockroaches in Wardrobes
Use brown paper instead of newspaper in wardrobes and kitchen cabinets to avoid cockroaches....
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Removing cement marks from tiles
Usually after small repairs there would be cement marks on tiles. The best way to remove them is to ...
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Discolouration of potatoes and brinjal after cutting
Potato and brinjal turn black in some time after cutting them. If you soak cut potatoes in water and...
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Buds on potatoes?
To make sure that potatoes do not have buds growing on them, store an apple with the potatoes....
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Washing blankets
Woolen and cotton blankets tend to get smothered after a wash. To get them soft and fluffy as new, a...
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Tackling Ants
To get rid of ants, apply a solution of tobacco and water, to the cracks, holes and grooves, where t...
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Starching clothes at home
For homemade laundry starch, dissolve 1 tablespoon cornstarch in 1 pint cold water. Shake well befor...
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Storing zari sarees
The gold in a zari saree tends to get tarnished with time. To keep zari sarees longer without it loo...
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Storing semolina (suji)
While storing sooji and dalia roast it to brown colour. Sooji and dalia stay longer when stored afte...
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Stuck zippers!
Facing problems with stuck zippers? Try rubbing the zippers with the edge of a bar of soap. ...
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Squeezing lemon juice
To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your p...
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Getting clothes to smell fresh
Many a times clothes don’t smell fresh after washing them. To solve this problem add 1/4 to 1/2 cup ...
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Tip for preparing thick curd
A handy tip to prepare thick curd. Mix a little corn flake with the milk before setting the curd. Th...
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Preventing the smell of turmeric while cooking
Sometimes while cooking a dish, there is a smell of turmeric if it is one of the ingredients. To pre...
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Tip on conserving water
Do not waste the water that is used for washing rice and dals. Use this to water plants in the garde...
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Excess tamarind in a dish
While making a curry if by mistake you add excess tamarind, add milk or cream. This would reduce the...
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Cockroach control
Make a paste of boric powder, milk and sugar and place it all over the house to get rid of cockroac...
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Cleaning glass
Use vinegar to clean glass.
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Storing Chilli
Remove stem in refrigerate chilli for long life....
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Cooking rice
Add ghee in rice to avoid sticking
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Cutting raw banana
After cutting raw banana put it in curd to avoid it from turning black....
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Storing dough
Wrap atta in plastic cover to avoid becoming black when kept in the fridge...
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Preventing frost
Apply vaseline to the frezer top to avoid collection of ice.
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Washing greasy vessels
While washing oil stained vessels, use red soil to clean it with ease...
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Pakodas from left over idli batter.
If you have left over idli batter dont throw it away. Just add rice flour and onions to it and make ...
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Storing rice
Place dry neem leaves in rice containers to avoid insects...
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Making crispier vadas
To prepare crisp vadas add a little rice flour to the dough of the vadas.
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Cleaning stained cooker
To clean stained pressure cooker add a few gongura leaves in water and boil the mixture for 10 mins....
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Storing Idlies
Have leftover idlies? To keep idlies fresh wrap them in a muslin cloth before storing it in the frid...
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Removing Oil Stains
To remove oil stains from your clothes put powder on it immediately and rub till the stain is remove...
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Storing Celery
Storing celery has been problem. Here is a simple and effective way of doing it. Wrap celery in alum...
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Setting Curd
For the best set curd, wrap the container in a warm cloth and keep in the most warm and undisturbed ...
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Preventing odours in the refrigerator
We all face the problem of food odours in our fridges. If you keep an open packet of baking soda in ...
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Cooking pungent condiments
Always take care to cover vessel with a loose lid, while boiling chillies, garlic and other such pun...
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Conditioning a new frying pan or saucepan
Cooking in new frying pans or sauce pans, which are not conditioned, may cause food to be burnt. To ...
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A tip on conserving water
Here is a simple tip on how to reduce water consumption. After rinsing clothes the water can be used...
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Cleaning chopping board
Rub chopping board, with a slice of lemon vigorously, after cutting onions, garlic and other pungent...
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Slicing tomatoes
Slicing vegetables with smooth skins like capsicum, tomatoes can be difficult. To make the task easy...
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Caring for plants in summer
After mowing your lawn in the summer, spread the cut grass over the soil in your flower pots. This ...
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Wooden drawers getting stuck
Rub the wax of a candle on the drawer grooves if the wooden drawers in your table get stuck. This wo...
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Care of Pressure Cooker
While storing your pressure cooker when not in use put a piece of lemon to prevent the aluminium get...
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Test for fresh eggs
To determine if an egg is fresh immerse it in a pan of cool salted water, if it sinks it is fresh. I...
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Deodorizing plastic containers
To deodorize a plastic storage container in which onions or garlic were stored, warm the vessel, the...
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Preventing eggs from breaking while boiling
To prevent eggs from breaking, while boiling them add 1/2 tsp of salt. ...
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