Tips to help you in cooking
Always wash the vegetables before peeling or cutting them. If you boil vegetables in water, do not throw the water, keep it to make gravies. Peel vegetables as thin as possible. After peeling onions cut in half and soak in water for about 10 minutes before cutting to avoid crying. Wrap the fruits and vegetables in newspaper before refrigerating to keep them fresh for long. Remove the stems of green chilies while storing them .This will help them to stay fresh for long. Add some hot oil and 1/2 tsp of baking soda in batter while making pakodas. Smoke Mustard oil first before using for preparing vegetables etc… By heating to a point till light white smoke emerges from it. To make pooris more crispy add a little rice flour to the wheat flour while kneading. When browning meat in fat, choose a large, deep pan. Pakodas will turn out crisper if a little bit of corn flour is added to the gram flour (besan) while preparing the batter.