{"id":437,"date":"2007-09-05T01:52:16","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T23:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/05\/a-collection-of-hints-and-tips\/"},"modified":"2007-09-05T01:52:16","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T23:52:16","slug":"a-collection-of-hints-and-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/a-collection-of-hints-and-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"A collection of Hints And Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
A good thing about most rotis is that you can half roast and pile them and do the final roast just before serving
Puri may be rolled and place between well-rinsed wet muslin cloth at least an hour ahead. Fry before serving.
• To remove mud stains from clothes, soak and wash them in water collected after boiling potatoes.
• To make aluminium vessels look good again, rub them with emery paper. Mere washing can't remove the black stains.
• If an onion is too sharp in taste, wash, drain and toss into some beaten curd. Add a dash of salt and pepper, it becomes a tasty raitha.
• To bake potatoes crisp and brown, soak the peeled potatoes in hot water for a while, pat dry and pierce all over with a fork before placing them in hot fat along with the roast.
• If fish is to be stored for more than a day, clean it, rub with salt, turmeric and if liked, a dash of vinegar before freezing.
• If dried herbs are used in a recipe, crush them first to release their fragrance.
• Save the peel of apples, cucumbers and peaches. Grind them and add to the ingredients of green chutney (coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger, coconut, salt and sugar). It makes tasty and nutritious chutney and when mixed with curd makes an unusual raita.
• Never scrape burnt leftovers from casseroles. Soak in a weak solution of vinegar, salt and soapy warm water for an hour or so. The stuck particles will come off very easily, without scratching the dish.
• Always soak cauliflower in warm salted water for some time to get rid of the tiny insects sometimes present deep inside the florets and not visible to the eye.
• Add a few pinches of turmeric, a small spoon of ghee, to dal before pressure cooking. This will impart a better flavour to the dal.
• Rub the soles of new footwear (leather soled) with some sandpaper to keep from slipping on polished floors.
• Cut a small piece of the base of flower stalks each day, and add a capsule contents of B complex to the vase water, to make cut flowers last longer.
• Use a knife dipped in hot water to smoothen the icing surface and sides. Repeat the action till the whole icing is smoothened.
• Add a pinch of soda bicarb to the water to boil peas etc. faster and also to retain their bright green colour.
• Use a mixture of lemon juice and glycerine in equal parts to dip nails which are brittle and bruised to make them stronger and shinier. Repeat process regularly if the case is extreme.
• Store chopped vegetables in airtight plastic containers in the fridge to keep from browning and drying up.
• Add some salt or vinegar drops while washing vegetables and greens to make them clean and germ free, eg. Cauliflower, spinach, etc.
• Rub mustard oil on palms and soles to bring warmth to a shivering body. Also use as massage oil for aching joints and muscles. However, the smell may be a bit repulsive, so add a few drops of perfume if desired.
• Add a pinch of turmeric powder to the oil before adding green vegetables. The vegetables will retain their greenness better even after cooking.
• Rub used lemon halves dipped in salt over greasy pans, and wipe clean with an old newspaper before
  washing. This will remove all the extra grease and make the washing easier. You may even rub some
  flour instead.
• When carrying many food packets while travelling, use either transparent polythene bags or put a name  sticker on each foil pack etc. so that guessing, opening and searching is avoided. When food is used up, use these bags to collect your litter on the way.
• Sometimes oil begins to foam on heating to deep-fry and rises dangerously in the pan. To dissipate the
   foam add a marble sized ball of tamarind to the oil.
• Don't throw away old toothbrushes. They form excellent scrubbers for so many places, e.g. crevices in
   tiles, inlaid furniture, grooves in vessels, sieves, meshes, waffle irons, etc.
• Dissolve a 1\/2 tsp. of turmeric powder in half a cup of hot sweetened milk and drink for relief from
  cough and cold. Repeat morning and night for a week.
• Make a decoction of tea leaves, mint, and a bit of ginger. Mix in a dash of honey; sip hot to give relief
   from chest congestion.
• Rub the point of a bee-bite with soft mud and salt made into a paste. The swelling will subside soon, as    also the poison will not spread further.
• A tsp. each of ginger juice and honey to be warmed and taken just before sleeping, to bring relief from
  severe cough. Repeat every night for a week.
• Sprinkle a mixture of powdered cardamom and rock sugar (misri) over the tongue, gums and inner
  cheeks to get relief from mouth sores and ulcers. Repeat 3-4 times a day.
• A clove and a cardamom kept in the mouth while travelling, brings relief to those suffering from motion
  sickness.
• A drop or two of eucalyptus oil add to water for steam inhalation gives excellent relief in common colds.<\/p>\n

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By sister Ammarah<\/p>\n

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