To keep green chilli fresh for days first wash the chillies and soak all the water with paper towel. Then take out the stem out of the chillies ( this will prevent its ripening )and keep it in a container with lid and keep it in refrigerator.
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Take a bunch of cilantro or coriander leaves wash thoroughly and strain all the water from it. Then take a paper towel or a thin clean dry cloth and wrap the coriander leaves or cilantro and put it in a plastic bag and keep the bag into the refrigerator.
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To buy juicy lemon take a lemon and see if the skin of the lemon is glossy and plain. With glossy and plain skin lemon will be very juicy.
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When you'r frying sliced onion, heat some oil in a pan add the sliced onion and add some salt to it and cover the pan and simmer the heat. Within 2 mins onion will be soft and fried. They will not get burnt.
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Take honey in a spoon and allow to fall in transparent glass of water, if honey mixes with water, then its not pure, if it makes a line and sits in bottom its pure.
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When you are going to buy eggplants how will you know that you've picked the right one. To choose the right eggplant take an eggplant in your hand and try to feel the weight of this. If that one feels very light and soft to you then you've picked the right one.
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To remove the bitterness of methi leaves sprinkle some salt on the chopped methi leaves, keep it for 15 minutes and squeeze out the excess water of the using your palm and add to your dish.
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Freeze them first for one hour & then dip the knife into hot water before cutting them.
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Wrap the fruits and vegetables in newspaper before refrigerating to keep them fresh for long.
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After peeling onions cut in half and soak in water for about 10 minutes before cutting to avoid crying
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Always use full fat curd to your curry. And lower the heat when you are going to add the curd to your curry, your curry will be remain same after adding the curd.
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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.
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If you want curd to settle fast after adding little curd to the milk you just put a green chilly which is coated with salt
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If you don't have a non-stick pan then use a your regular pan. Make once or twice omelets on your regular pan, after that make dosa on it. Your regular pan will work as a non-stick pan.
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If you keep a piece of blotting paper at the bottom of the container, it will keep biscuits fresh for a longer time.
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While preparing Okra fry, add a 1-2 tea spoons of Lemon juice to curry which helps in removing the stickiness of the curry.
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To keep celery fresh for a long time, wrap it in aluminum foil and place in the refrigerator.
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Use a wooden board to chop. It will not blunt the knife. Don`t use a plastic board, small plastic pieces may go with the vegetables
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Immerse the egg in a pan of cool salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh; if it rises to the surface, it is certainly quite old.
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Keep spoon in the vessel while boiling milk at medium heat. It will avoid sticking the milk at the bottom of the vessel.
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Grind some common salt in your mixer/grinder for some time every month. This will keep your mixer blades sharp
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When the noodles are boiled, drain all the hot water and add cold water. This way all the noodles will get separated.
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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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Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
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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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If you have some 1 or 2 days old cooked rice, do not throw them away. Just sprinkle some water on the rice and microwave for 1 minute on high. You will never feel like the rice is 1 or 2 days old.
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Spoon
Ingredients
Ingredients :
4 cups of full fat or whole milk
White vinegar 1/4 cup Water 2 tablespoons (mix with the vinegar)
1 cup Sugar
4 cups Water
3-4 Green Cardamom Pods
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Ingredients :
Take a pan, add 1/3 cup of water at first and then add the milk (add the water first to portect the milk burning at the bottom) and bring the milk to boil. When the milk has started boiling add the vinegar+water little by little. Add all the vinegar+water and turn off the oven. But do not stir the milk after adding the vinegar+water. The milk has already started curdlink. Now let all the milk curdle itself for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes take a cheese cloth and strain all the chhana. Run cold water to remove the sourness of the chhana. Now squeeze the cheese choth to remove all the excess water of the chhana and hang the cheese cloth from the kitchen tap for at least 6 hours to remove all the excess water . After 6 hours your Chhana Or Paneer ready.
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Today I'm not sharing any mouth watering recipe with you. All of us have to be foodie as well as fit and healthy. So today I'm going to share my secret diet plan, which I've been following since 3 months and lost 11 pounds or 5 kg.
During this weight loss diet plan I also enjoyed my delicious food too. Here you go. Before I start I must tell you some must do and must not to do information about a healthy diet plan.
You have to totally stop eating Junk Foods. A big no no to Fast Foods. You may eat once or twice dinner or lunch in good quality restaurants. But not in Fast Food joints. You may have 'Jhal Muri(Murmura), Steamed Momo, Swarma Roll' outside.
Don't skip any meal, like breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks. Divide your large meals in small meals. Don't eat large amount at a time. Have your food till your hunger goes off.
Time plays a big role in diet plan. You have to eat in proper time. Like Tea at 7am, Breakfast at 9am, Lunch within 1pm. Some Afternoon snacks. Have your dinner within 9pm
You have to drink plenty of water for losing weight . Have fruits like Watermelon, cucumber, apple, papaya, oranges. Those fruits cut fat.
Try to avoid Rice. Only weekend you may have rice. If you can't leave without rice, you may reduce the quantity. Increase the quantity of dal, vegetables. If you are a vegetarian, add soyabean, paneer and dal in your meal.
Reduce the quantity of Salt in your meal.
Morning : Wake up at 6am sharp. Brush your teeth and have 1 cup of fat burn drink.
For fat burning drink you need :
Now get ready and go for 30 minutes walk outside.
Come back after the morning walk and have 1 cup of Green tea with 2 crackers.
Have a bowl full or Oat, Milk, Honey, and Fruits mixed breakfast at 9am. You may have 2 hard toast breads, some fruits & an egg white omelets or a poached egg with some salt & pepper.
Have an apple at 11:30 before your lunch. It will decrease your hunger.
Have your lunch within 1pm. with boiled or steamed vegetables of your choices, 1 boiled egg Or lightly fried Fish, Dalia khichdi, sabudana khicdi, Oat Khichdi, Roti Sabji with Dal.
At 3pm have a bowl of sour curd, some fruits. Do some yoga exercises. You can find 30 minutes yoga in YouTube.
Some Afternoon snacks like tea, 2 biscuits, Murmura, Diet chewda etc.Have your dinner within 9pm with 1 roti/chapati/phulka sabji with mixed veggies, dal .
Increase the quantity of Dal, Vegetables in your meal, reduce the chapati.Have less oily foods like Chicken kebabs, Chapati rolls with Kebabs/paneer tikkas.
Eat Chicken stew instead of Chicken Curry. Avoid Maida(all purpose flour).
In weekends have some homemade tasty foods but in small quantity. Don't over eat your meal.
by Moumita Ghosh
Nutrition Information - Millets Nutrition Facts per 100gms
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Millets Types and Name in Different Languages
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