To cut cabbage quickly and really thin, use the peeler, you'll get real thin pieces, can be used in salads, will cook very fast too.
Simple trick to boil the water in a jiffy- add some rock salt, mix well !
When you make potato masala, instead of taking trouble to peel the potato then use your hands to mash, just cut the potato lengthwise half, then on a wire mesh or grater, grate, you'll get very fine potato , skin also peeled.
You want to make quick filter coffee, pour water in coffee filter with powder, then decoction, pour in an ice tray, freeze it. Once frozen you can store them in a zip lock bag in the freezer. Boil the milk, add sugar, put some 2-3 coffee cubes, your filter coffee is ready. So, make decoction earlier, make coffee ice cubes handy when you want quick coffee.
Normally to heat left-over pizza, those who have microwave, can warm pizza slice along with a glass of water , for it to taste fresh. Those who don't have microwave, just heat a pan, place the pizza slice, add 2 cubes of ice, cover the pan for 2-3 minutes, your pizza will be soft and tasty like fresh from the oven.
To cut broccoli/ cauliflower quickly and easily, boil water in a big pot/ pan with some salt. Cover the steam of the vegetable with a paper towel or cloth. Holding the stem, immerse the vege in hot water, roll it on all sides, so that you're like blanching it. Not only it saves time, but you can be very sure if there are any worms in it will come and easy for you to chop once you take it out of the hot water.
Mushroom normally has a lot of black dirt on it. The easiest way is sprinkle some cornflour or maida, over the mushrooms place in a pan, add water, without scrubbing it, as you just move the mushrooms around, all the dirt floats, mushroom is clean and white, just drain the water well, you'll have clean white mushrooms !
When you sieve flour, as you shake, you'll find the flour spilling all around the place. In stead, just invert the cup of flour over the sieve, keep moving the cup around the flour will not spill all around.
To make zucchini pasta, with the peeler, you can make thin strips of zucchini, the trick is not use the full peeler, but just one corner, so that you can get thin strips like noodles !