General cookery-related queries & Tips

Hi all,

I am storing Veg. in fridge for 2 weeks to 4 weeks freshely.
I want to share with u all .

Here in my place we won't get Inidan veg.. for getting Inidan grocery we have to go min..45 miles.

so I used to store like this.

To store green chillies
1. Wash it & dry it for some time on a cloth or paper
2.Remove the stems.
3.Wrap it in a Sof tissue paper, & keep in a air tight container (or) any polyethene bag.
4.S o that we can store it for 1 month

For Tomatoes,Papdi(chikkudu kaya),ladies finger,Cocccinia(Dondakaaya),
Goover(goru chikkudu) ,.etc., wash & dry.
To store this veg in fridge wrap it in A soft tissue & keep in a polyethene cover.

NOTE:- REMOVE VEG. FROM FRIDGE WEEKLY ONCE , WIPE IT WITH DRY CLOTH OR TISSUE DRY FOR 1/2 HR AGAIN WRAP &STORE IT. SO fRESHELY U CAN USE TILL 1 MONTH

For karela u can frozen it, Wash karela & let it dry for some time.
chop it what ever shape u want, keep in Ziploc cover or polyethene cover.
& I used to frozen Coccinia,goovar also.
I used to store some Indian leafy veg also .. like Thotakoora, Gongura.
While using this frozen veg..keep in Microwave for 1 or 2 mins & use it.

I think this will help some people whoever won't get Inidan veg.. like us.

I am happy to share these with u all.
Thanku IL
Bye Suneeta

Hi Suneeta,
Those tips are great, my grandmother used to do that.
You have reminded me of the tips...great..
Thanks again

regards
Kalpana

I am newly married.I came here 4 months back.We din't have any indian groccery store near to our place.I used to bring lot of veg.But i don't know how to preserve them freshly for a long time.Now i came to know through you.
Thanku very much

Hi Suneeta,

Thanks for posting good tips for vegs. I am wondering how do you store clinthro( kotti mere) for long time.

HI Kalpana,Rupa & tulasi,
Thanku for ur replies.

Tulasi..I am frozening Cilantro also from last 2 months. That cilantro flavour will not go out.
But i donno is it healthy way to store like that.
For cilantro:-
Wash it ...Drain the water.
Wipe & dry for 1 to 2 hrs on a cloth.
then chop it , put in a Ziplock cover & store in Freezer.

Thanku
Bye
Suneeta

Hi ladies,
Hope everyone is doing great! Im not sure which forum to post this, probably we may need a General Discussion forum under Recipes section?..

Anyway, my question is what do u do to make ur cooking easier? Like What do u do to prep and also Im looking for quick & easy recipes.. I know there are lot of recipes out here from Mrs.CV and other people.. Please point to me which are all much quicker to do.

I would love to watch Indianized version of 30mts cooking by RachelRay if anyone broadcasts that.

Any suggestion please..

Hi Selvi,

How r u and baby boy? Here r some things u can do to make ur cooking easy n quick..........

whenever u get time make ginger garlic paste and store it.
use tomato puree instead of tomatos.make puree n store it.(otherwise u can get readymade puree frm market).
If u r working u can made pastes on weekends.
keep boiled potatos in ur fridge so that when ur lil champ is not in mood to let u go for cooking then u can use that.
boiled potato curry and dry boiled potato dish can b made in 5 minutes.

u can add these potato in any dish like u can add with brinjal,peas,capsicum and cabbage.potato will not take time to cookand brinjal,cabbage,capsicum and peas takes little time to cook.(fry these in some oil ,mix wd tadka n potato n ur dry dish is ready in no time)
Even u can keep ur seasoning(I m not sure word is right)means tadka ready . Make it in big quantity n store it.U can make ur dals quickly by adding this.
just boil the dal and mix this tadka in that.

hope I m of some help.

Hi Selvi,

You can see my recipes in this IL, you go through it and try it. Almost you can cook them quickly and easily.

hi everyone ,
i m planning a party for 30 ppl but kind of confused with the quantity of food.
plz advice me for that menu is as follows.
1.choley,(how much choley will be enough)
2.aloo-gobhi(how many flower of gobhi and how much aloo)
3.aloo-matar-paneer(how much aloo-matarand paneer will be enough)
4.mix veg(how much will all types of vegeis )
5.raita(how much curd will be enough)
6.salad
7.gulab jaamun
8.fruit cream
9.rice(how much)
10.poori(how much floor for poori)

thankyou plz advice me

hi everyone ,
i m planning a party for 30 ppl but kind of confused with the quantity of food.
plz advice me for that menu is as follows.
1.choley,(how much choley will be enough)
2.aloo-gobhi(how many flower of gobhi and how much aloo)
3.aloo-matar-paneer(how much aloo-matarand paneer will be enough)
4.mix veg(how much will all types of vegeis )
5.raita(how much curd will be enough)
6.salad
7.gulab jaamun
8.fruit cream
9.rice(how much)
10.poori(how much floor for poori)

thankyou plz advice me