My Tips

Cooking

Easy Peeling of Boiled Eggs

Add salt to boiling eggs to easy peel of the shells after boiling.

Cooking

Instant Spaghetti Sauce

For making instant spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes, freeze the tomatoes overnight for better results.

Kitchen

Cleaning Silverware

To clean tarnished silverware, Take enough water to immerse the silverware, add 1 tablespoon of baking soda and a sheet of aluminium foil. Bring them to a boil. Add the tarnished silver ware, boil them from 30 secs to 3 mins depending upon the severity of tarnish. Add few items at a time for cleaning. Remove the silver ware with tongs and wash off with a scrub and soap.

Cooking

Removing slime from Okra

To remove the slime from okra, Saute them in small batches with little oil in a nonstick pan before making the curry. Do not cover while sauteing. When they are half cooked remove and make the curry as usual. or Add tablespoon of oil to the cut okra (around 2 lbs), mix well. Spread them on a cookie sheet in single layer. Bake at 400 F for 30 mins mixing half way through. Then Cook the curry as usual in a pan with little oil.