Tips for cooking

Tips for cooking- To peal garlic quickly, remove each single pod, spread on the microwave & heat in medium heat for 10-15 seconds only. You can peal them easily, then you can store them in air tight container in the fridge if you want.

To make gravy in less oil & cook quickly- fry onion, tomatoes, chillies & other ingredients you want in microwave for 3 min. with a tsp of oil. Then cool & grind, it will need less oil, cook faster, give out a better flavour too.

To make soft rotis- when you need dough, last add 1-2 tsp of oil & need well & keep it aside for 30 min. then your rotis will come soft, also you can roll them thin.

To make white sauce, normally they use maida or refined flour, but you can make the same with wheat flour/atta, using wee bit of oil, roast the flour, then add water, make a smooth paste without lumps, add water as per your need, if you want thick sauce, then less water, or more, to enrich it you may add some milk along with water & grated cheese last. Season with salt & pepper powder as per taste.

When you cook in microwave, always add salt last to dish, as when you cook them, especially dry veg., then get too dry. Also it is good to add salt last in any form of cooking, as then you’d need less salt, so good for Bp patients too.

Green chillies to last long, once bought, before storing always remove their stem, then it will last long. To store green veg. use the net type bags to store in the fridge, as when you store in plastic bags, the veg. tend to give out moisture, so they get spoiled quickly.

To powder easily cardamom- microwave it with the skin for 1 min. when still warm pdr it with the skin, as the skin also has the smell & the nutritive value, then allow it to cool before you store.