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Handy household tips
Posted on: 15/Jul/2018 8:11:36 AM
- It is a routine to lit up a candle when the electric power gets off. In order to increase the lighting extent, keep a mirror right behind the candle. There will be a double-light effect.
- While preparing food items with jaggery as an ingredient, add a few spoons of ghee which will enhance the taste, flavor, and smell.
- If carrot or beetroot wither, while cutting them, drop the pieces in water mixed with a pinch of salt. It will freshen the vegetables and the cutting also will be easier.
- Soak the clothes to be washed in lukewarm water for some time and then wash with the detergent for better washing.
- In an empty container spray and spread some sugar first and then keep the biscuits. Hey will retain their crispness for a longer time.
- Do not drain the water used for washing rice, vegetables, etc. Instead, use this water for the plants. It will act as a good fertilizer.
- To keep the green challis fresh for a longer duration, remove the end and keep the challis covered in a paper and then keep in the fridge.
- Washing the vessels or utensils with the water used for boiling potato will make them shining.
- If you notice excess smoke in the room or hall, hang a damp cloth in the place the smoke will vanish.
- To remove the dirt/leftover sticking to the bottom of the aluminum vessels, rub it with salt paper and then clean it will get removed.
- To clean the gas-stove kept in the kitchen, mix equal quantities of coconut oil and kerosene and use for cleaning the gas-stove, It will glisten and the kitchen will be cleaner and brighter.
- If cockroach problem exists in the kitchen/fridge/bathroom, keep a few Aspirin tablets in a few places cockroaches wont enter.
- In order to remove the foul odour after eating raw onion, it is better to soak the onions in salt water for some time before eating.
- Keep a newspaper cut to the size of the doormat under the doormat. The dirt from the doormat will get accumulated on the newspaper piece which can be removed.
- To prevent the bananas from blackening, keep them covered in damp cloth.
- Do not keep apple and carrot in the same compartment in the refrigerator. A vapour released by the apple will make the carrot taste bitter.
- When cooking vegetables such as beans or broad beans, add a few drops of lemon or tomato juice it will get cooked faster.
- Before cutting the onion, keep them in lukewarm water for some time. This will prevent the irritation in the eyes.
- In case any dish prepared has excess salt, add a stripped piece of potato to the dish. The excess salt will get reduced.
- After the dining/lunch/eating session, wipe the dining table with a mixture of vinegar and paraffin oil. The foul smell will be gone and the dining table will glisten.
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