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Tamarind is an excellent polish for brass and copper items. Rub a slab of wet tamarind with some salt sprinkled on it on the object to be polished.
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Place overripe tomatoes in cold water and add some salt. Overnight they will become firm and fresh.
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Put 2-3 cloves in the sugar to keep ants at bay.
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Preserve the samosas in freezer. For eating, take out of the freezer two hours in advance and bake them over low temperature.
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Don`t throw away the rice water after cooking. Use it to make soup or add it in making dal (lentils).
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Put a small paper packet of boric powder in the container of rice to keep insects at bay.
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Add 5gm of dried powdered mint leaves to 1kg of rice. It will keep insects at bay.
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Add a teaspoon of canola oil in the water before boiling the rice to separate each grain after cooking.
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Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter.
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To prevent formation of ice, rub table salt to the insides of your freezer.
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Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions.
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To bake potatoes quickly, place them in salt water for 15 minutes before baking. Use the skin of boiled potatoes to wipe mirrors to sparkling clean.
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Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get better pops.
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Bake in microwave ovens. Wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place with dal or rice will prevent them from drying and breaking.
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Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
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Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get better pops.
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To prevent the growth of fungus in pickles, burn a small grain of asafoetida over a burning coal and invert the empty pickle jar for some time before putting pickles in the jar.
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Bake in microwave ovens. Wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place with dal or rice will prevent them from drying and breaking.
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Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
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To keep paneer fresh for several days, wrap it in a blotting paper while storing in the refrigerator.
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