15 Very Useful Cooking Tips (Especially For Indian Cooking)

1. If you want to keep the fish pieces fresh for8. If you have extra spice paste, mixed them
2-3 days in the refrigerator, wash them properly,with some mustard oil and 1 teaspoon of salt for
pat dry and rub a pinch of turmeric & saltstoring. It will remain fresh for 2-3 days.
and keep it in a Ziplock pack.9. While sugar crystals becomes hard in a bottle,
2. Wash sea fish with Luke warm water andkeep a piece of bread in the bottle. After few
lemon juice. These help to remove salty bad smellhours the sugar crystals will be separated.
of the fish.10. Keep mushrooms folded with some
3. While frying the fish or fish pieces, hot the oilnewspapers or paper packet, it keeps the
properly. Otherwise, the fishes mashed in the pan.mushrooms fresh in refrigerator.
4. While cooking the raw vegetables, always11. Store cheese or paneer in a air-tight container
steamed all the vegetables before cooking. Thenwith some sugar. It helps to prevent fungus
it will be easy to cook, more tasty and take lessformation.
the time.12. After using the lemon juice, store the lemons
5. If you want to cook some spicy dishes quickly,rind in a glass jar with some salt & keep it
soak all the spices in Luke warm water, it will takeunder the sun light. After few days mix some
less time to saute.spices (like coriander, cumin seed, ajwain, saunf
6. If you want vegetables dish (like mixedetc.) with the lemon rinds to make tasty pickles.
vegetables, potato curry, brinjal curry etc.)13. Always store Dry fruits in a air-tight container
becomes more tastier, add a pinch of Asafoetidaand keep it in a refrigerator. This helps to prevent
(Hing) in the time of sauteing the spices.fungus and worm formation.
7. Peel the green mango, cut them in slices and14. Keep grated coconut in a air-tight container
dried in the sun. When its becomes totally dry,and store them in a refrigerator to keep fresh.
grind them in a grinder & make a fine15. Soak unripe banana, banana flower in brine
powder. Homemade Aamchur is ready.prior to cooking to prevent them from blackening.