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Tips On
Cutting & Peeling :
Tips On
Cutting & Peeling :
- Wash vegetables before
peeling or cutting to preserve the water soluble vitamins.
- Peel vegetables as thinly as
possible to preserve the minerals and vitamins.
- Soak potatoes and eggplant
after cutting, to avoid discoloration.
- If you boil vegetables in
water, do not throw the water, keep it to make gravies.
- To avoid browning of apples
after cutting, apply a little lemon juice on the cut surface. The apples
will stay and look fresh for a longer time.
- Keep coriander leaves in a muslin
(cheese) cloth bag in the refrigerator. They will remain fresh for a
longer time.
- Remove the stems of green
chilies while storing them .This will help them to stay fresh for long.
- After peeling onions cut in
half and soak in water for about 10 minutes before cutting to avoid
crying.
- Soak almonds in a cup of
boiling water for 10 minutes .The skin will peel off easily.
- Chopping vegetables can be
done in different ways using a sharp knife and a wooden chopping board.
Cutting on a marble slab will blunt your knives.
- Remove the outer leaves and
husks from the corn (bhutta). Holding the corn upright with the flat end
firmly in a board, take a sharp knife and run it down between the kernels
and the cob to strip them away.
- Wrap the fruits and
vegetables in newspaper before refrigerating to keep them fresh for long.
- Chopping dry fruits - Freeze
them first for one hour & then dip the knife into hot water before
cutting them.
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