How to Clean a Cutting Board-How to Clean and Disinfect a Chopping Board

Chopping board/cutting board is used on a regular basis in our kitchens. It is necessary to keep the board clean and free of germs. Find some easy natural tips to keep the chopping board clean and germ free.




How to clean a wooden cutting board or plastic cutting board on a regular basis


Once you finish chopping, do not leave the chopping board as such. Wash it immediately once your

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How to Grow Mint at Home in Pots-How to Grow Pudina

Growing Mint or for that matter any herbs is very easy and you do not need much space. A small balcony is enough to start a herb garden. As mint is easy to grow, you can start your own herb garden with mint. Homegrown mint is fragrant, flavorful, tastes better than what you get in the market and of course pesticide free. Today we will learn how to grown mint easily at home in pots/bags.




How

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Falooda Sev Recipe-How to make Falooda Sev at Home

Falooda is a very popular dessert made by combining rose syrup, falooda sev,basil (sabza/takmaria) seeds, sweetened milk and ice cream. Falooda sev is usually made with arrowroot powder or cornflour. Today I am going to share with you how to make falooda sev at home from scratch using cornflour.








Falooda Sev Recipe




 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time : 10 mins 
 Recipe Category: How

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How to Grow Vallarai at Home

The botanical name of vallarai is "Centella asiatica" and is commonly known as centella and Gotu kola. It is known as Indian Penny Wort in English. When I posted Vallarai Thuvaiyal recipe, I got many queries asking me how to grow vallarai at home, hence this post. Vallarai as we all know is a medicinal herb and is are used for improving memory and curing many diseases. You can make many dishes

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How to Preserve Peas-How to Blanch and Freeze Green Peas

Now it is peas season and we find fresh peas in abundance in the market at a very low price. I usually buy it in bulk, preserve and store it for later use. The method of preserving peas at home is quite simple. Today I am going to sharing with you how to preserve peas in the freezer for a longer period of time with step wise pictures.








How to Preserve Peas-How to Blanch and Freeze Peas

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Instant Breakfast Recipes-15 Quick Breakfast Recipes (Indian)-Cooking tips for working women

Are you a working women looking for healthy and instant breakfast recipes? If yes, you have come to the right place. I have compiled 15 quick and easy recipes which include bread recipes, poha recipes, South Indian breakfast recipes, Instant dosa recipes, oats recipes and upma recipes. These recipes will save you a lot of time in the morning and make your time in the kitchen, a pleasurable one.

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How to Peel Garlic Easily

We all know that garlic is good for health and we should include it in our diet regularly to enjoy its numerous health benefits, but peeling garlic is so time consuming and many avoid it because of that. Some people even hate to peel garlic. Peeling garlic is not so difficult as many think. Here are few easy ways to peel garlic.





1.First slightly cut of the root end of the garlic clove.


2

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Baking Tips for Beginners-Baking Basics

I am receiving too many questions regarding baking, so I decided it is high time to do a separate post on baking tips for beginners. I am not a professional baker or an expert in baking but will share with you what I know and what I learn't from my personal experiences and from various books on baking. 



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Baking tips for Beginners


1.Measurement is very

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How to put border for your photos in photoshop

How to put border for your photos in photoshopYou do not have to spend a fortune or own a super camera for your photos to look presentable . Even small things like adding a border to your photos will make it stand out. Following request from some friends, I will be sharing tips on how to create a header, how to merge photographs as I have done in my palak paneer recipe, how to create banners, and

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Kitchen Tips-Cooking tips

Here are a few Kitchen tips to make your time in the kitchen easierAdd 2 tsp of water to the egg mixture to get fluffy omelette.To peel baby onions/pearl onions easily,soak them in cold water for 20 minutes.Use warm water for kneading dough to get soft rotis.Add a pinch of salt to the water while boiling eggs to prevent the egg shells from cracking.Add a little rice flour to the wheat

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Tips to prevent Cancer and Awards

Wish You all a Very Happy Women's day

Tomorrow (March 8th) is not only International Women's Day, for me it is also my Father's Birthday. He was my source of inspiration and taught me so many things. He taught me to love others, he taught me to be patient, taught me to be persistent in what I do, gave me the courage, mental strength to face tough situations in life. If not for him I will not be

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How to compost naturally?

As I have mentioned earlier, that my blog is not just to share recipes but also to create awareness on subjects which I am passionate about. Now-a- days most of the food we eat consist of traces of chemical fertilizers and pesticides which is very harmful for our health. It causes diseases like cancer and other chronic illness. It is difficult to source organic products and mostly the price is

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Cleaning tips

I started this blog not only to share the recipes that I cook for my family but also to share with my buddies interesting facts and tips.In this post I am sharing few cleaning tips which you might find useful. For coffee and tea stain, dust some talcum powder in that area and then wash as usual.Lemons are excellent stain remover. Fruit juice stain, ice cream stain, ink stain can be removed by

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