Useful and Handy Cooking Tips

Some useful and handy cooking tips for you! Easy ways to make cooking a pleasure!

Yesterday, I just mentioned on twitter that I am in a mood for sharing some handy cooking tips. A lot of people responded back saying that yes yes bring them on. Then, just like that, I started tweeting with a hastag of #CookingTips. I was very touched by the response I got. People loved the tips and hence, I thought, why not post them on the blog too. Just for record sorts and also for everyone to refer later.

So here is what I tweeted.

1. When frying butter, you can prevent it from burning by adding a little (2-3 drops) of cooking oil to it #cookingtips

2. Simplest way to check the freshness of eggs is to dip in salted water. Fresh eggs will sink and the stale float #cookingtips

3. To measure honey & other sweet syrups, use spoon dipped in hot water and they will not stick to the spoon #cookingtips

4. Have left over wine from a party? freeze it in ice trays and u can use in sauces and dips later. Works very well #cookingtips

5. Hard Cheeses like Parmesan and cheddar stay fresh for long if you wrap them in a damp cloth dipped in beer 🙂 #cookingtips

6. While on cheese, always replace the plastic cover you buy it in with parchment paper or butter paper, before you store it #cookingtips

7. Shallots and garlic will peel easier if you pour hot water over them before you start peeling #cookingtips

8. To prevent your potatoes from sprouting, store an apple with them#cookingtips

9. And while on apple, it can also be used to ripen tomatoes faster, store apple and raw tomatoes in a paper together #cookingtips

10. To prevent eggs from cracking, put a pinch of salt before the water starts boiling #cookingtips

11. And if they still crack add a little vinegar to the water to prevent further leak #cookingtips

12. And to prevent the black ring around the yellow of a hard boiled egg, drain them ASAP and dip in cold water and peel #cookingtips

13. Also longer you leave the boiled egg to peel more difficult it’ll be. so peel & store it will stay fine in fridge for upto 3 days #cookingtips

14. To get lighter scrambled eggs, add a little bit of water to eggs, don’t add milk it will make the eggs tough #cookingtips

15. An over browned garlic can sometimes add bitterness to the gravy so add it to hot oil and fry just for a min #cookingtips

16. Or use garlic infused oil, I love it. Warm some oil remove from stove, add garlic, leave for 10 minutes and sieve #cookingtips

17, To prevent an apple from browning before using keep it dipped in a lemon water (2 tsp of lemon juice + bowl of water) #cookingtips

18. Also if you wanna pack it for kiddie lunch, you can add lemon juice & spoon of honey to the slices before packing #cookingtips

19. While grating cheese spray the grater with non stick cooking spray to keep cheese from sticking to the grater #cookingtips

20. To take out the smell from burnt rice, put a slice of white bread in the rice pot & the bread will absorb all the smell #CookingTips

21. Always store the butter wrapped in a butter paper it picks up smells very easily #CookingTips

22. Contrary to the popular belief never salt you meat before cooking it will make it tougher, marinate but w/o salt #CookingTips

23. Cook you green leafy veggies uncovered and they will retain their lovely color #CookingTips

24. When using canned stuff always empty the can. If you have something left pour it into a bowl & store. An open can will rust #CookingTips

25. Now this one I think is most used & needed in my house – to get rid of odors & germs on you chopping board rub with a lemon#CookingTips

26. Greens veggies store the best if  you chop the lower stems and wrap them in aluminum foil and keep in fridge #CookingTips

27. To cook the perfect pasta, boil it in salted water, drain and wash well and then add some drops of olive oil to the same #CookingTips

28. The last one works for noodles too 🙂 #CookingTips

I am thinking of making it a regular feature there and may be will also keep posting here now and than. Also I am doing a #BakingTips today and will post them here tomorrow 🙂

Did you check out what my fellow marathon foodies have been cooking? Srivalli,  Jayashree , PJ, Revathi, Priya and Azeema whom I missed in yesterday’s post.