TIPS FOR DAILY LIFE:-

 1. To get extra taste to sambhar or rasam: Just add 1tsp milk to the rasam or sambhar after finishing boiling.
2. Are you becoming mad about your salty curries or gravies? Add thin pieces of potato to them, cook for a while and throw them afterwards.
3. Do not throw away the drained water from paneer. It can be used in the dough for rotis, parathas, puris or naan. The dough will get soft and a nice colour. It can also be used in soups.
4. Do not throw the  cauliflower stems or cabbage stems - use them in soups, rasam or sambhar.

 *To remove easily the edible part of coconut from the shell :  Store the coconut in freezer compartment of the fridge for 2-3 hours
5. When you boil pulses or grains store that extra water for rasams and soups(pulusu).
6. To remove the tomato peel: just boil 3 cups of water, add tomatoes and keep the lid for some time. switch off the stove.
7. To get extra whiteness to your rice; add 1tsp of fresh lemon juice when boiling.
8. To get more crispy potato bajjis, dip potatoslices in very cold water (or keep them in ice cubes) for 5 to 8 minutes.

Few facial tips!:

1)make a paste with gramflour(tsp),turmeric(pinch),little curd,rub quickly.

Apply to the face as a mask,allowfor10minutes andwash it with lukewarm water,it gives shining to the skin.Do it twice a week.

2)Feeling rough feet &hands?:- Soak your feet &hands in warm water,adding with vinegar,allow to rest them for 10-12 min.,remove wipeit with a smooth towel,andapply the moistariser(cream).

3)Honey,carrot bits,papaya bits and tsp milk,take them in a blender make a fine smooth paste,apply to the face as mask.Allowto dry,wash with luke warm water,

4)Toget smooth &shiny skin:- Bits of pineapple,papaya bits,honey 1½tsp,

paste them and apply to the face,clean after 12 min.

*For pimple spots or patches:-

Mix tbsp mixture of lemon juice & milk,

Applyto the entire face with fingers before you going to the bed.Wash it next morning with luke warm water,do it twice a week (atleast).

*Mix cooking soda ,water and apply to the face,allow to keep for 10 min.wash it.

*Make a paste with water and ajwain and apply.,after drying clean it.

PEDICURE (FOR SOFT FEET,REmove the cracks)

Take a wide plastic tub addlemon juice,honey,and glycerine,fill it 3/4 warm water (little more hot),soakthefeet for15-20min.

Rub the feet with pumic stone(where the feet have cracks-ithelps to remove the dead skin).

Take a soft brush and rub thewhole feet.

Ifyouhave "foot massage" at home,take a vibration with that.

If you do not have..

do like this,

1)Use nourishing cream  and massage clockwise & anticlock wise directions,

2)with pedicure we can have help from damaging nails,and gives soft &tender feet.

3)Take a brisk walk atleast 30 minutes (walking fast).It gives help not only to the feet,to the whole body also!  
9. Add curryleaves to your upma before removing it from the heat.
10. To avoid lumps when making upma, roast suji(rawa) before adding the water.
11. To keep the dosa or the idli batter from getting sour, do not add salt to the batter. This way it can be stored for 3 more days without getting sour.
12. You should always add salt after you have ground the idli or dosa batter (i.e. not before grinding).
13. To get crispy dosas or soft idlies, add 1 tsp flakerice(poha) to the soaked black gram (urad dal-white).
14. Do not throw out the bottle guard stems(kaddu-heads). These can be used as brushes (when you are making dosas) on frying-pans(tawa). You could also cut one potato into two halves and use them as brushes.
15. If you have opened canned tomatoes which you don't need, you could pour it in icecube-moulds. De-freeze them and use.

