Remove strains of knife

To remove the strains on kitchen knife  scrub the knife with cut onion half  for  about 3 minutes.

To keep the color of cabbage and cauliflower

Add one or two teaspoon of milk to cabbage and cauliflower. Their color wont be changed while cooking.

Crispy Chips tip

To make chips wash the potatoes cut the potatoes into pieces with peel  into thin slices and soak them in theice water for  aboout 1 hour. Drain the water  and gently  pat them to dry using a soft cloth or tissue. Now deep fry them and they will be crispy.

Soft Idly or Soft dosa tips

To get soft idly and dosas, add handful of poha or attukulu to the soaked urad dal  in water.

Avoid sour idly or dosa batter

To keep  dosa batter or  idly batter from getting sour, do not add salt to the batter. This way it can be stored for 3 to 4 days without getting sour.