Handy Household tips
Posted on: 21/Jul/2018 11:39:05 AM
- In case the ink on the rubber stamp pad has dried completely, add a few droplets of ultramarine blue – it will resume operations.
- While making filter coffee, remember to keep the bottom of the filter for a few seconds before adding the coffee powder. Decoction will strain more quickly and easily.
- Washing/cleaning teeth using the inside skin of pomegranate fruit after removing the inside material will strengthen the teeth, Further, the teeth will start shining.
- Add some small quantity of tender coconut water in the lime bottle – this will prevent the lime from going completely dry quickly.
- To remove the strong and sticky dirt and dust on the ceiling fans/blades, dip a piece of cloth in kerosene and use this to wipe the fan clean. Subsequently, clean with another cloth. The sticky dirt/dust on the fan will be gone.
- Add 4 tablespoons of vinegar in half-a-bucket of water and use this to wash.clean jeans clothes items. This will prevent from fading.
- Is the smell of the new paint persisting even after considerable time? Keep a filled bucket of water in each room. The smell will be gone.
- While driving nails on the wall, apply some coconut oil on the tip of the nail – this will help the nail to get driven into the wall easier.
- If some parts of the kitchen walls are stained with oil, paint a mixture of lime with kerosene.
- When brushing the edges of the sharp knives with some coconut oil, they will retain their sharpness.
- In case time is short for boiling the milk n the milk packet, keep it in water for some time – you can use it sometime later, maybe up to 3 hours later.
- In order to increase the shelf life of the sweet items, give a coating of honey on each piece.
- Did you forget to boil the milk? Are you apprehensive the milk will get curdled while boiling? Don’t worry – add a pinch of baking soda in the milk. It won’t curdle.
- Keep a small piece of jaggery in the ghee jar for a very long shelf life.
- In order to keep tomato and lime fresh, keep them in salt water.
- Sieve the wheat flour and then mix it with a pinch of table salt to prevent entry of insects
- Do not get apprehensive whether the kept curd will turn sour. Keep a piece of coconut inside – it won’t sour.
- In case the apple tastes sour, peel of the skin, chop into smaller pieces, add a pinch of salt, chili powder, fenugreek powder, and asafoetida and sauté with the usual ingredients (mustard, black gram seeds, etc,). A new pickle is ready.
- In order to break coconut into 1 exact halves, keep it under water for some time and then break.
- Peek of the coriander leaves from the bunch, clean, and rinse with water, dry and then keep in an air-tight container. It will last far longer.