*Rub ice cube on your face before get make-up,

youcan notget seat for some hours!Itgives you so relief!
16. To avoid getting your hands black when cutting raw bananas (plantains), add 1tsp of curd or butter milk to a bowl of water in which you put the banana bits. Before washing your hands, apply little oil to your palms.
17. To avoid extra blackness to brinjalcurry or fry, sprinkle 1tsp tamarindpulp over it.
18. To avoid extra bitterness in bitterguard(karela), mix salt and lemonjuice. Let it be like that for 1 hour.
19. If you want to store bitterguard, do as in tip no.18 and store them in the freezer.
20. To store drumsticks, cut them in equal sizes and add to some boiling water with 1 tsp salt. Let them boil for 2 minutes, cool them and store them in the freezer. 
21. Do not discard the dry curry leaves! Powder them and store in small spicejars, can be used in rasam, sambhars and even curries.
22. Keep prepared cutlets, kachories(not fried) in the fridge for ½ hour,before deep-frying.
23. Add a little amount of milk to get smooth and soft puris.

*To store more quantities of onion,coriander,garlic,ginger paste...use 1tsp oil when you are grinding & keep a air tight container.

*To store the onion paste,saute' them first in tsp oil and blend to paste,otherwise they get bitter.

24. To get soft mothichoor laddos, add 1 tsp of honey and 2 tsp of hot ghee to the sugar syrup. After adding boondi, let it stay for ½ hour before you make them round. They'll stay soft for almost two weeks!
25. To get crispy samosa outer cover, add some rice flour to the dough.
26. Try to get crispy golguppa (pani puri) by using only large amount of suji (rawa) and little amount of all purpose flour.  Allow to stay for 1hour,before you roll.
27. They spoil easily if you keep apple & pear  together in the fridge.
28. Grate the fresh coconut (if you do not use on the same day),And store in the deep freezer, keep it in the water for sometime Before you use, it will be fresh taste as the same day!
29. Use  milk to get fine taste to the idli chutney (coconut).
30. To remove peel very easily, if you store the tomatoes in the deep freezer.
31. Add one ladyfinger stem (head) when you are grinding dosa batter. (to black gram-urad dal).
32. To get soft vadas just soak daal (black gram-urad dal) for ½hour, It is sufficient time to grind.
33. To get soft appalu (boorelu-hanumanji prasad) add 1tbsp wheat flour (atta) to 3 tbsp of rice flour. Mix 1tsp oil when the water is boiling.
34. There is no need of soaking badshahi  or kaajaa, they can be prepared immediately!
35. To get more juice from the oranges or lemons, keep them in pre-boiled hot water for awhile.
36. Do not throw the bottle guard or angular guard peel (it should not be old) -  it can be used as chutney (patchadi).
37. Make sambhar only with cabbage, it has a special taste. You can also make dal with cabbage.
38. If you feel that  squeezing tamarind every day is too much work: boil a little bigger amount of tamarind in water until it thickens. Then, remove, cool it and squeeze it in a plastic container and store in the refrigerator for 10 days.

39)To get crispy samosas,add pinch of cooking soda to the oil.

40)(In the vegetable storage compartment) in the refregerator,

place some papers to absorb extra moisture from the vegetables.

And they feel fresh.

*To have the colour & freshness to cauliflower,

add 1tsp milk while boiling.

To avoid black stains:-Place a squeezed lime bit under the pressure cooker,while cooking rice or Dal.It cleans to fresh.

41)to get extra soft rotis,add little rice flour to the dough.

42)To get extra crispyness for cutlets,make cutlets and before you fry them

keep in the refregerator for 1/2 hour with cover.

*Clean your bathroom mirrors with the shaving cream; the mirrors will not get foggy for weeks.

*Can be used vinegar to make the mirrors shiny..

*For cleaning bathroom,sinks use soda to remove the hard stains. 

43)To get crispy chips,cut them with peel(slices)and soak them in the ice water for 1 hour.Drain and pat them to dry on a cloth.

Then deep fry them to crisp.

44)To get crispy pakoras,grind garlic pods,1/2 onion to 1 cup bengal gram flour and rest of the process is normal.

45)Pour some lemon drops in hot oil when you are deep frying,

they absorbs little oil than normal.

46)Soak potato chips in a combination of lemon+citric acid water for

sometime,to get more crispy & extra taste.

*To clean the tea net (strainer):-

Heat the strainer over (keep itin high level offlame)stove for 4-5 minutes.removeandclean with mild cleaning soap,and wash it,it can easily get rid of the black stains(it happens becoz of using more ).  

*To avoid extra bitterness from the bittermelon(karela),crush or cut and rub salt& lemon,soak for 2 hours ,then squeeze well.

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