Cleaning kitchen sink

Use dish washing liquid and scrub to clean.
If stain is heavy wet complete sink sprinkle baking soda leave for few minutes and scrub it

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Cleaning kitchen tiles

Dumpen the stains with vinegar let it sit for few minutes. Clean it with sponge.
Instead of vinegar, baking soda or lemon can be used

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Cleaning heavy bottom aluminium vessel used for frying

√ Remove oil from vessel.
√ clean it with tissue.
√ Add water and lemon pieces with some salt allow to boil for 10 minutes.
√ wash it with dish washing liquid.
√

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Mysore masala dosai

Ingredients
Main ingredient-Dosai
Raw rice - 4 cups
Urad dhal - 1 cup
Gram dhal (or tur dhal) - ¼ cup.
Soak for 3-4 hrs.

Red chutney to spread:
Dry red chillies – bedagi or Kashmiri chillies - 10
Onion - 1 big
Garlic - 3,4 (optional)

Masala
Potatoes - 250 gms – boil, peel & crumble
Onions - 250 gms - cut into thin long pieces.
Green chillies - 3,4 (slit)
Ginger - 1 tsp, finely chopped
Curry leaves - few, chopped
Coriander leaves - few, chopped

To temper in 2 tsp oil:
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp

Methods
Ingredient dosai- Grind smooth & ferment for 12 hrs.

Ingredient red chutney - fry these lightly & make a paste with salt & water

Ingredient masala - n a kadai, heat oil, add the tempering ingredients, ginger, green chillies & onion.

Fry till onion becomes transparent.

Add potatoes, salt., both leaves & mix well.

Some like to add little sugar.

Assembling:

These dosas are made using a mixture of ghee & oil.

Heat a flat tava.

Smear with oil & water on the tava & spread a thin dosa.

Pour the oil-ghee mixture around it.

When the bottom starts turning golden, in just half of it, smear the red chutney lightly.

Wait for a minute for chutney to cook.

Then on the same half, keep  2 tbsp of potato masala.

Fold the other half over this & serve with chutney.

This dosa is not turned over.

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Mushroom sandwich

Ingredients

01 4 slices of white/brown
02 bread
03 Mushrooms- cleaned and sliced
04 Cheese
05 Oil
06 Chopped coriander
07 Salt
08 Pepper
09 Chopped green chilies

Method

1. Saute the chopped mushrooms in oil till all the water dries up.
2. Add salt, pepper and the chopped chillies and saute for a minute.
3. Remove from flame and add the grated cheese and the chopped coriander, and mix lightly.
4. Spread butter on the 4 slices of bread, and spread the mushroom mixture.
5. Place the sandwiches in a toaster and grill.

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Summer tips

01) Adding Curd during summer prevents stomach from infection.

02) Cucumber have great digestive effects.

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