Today, we are back with more
kitchen tips : part 2. Click here for Part 1. Sometimes, we are not aware of very small things around
us, can serve us in a better and cheap way. You know all of those
helpful kitchen-related suggestions that old-timers are so willing to
share with the younger generations ? These little tips and tricks might
be called kitchen hacks these days, but they are still the same good old nuggets of wisdom
that they always were. Some of these gems have been around for several
lifetimes - and according to most grandmas, they really work. Check out
this exhaustive list of tips.
- To remove smell of spices from mixer grinder, put small quantity of wheat flour in it and run it empty for 5 minutes.
- To increase the life of toasters, remove pieces of bread etc. that gets stuck in toaster. Remove the bottom tray from toaster and clean it properly.
- Apply mixture of equal amount of honey and cardamom powder [Elaichi], to skin infections and rashes. It gives instant relief.
- For stomach pain, take small amount of Cumin [Jeera], fry it properly, now add 4 cups of water and keep it boiling till half of the stuff remain behind. Now drink this juice.
- To remove dark circles from face, crush some leaves of Mahogany [Neem]. Apply this paste on face overnight and wash face in morning with cold water. Results are visible in a week's time.
- To clean the glass windows, make a mixture of 1/4th part of alcohol in 1/3rd part of vinegar [Sirka] in cup.
- To remove bad smell from thermos flask, put warm water in it and add 3 teaspoonful of vinegar in it. Keep it for some time and then wash it with cold water.
- Got dark oil spots on tie ? Sprinkle talcum powder on it and brush it off after few hours. Powder tends to absorb oil easily.
- To clean up steel utensils, use mixture of vinegar and onion juice.
- If you are cooking vegetable in microwave, try cutting the vegetable into same size pieces; as uneven sized pieces tend to cook unevenly, viz. small pieces get burnt and large pieces remain uncooked.
- To clean the burner of a gas stove, keep the burner in ammonia mixed water for atleast 20 minutes. Afterwards wash it off with normal water.
- If you are a chain-smoker and looking for quitting the habit of smoking, then keep small pieces of cinnamon [Dal-cheeni] tree in pockets, whenever you feels like smoking. Chew a piece of cinnamon slowly.
- Strip off the skin of handful of almonds [Badam], grind it in mixer. Now add 50-60ml of milk in it and keep it in a bottle. Apply it on skin 3 times a day to remove dark spots.
- Cut small chunks of Bitter-gourd [Karela] and apply it on pimples. It tends to sooth skin immediately.
- Use clove [Laung] oil as mosquito killer. Take one part of clove oil and ten parts of water in spray bottle. Use this spray every 2-3 hours.
- Scroll off the cucumber [Kheera] in a wet towel before keeping it in a fridge. It remains fresh for long time.
- Feeling like a headache ? Drink cumin [Jeera] mixed tea cor relief.
- To remove all types of make-ups from face, use baby oil or any oil base cream. It works fine on face.
- Always apply perfume on plus points of body i.e. on pulse areas viz. wrists of hand, backside of ears, amidst of neck, in both elbows; effect of perfume remains for more time on body.
- To burn off fat from your body, use more and more vitamin C rich products.
- To clean up the mixer blender, put hot water in container mixed with liquid detergent. Now blend it for 30 seconds ans see the results.
- To wash up the oil marks from floor, use utensils detergent. Mix detergent in hot water and put it on spots and afterwards wash it with normal hot water.
- In glass flower pots, put some water and add pinch of bleaching powder in it, pot flower will shine in few minutes.
- Before applying hair dye, must apply petroleum jelly on forehead, in order to protect it from black spots of dye.
- If
your pet dog is habitual of taking bites on household furniture, use
eucalyptus [Nilgiri] or Clove [Laung] oil on that part of furniture. It
will help you surely.
- Sometimes water leakage from taps in bathroom tends to leave brown spots on tiles. To get rid of this, use mixture of salt and vinegar on it. Use same trick to remove whiteness from rubber bucket, mug etc.
- While cooking rice, put few drops of lemon juice in it, it will give pure white coloration to rice. Put a teaspoon of ghee or oil, it will prevent sticking of rice.
- Use empty chocolate box, to keep your ear-rings in good shape.
- Keep onions stored in dry and dark place, it will increase their life. Humidity is not good for onions.
- Never throw out, used up tea leaves, instead wait for them to get dried at one place. Now, burn them, it will act as mosquito repellent.
- Boil 10 neem leaves with dried peels of orange in water. Now make a paste of it, with honey, curd, and soya milk. Apply this paste 3 times a week on face. It will kill pimples, whiteheads, blackheads and diminish pores on face too.
- To remove wine or coffee spots from teeth, use mixture of baking soda and strawberry.
- Never ever use mobile phone near microwave, the waves from mobile interfere with waves from magnetron, it may prove disastrous.
- To make tomato ketch-up more tastier add 1 teaspoon mint juice in it.
- After peeling of potatoes, they tends to turn blackish, to prevent the change of colour, soak them in water mixed with vinegar or lemon juice.
- Have itching in head ? Use papaya pack or fenugreek seeds pack. Take carrot and spinach in your diet more and more.
- If you have curly hair, never use hair dye on it. You will end up loosing your curls, instead use a Fuller's earth [Multani mitti].
- If possible, drink carrot juice 20 minutes before lunch, it is a great appetizer and very helpful in keeping digestive system in proper shape. [appetizer : a small dish of food or a drink taken before a meal or the main course of a meal to stimulate one's appetite]
- If you want to get rid of oily skin, put few drops of cucumber [Kheera] in lemon juice. Keep it for 15 minutes, then wash it with cold water. You will get the desired results within a week.
- For oily skin, you can also apply mixture of rose-water, lemon juice and Gram flour, also known as garbanzo bean flour, chickpea flour [Besan]. Wash it on getting dried.
- Women with thick lips should avoid applying lip gloss, otherwise it will add to the thickness of lips.
- In order to lighten the shade of dark colour lipsticks, pink or peach shades can be used.
- To get relief from jaundice [Peelia], drink spinach leave juice mixed with small amount of sugar in it.
- Bacteria present in milk curd is helpful in fighting jaundice.
- Boil down the neem leaves in water, now add honey in it. Apply this paste in hairs, it will reduce dandruff and give silky look to hairs.
- If you don't have after shave gel, apply aloe-vera gel as an alternative, wash your face after 10-15 minutes.
- After boiling potatoes, peel them off, now rub that potato skin on your face, it will definitely reduce the pimples.
- Chew 4-5 leaves of holy basil [Tulsi] everyday in morning and evening, it will counteract against mouth ulcer and also kills bad smell of mouth.
- To get rid of headache, close down your left nostril by finger and respire with the right one, if feeling tired, change the process between both nostrils.
- Fed up of loose motion ? try cinnamon [Dal-cheeni], it lowers down the water level in intestines. Take teaspoon of cinnamon powder in a cup of water, boil it and engulf after 10 minutes.
