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If you are making an apple and banana fruit salad, add a pinch of crushed mustard seeds. It will prevent the fruits from turning black and also help retain their flavour.
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It is healthier to garnish soups with popcorn in place of fried croutons.
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To make soup go further, add noodles, macaroni, barley, rice or diced potatoes
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To thicken homemade soup, add a handful of rolled oats or wheat flakes.
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Always add corn flour to any recipe by first making a thin paste in cold water.
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Add one tsp. of butter or margarine to macaroni, spaghetti, soup etc. to stop from over boil.
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To reduce bitterness in the Karela:
- salt the cut Karela generously
- mix well and set aside for 15 min
- drain or squeeze out the liquid.
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Never over-boil soups as they lose their color.
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Eliminate fat from soup and stew by dropping ice cubes into the pot. As you stir, the fat will cling to the cubes. Discard the cubes before they melt.
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Left over coconut milk can be frozen in ice trays and used whenever required.
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Save all small bits of jams and jellies in one jar. Melt and use as a basting sauce for ham, chicken or lamb.
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When you open a new bottle of ketchup, insert a straw and push to bottom of bottle. Remove the straw and you will find that the ketchup will flow easily.
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You'll get more pop out of your popcorn if you store it in the freezer and pop while still frozen.
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For bigger and better popcorns, sprinkle a little warm water on the kernels an hour before popping.
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Cut fresh bread with a hot knife.
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To make dosas more crispy add half a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds(methi dana) to the lentil and rice mixture while soaking.
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While grinding the batter for idlis replace 1/5 quantity of rice with pressed rice (poha). This will make the idlis fluffier.
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Add a little sugar to the dosa mixture to make them crispy.
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Tasty puri's add four to five slices of bread soaked in water, to the dough.
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Place rolled puris in the fridge for ten minutes before frying, It will consume less oil.
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