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Using Cabbage instead of  Onions

Asian recipes often needs onions. Onions are like an absolute necessary.  Use sweet onions. Peeling  and  cutting under running water, chopping near a gas flame, and refrigerating onions before chopping, all methods for reducing the volatility of the sulfide that causes the irritation.  Try Cabbage instead of Onion : If anyone does not like or want the strong taste of onion. Cababge gives the same taste as of Onion

Cleaning your oven Kitchen cleaning help: To remove grease from inside your oven when doing kitchen cleaning, put a small pan of ammonia in the oven in the evening, and then close the oven door. In the morning, remove the pan of ammonia. The grease inside the oven will wipe off very easily.

Cleaning your oven

Kitchen cleaning help: To remove grease from inside your oven when doing kitchen cleaning, put a small pan of ammonia in the oven in the evening, and then close the oven door. In the morning, remove the pan of ammonia. The grease inside the oven will wipe off very easily.

Rice Cooking

Clean the rice with water. Remove all the water until no water remains. Let it sit for 20 minutes.  This will remove all the starch and help the rice to remain separate.

Also adding a few drops of lemon juice to the rice while cooking, you will find that the grains of rice will tend to remain separate.

Retaining the “whiteness” of white rice : While cooking rice add a few drops of  lemon juice. The  color of the grains become bright white.

Reheating left-over Rice : Refrigerate leftover cooked rice in a well-sealed container. Reheat cold rice with a sprinkling of water in a microwave oven or in a covered pot over low heat.  Left over rice can be churned into soups, etc. Rice is a part of every day meal in India. The same drained rice can be used for making fried rice.

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