Tips

 add a teaspoonful of corn flour to a smaller quantity of curd and mix the curd into warm milk. The milk will set into thick curd in a shorter time especially during winter.

Stale carrots will taste fresh if you soak them in cold water overnight.

While making barbeque sprinkle soar lemon juice over the hot coats in the last few minutes pf grilling to add flavor to chicken or mutton.

The water used for soaring vadas can be used for kneading chapatti dough or making pulao.

To prevent insects from infesting stared rice and other grains.

Beat an egg with a spoonful of milk to make a soft omelette.

Rinse a stainless vessel with water and pour the milk into it when it is still wet .The milk will not get burnt or stick to the base of vessel.

Instead of throughing away the seeds of vegetables like ridge gourd pumpkin red pumpkin ,snake gourd etc collect them. also collect the weeds from fruits like water melon and musk melon .Dry the seeds well in the sun grind them with a little water in a mixture and strain through muslin cloth. This strained liquid can be used for thickening gravies.

Chill egg whites thoroughly for quicker and easier beating.

A pinch of soda bicarb to sugar syrup to prevent the syrup from  crystalising or forming a crust.

Green tomatoes can be ripened faster if you put them in a paper bag along with a ripe tomato or apple