Kitchen tips for newly married and settled abroad

hi ,

i have one doubt, how to keep green peas lost yesr i kept some but after one month every thing was shrieked...

hi krishnaamma,
i tried to keep green beans in freezer.but after 2-3 days,they all get spoiled ,like it oozes out so much water and i cant even cut them..coul u tell me y this happened?

Hello krishnamma,

Really very nice post... so many tips for the household..now i have somebody to clear my doubts...


Once again

muskaan

Great to see your recipes. I made sambar and rasam powder from you.

I have few doubts, how to preserve bringal and Bindy. Because after 2-3 days its gets spoil eventhough if i keep in the refrigerator. Please give me a solution

Originally Posted by Meenupanicker

Dear krishnamma
Thank you very much for this very useful post.The thing is here in Sharjah we have small cockroaches in our new flat.From where can I get this boric powder and is this patient's wheat sada atta.Is there any harm for health if we put these repellent balls in shelf near our food item
pls reply I am very much worried of these insects

with regards
Meenu

Dear Meenu,

Those balls are made of boric acid so it is harm full. but you can put them in kitchen shelves. being odorless you can put where ever you want but be careful with children they may swallow it.

And at a time you have to put these balls in all rooms. otherwise those cockroaches will migrate from room to room ok ya?

You can search boric powder in Pharmacies but ask as "Boric acid" surely you will get. another one you can use Dubai atta or patient's flour for this.
I think I replied late but explained well.

Originally Posted by deepmishi

Hi Krishnaamma,

I am new to IL infact just joined today. Your tips are very good and useful, I am going to use them from now.
I live in Bangalore (India) and getting married soon. I am basically a north Indain and my would be husband is from Tamil Nadu, these tips will really help me future. I am learning south indian dishes, would apprecite if you could also help me with some. I saw the podi section of urs going to try it today.

Thank you
Deepti

Dear Deepti,

Welcome to IL and my thread. After a long time I am entering here. I am also now in Bangalore. please go through all the threads. If you need any help please let me know. surely I will help you. Dont worry.
All the best

Originally Posted by sudhag3

[These ideas are very good. for buying the detergent powder in bulk ie 4.5kg will not be as fresh as if you buy 2kg for once in two months. I think it will be good and effective.

Hi,

Thank you for stepping in. I am using detergent powder like that only. i dont feel any difference in washing

Originally Posted by luvelife

hi,krishnaamma
your tips are very useful,thank u soo much ....
Its helping me to organise kitchen

Hi Luvelife,

Thank you so much. I am so happy that my tips are helping many people.

Originally Posted by Shilpa23

hi krishnaamma,
I have read ur thread when i joined only once .Everything is getting spoiled in my house within one week itself because of my carelesness.I wasted so many things by not knowing how to store them .But now i will plan all my food items and groceries as u said.When I read ur thread I felt like asking my own mom.I have so many queries to ask.Here I go:

1.We prepare dough for chapatis can we store it for 5 days.If so what is the procedure?My husband likes chapati alot but I can't prepare it daily because of lack of time.

2.How can we store coriander leaves for 15 days.We go to groceries once in 15 days.As u said in ur last posts but by cleaning and storing in cloth is making the coriander dry soon.Can u tell me one more procedure?

3.How long will cut vegetables stay in the fridge?

4.Can we prepare tomato puree with ripen tomatoes to put them in rasam ?Can u tell me the procedure?

5.How long will cut tomatoes and cut onions stay in the fridge?

6.Can we put all flours like maida, besan,wheat flour in ziplock bags and keep outside?

7.How to store green leafy vegetables like spinach ,menthi leaves ,etc?

Basically i am a good cook.But only drawback is i don't how to preserve vegis and grocieries.
All ur tips r really awesome.Sorry for the long post.I felt like asking u.Please don't mind.
I really learnt from u to be organized .My mom used to be like u planning her budget every month not wasting single item at home.I want to be like that, which came to know after reading ur post.Thanks alot krishnaamma.

Dear Shilpa,

Here we go with the answers first. ok?

1. Yes you can store chapati dough in the fridge or in the freezer. If you want to store for 2 days you can keep in the fridge shelf. Just apply oil on dough and roll chappati dough in a aluminum foil and keep it. If you keep the dough as it is it will turn black.

Or you want to store it for more than 2 days you keep it in the freezer in a air tight box. Then you remove from the freezer and defrost it and use. But once you defrost the dough you have to use the dough on that day itself. It is not advisable to keep the defrosted dough again in the de-freezer.

So you have to keep separate separate dough box for each day. ok?

let me answer in another post for all the other questions. Because this post is becoming too lengthy.

2. For Coriander leaves, wash, clean and keep them in de-freezer in a a box which is having hole. That is you can keep coriander, methi leaves in strawberry boxes. Whenever you need remove from the freezer and put them on the dish. But your fridge must be a FROST FREE ONE.

Or you dry them thoroughly and store them in air tight container. whenever you need them crush them and add. That is all. Like this you can do for coriander leaves, curry leaves, pudina and also methi leaves. This is easy way to store.

and you can use those dry crushed leaves to make good lassi also.

3. I generally keep many months. No problem for me.

4. Yes you can make tomato puree and use them for rasam. But generally I wont use preservative. so I will keep tomato puree for only 2 days. If you use preservatives you can keep them for some more days.

Rest in next post.