Cooking Tips

Najeebah Aboo
Tip: Spray Your Grater With Cooking Spray Before Grating A Block Of 
Cheese To Prevent Sticking..

Store curry leaves in silver foil, it will last as much as one month

Substitute of wine in recipes is grape/apple juice.

To prevent nuts and fruits from sinking to the bottom of the cake while itâ
€™s being baked, lightly toss the nuts in flour before adding them to the 
cake batter.

Wash n clean dhania(Coriander) , use newspaper to wrap then store in 
fridge

Curry leaves in a zip lock or normal packet and put in deep freezer , will 
stay green , take out when needed

Paapri once fried store in a plastic bag And close .It will stay crispy for 
very long

Defrost your freezer in a jiffy....use a hairdryer..2 melt away the ice.......

Marinate your chicken in buttermilk to make the meat really tender

Always store eggs with the pointed end down. This keeps the yolk in the 
centre and helps to keep the egg fresh.

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won\'t have to pick the little 
\"stringy things\" off of it. That\'s how other primates do it. Take your 
bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them 
connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh 
much longer and not mold!

Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to 
med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro 
pizza.

To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place 
them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will 
keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

To prevent eggshells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water 
before boiling.

If eggshells crack during boiling add a little vinegar to the water. This will 
set the white

Before buying grapes you should shake the bunch gently, if grapes fall of 
the bunch is not fresh. To store grapes, wrap loosely in newspaper and 
keep in the dark.

If citrus fruits like lemons, limes, oranges etc have been stored in a 
fridge, microwave each one for about 4 seconds to increase the amount 
of juice produced.

Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub the raw 
potato on the stains and rinse with water.

If you happen to over-salt a pot of soup, just drop in a peeled potato. The 
potato will absorb the excess salt.

 If you are making gravy and accidentally burn it, just pour it into a clean 
pan and continue cooking it. Add sugar a little at a time, tasting as you go 
to avoid over-sugaring it. The sugar will cancel out the burnt taste

Add a bit of salt in a frying pan, it will prevent the oil from spattering.

Shakira Hendricks ?1 my mother has taught me & I live by it:If u burn ur 
onions,even if it's just a little,throw them away.Wash ur pot & start over 
because the burnt onions will make ur food taste bitter.If u burn ur food 
scoop out the contents except the burnt excess at the bottom,put in a 
new pot with freshly fried onions.

To crisp up leftover crisps (potato n other kinds) or cereal put them in 
bowl n microwave it for 30 seconds at a time till it crisps up again. Wen it 
cools it will be crisp again. 

if you have any mushroom leftover u may freeze it by first cutting the 
bottom of mushroom , slicing dem , put in a pkt n freeze , texture colour n 
taste wil stil remain same 

I  now use beat n mix method for any butter cake recipes This method 
produces perfect results. Try it, its so much quicker