10 Healthy Cooking Tips For You…
To preserve the nutrients and colors in the veggies, initially steam cook them and then fry with little oil till it is completely cooked. Use your time and your freezer wisely. When you cook once, make it last longer by preparing enough for several other meals. Freeze it and have a ready-made healthy treat for the next time you are simply too tired to bother. When browning vegetables, add them in a hot pan with little oil and then spray some on top of the vegetables. This way you can avoid using excess oil. Use fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned and pickled vegetables which usually have a high sodium content. Generally cheese has more salt content. Try to avoid them or choose the one will with less sodium. Use herbs, spices, lemon juice, citrus zest or hot...
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Ten Gourmet Meals for $10 or less
Img credit : Mint I came across this interesting article in Mint website. It’s always a big challenge when you cook a new recipe. We spend a lot of money for the ingredients we use in each dish. It usually is still cheaper than eating in a restaurant. But it’s really hard to make a gourmet meal under $ 10 or less. Do you think you can pull it off? This article from Mint shows us how we can make 10 gourmet meals for $10 or...
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How to use Onion and Garlic for better cooking?
Img Credit : Woozie by Flickr When it comes to Indian cooking onion and garlic play a major role in almost every dish. These two gives some really good flavor to the dishes. I always wondered why we are using garlic paste in some recipe and chopped garlic in some recipes. Does it make difference in taste or reduce the flavor of it? I was reading an interesting article today on Lifehacker and I’ve got my answer for it. If you’re using onions or garlic or chives raw, in a dressing or salsa, either chop them just before serving or rinse the chopped pieces thoroughly. Water removes the harsh aging sulfur compounds from the cut surfaces, so you’ll taste only the fresh ones. If you’re heating garlic or onions or their relatives, then cooking whole or coarsely chopped bulbs...
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Five Useful Foodie Cooking Tips
(Img credit by calliope – flickr) How to get more juice out of a lemon? I’ve always had a hard time getting juice out of lemon which has been sitting in the fridge for a week or so. Recently my sister shared a tip for extracting more juice from lemon. It’s simple, just microwave the lemon for 10 seconds and squeeze to get juice out of it. You will be really amazed to see the amount of juice you are getting out of it. How to get a fresh look for cauliflower? If you have some cauliflower which is sitting in the fridge for more than a week and it’s starts to look dull in color. No problem, you can give a makeover to that dull looking cauliflower. When you are cooking cauliflower add a couple of wedges of...
Read MoreA few Kitchen tips for you
How to Check the freshness of eggs? To check out if your eggs have gone bad or not, there is a simple way. Just drop the eggs in water. If it is good it will sink otherwise it will float. How to avoid bugs in your pantry? Periodic cleaning of your pantry shelves helps to prevent bugs from infesting stored food products. Drop a bay leaf in your flour canisters to get rid off bugs and free from moisture. If you find your food product infested with bugs, keep them under sun for a two to three days and sieve out the bugs. Also, exposure to cold temperatures kills them. Try to keep the food products in an air tight container and clean the containers before refilling. Is your dish too salty? If so, just add a few pieces...
Read MoreFew healthy tips for today
Now a days most of us have become diet conscious and concerned about body weight and health. Today, I would like to share a few tips with that I know. It may help you to consume less calories and improve your health. Rice: Instead of steam cooking the rice, add raw rice to boiling water (measurement- 1:2 ½), wait till the rice is cooked and drain the starch (excess water). This way you will consume less carbohydrate. This is just like in the olden days. Papad/Indian flatbread: Try to make papad in oven which will be tasty and oil free. Microwave the papad for 1 minute. Almonds: Soak about 4 to 5 almonds in water overnight and eat it early in the morning. They are a good source of protein and are high in antioxidants, magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron...
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Useful Veggie Tidbits
There are many ways to cut and cook the vegetables. Each and everyone of us have our own way of cooking. I would like to share some of the easy methods I know. Onions: To avoid watery eyes, peel the onion and cut into two. Keep it refrigerated for few hours before cutting. Or just rinse it with water after you cut onions into half. Lemon: If the lemon or lime is hard, put it in warm water for 5-10 minutes to make it easier to squeeze. Potato: Don’t store potatoes and onions together. Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions. Bitter Gourd: To get rid of the bitterness in bitter gourd to an extent, soak the cut pieces of bitter gourd in salt water for 2 hours. (ex: 2 tsp of salt in ½ liter of water)....
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