A kitchen is a place where you have always created a lot of memories and spent time fulfilling the family’s demands. It’s time that we share few of the kitchen shortcuts that you might be missing on.
There still would be many things you might be unaware of in your kitchen. It even could be the simplest of the things that one might not have thought about and gone all the way to do it the harder way. We must make sure to do things in a fashion that eases out our routine in the kitchen and hence the great tips below that we present to you today.
Kitchen Tips And Hacks:
1. Peel Ginger with a Spoon:
That’s right! Peeling ginger can be tricky and irritating. With all the irregularities and bumps on it, instead of using a knife or a vegetable peeler, it is time, you reach for a spoon. Scraping ginger skin with spoon makes it simple and comes right off as it follows the contour and the best part is it results into minimal waste.
2. Freeze Liquids in usable Portions:
The best part about freezing liquids is its longevity. And imagine each time you have to remove a small portion of the liquid for use from the larger frozen chunk! Meh! That’s right, keep the liquid in a fashion that it must be pulled out one at a time and added to heat, saving you from opening the whole bottle each time the recipe calls for it. You can as well as shown in the picture freeze it in the ice tray and transfer it into a zip-lock bags once frozen to be used at any time.
3. Use an Immersion Blender:
Immersion blender in the kitchen is a blessing. Whether you have to puree soup by directly dipping it into the pot to get rid of the lumps in the soup or making mayonnaise in 2 minutes. The immersion blender is the right tool for the job. It makes tasks much easier and cleaner than to wash the food processor all over again or to have to transport all the content from one dish to another. It is a valuable asset in kitchen.
4. Keep the Pan Handle Inside:
You must always rotate the pan once you keep it on the gas stove such that the handle does not stick out. In case of the handling sticking out, there are potential risks for you to knock them odd over and be hurt or losing the food to the floor.
5. Freeze as Flat as Possible:
Another freeze trick where you freeze things flat and stack them as much as possible. Be it a stew, soup or grounded meat, the wider and flatter you get them while storing, the sooner and faster they freeze and defrost. Makes sense? The more efficient way helping you to improve on the quality of food as well as the longer the food takes to freeze, the more cellular damage it causes within and suffers. Using a vacuum sealer helps in many cases where the heavy duty freezer bags consume lesser space. When you wish to freeze vegetables, you must always cut them into pieces of 1inch or lesser and blanch with any other green vegetable. Place them on a larger plate or sheet tray such that they are placed apart from each other. You must freeze them before transferring it to another plastic freezer bag or container and storing it flat for space effectiveness.
6. Defrost Meat on Aluminum Trays:
The fastest and most effective way is to defrost meat under a cold running tap. But to save water and speed things up, you must place the meat on an aluminum sheet or tray to defrost. Aluminum being a great conductor of heat, it draws energy from the environment surrounding and helps the meat to defrost faster.
7. Slice Avocados in their Skin:
A great tip to slice avocados for salad or guacamole is to split it into half and remove the put by whacking it with the knife’s heel and twisting it out. Slice directly then into the skin using the tip of the chef’s knife. Scooping it out with a spoon will leave you with slices ready to be used and with lesser mess around the slippery peeled avocado.
8. Peel Garlic:
Peeling a number of garlic could be annoying sometimes as it takes a while to do it right. Soak the garlic in warm water to allow it to peel quickly. Soaking it in 5-10 minutes lets its skin come off very easily. You can as well put a number of garlic in a container and close it. Shake it rigorously to get rid of the peel.
9. Read the Recipe First Before Starting to Cook:
All of us lose patience to read the content thoroughly before moving on to cooking it. Instead, try to read the process first from the recipe book and then follow it exactly as written as in such cases you do not miss a tool or amount the divided ingredient properly.
10. Store Greens and Herbs in a Damp Paper Towel:
The best and easiest way to store the green vegetables and herbs is to use a damp paper towel. Keeping them in plastic only urges them to decay sooner than ever as the lifespan of washed herbs could reduce in the plastic container or bag without it having space to breathe. Instead, place them on a damp paper towel and secure them in a zipping lock bag to seal tightly.
