- If you misfired with the seasoning (and we all do that sometime!) and your curry is saltier than you like, don't throw it out. All you need to do is peel and cut a large potato in half and add it to your curry. It will absorb the extra salt!
- To retain colour in the gravy always use ripe red tomatoes. Discard green portions if any.
- Fry the ground masala in reduced flame, so that it retains its colour and taste.
- While using ginger and garlic paste in curries, always use garlic at 60% ratio and ginger at 40% as ginger is very strong and may make your dish sharp and pungent.
- Good variety chillies and chilli powder also gives colour to the gravy. As far as pos sible try to use long variety red chillies. Dry it under sun for few days and powder coarsely at home. Always the coarse powder gives good taste in gravies and pickles.
Tips for cooking:
- Always add hot water to the gravy to enhance the taste.
- If poppy seeds are used in grinding, soak it in hot water for 10 to 15 minutes, if you are grinding it in a blender.
- Add a few drops of lemon a tsp of oil to rice before boiling to separate each grain.
- Curd in winter - Set in a ceramic container and place it on the voltage stabilizer of your refrigerator.
- Potatoes soaked in salt water for 20 minutes will bake more rapidly.
- Roasting is a dry heat method of cooking - it does not use water. The flavors roasting draws forth result from the process of browning. As the surface of the meat browns, and its juices and fats drip down and brown on the surface of the hot roasting pan, it adds to the flavour of the meat.
- Microwave a lemon for 15 seconds to get double the juice.
- Poke a knife into the onion and keep for 10 mins. Now start cutting them, U will enjoy cutting it without tears.
Tips on cutting & peeling
- Peel vegetables as thinly as possible to preserve the minerals and vitamins.
- Soak potatoes and eggplant after cutting, to avoid discoloration.
- To avoid browning of apples after cutting, apply a little lemon juice on the cut surface. The apples will stay and look fresh for a longer time.
- Keep coriander leaves in a muslin (cheese) cloth bag in the refrigerator. They will remain fresh for a longer time.
- Remove the stems of green chilies while storing them .This will help them to stay fresh for long.
- After peeling onions cut in half and soak in water for about 10 minutes before cutting to avoid crying.
- Chopping dry fruits - Freeze them first for one hour & then dip the knife into hot water before cutting them.
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