For a smart kitchen

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smart-kitchen.jpgIt’s cool to be hands on in the kitchen even if you have staff to do the work. Whether for your own pleasure or to entertain, cooking for family and friends is an intimate touch, which is greatly appreciated. This is no longer a chore what with the slew of hi-tech gadgets available today. Health is also an issue and one wants safer, better products to ensure a healthier lifestyle.

Ovens, cook-tops and grills

You can cook in style, and comfort. Induction cook tops are the way to go. Not only are they safer and faster but they are also easier to clean and more energy efficient. There are self cleaning ovens and what could be smarter than that.

ovens-cook-tops-and-grills.jpgAll these come with range hoods, which reduce kitchen odors. Tandoori dishes are a big part of Indian cuisine. Traditional tandoors emit a lot of smoke and such cooking is usually done outdoors. The smokeless grills available today enable healthier cooking in a smokeless environment and so can be done indoors as well. Those harmful carcinogens are eliminated, not to mention the fumes and tears.

Fridges and freezers

Fridges and freezers

Refrigerators are bigger and better and come with several add-ons all at the touch of a button. Food preservation is top priority but cooling mechanisms are graded for different functions. The Chardonnay or Merlot to accompany your meal can be stored in the wine cooler section. Ice water and ice cube dispensers on the fridge door are nothing new but snazzier options are now on offer. How about a high definition LCD television screen fitted on the front door of the fridge. A built-in radio with accompanying speakers is also part of the deal. You won’t miss your favorite programmed. In fact, you could still follow the cookery show and turn out the specials.

Waste disposers

Waste disposers

It is smart dispose of waste efficiently. Waste disposers attached below the sink, grind and treat organic food waste, enabling it to be discharged without clogging the drainage system. Food stored overnight and then thrown in garbage cans give rise to odor and encourage rodents. With waste disposers, each household can treat garbage in a safe, hygienic manner. The result is a germ free, odorless kitchen. These are only some of the innovations you can use for a more convenient kitchen. Every facet of the kitchen from tiles to taps, pots to purifiers and hobs to humidifiers comes in a smart option. These hi-tech appliances are exclusive but more importantly, promote a healthier lifestyle.

Coffee-makers

Be it the breakfast brew. After dinner coffee or anytime coffee going by current lifestyles, there are machines available that make coffee brewing smart and hassle free. Starting from scratch. Integrated grinder units grind fresh coffee beans for your espresso. For those who prefer decaf, there are models, which feature a pre-ground coffee chute. If cappuccino is your choice, it’s there at the touch of a button. The Cappuccinatore comes with a frothing nozzle to instantly deliver creamy cups of coffee.

Colorful fruits and vegetables

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Colorful fruits and vegetables provide a wide range of color pigments, vitamins, minerals, and physiochemical that our body needs to maintain good health and energy levels, and prevent disease. So what color should you be looking out for?

          Red signifies colored pigments like anthocyanins, lycopene, betacyanins, which are antioxidants. These neutralize free radicals that can cause damage to cells. Fruit sources include strawberries, raspberries, cherries, cranberries, pomegranate, red grapes, plums, zizyphus (ber), tomatoes, red guavas. Vegetables include carrot, beetroot, tomatoes, red peppers, red radish. The blue / purple denotes the presence of anthocyanin observed in brinjal, purple grapes, plums, blue berries, phalsa, jamoon. Dr. Gangwani, a well renowned Nutritionist from Pune gives an idea of a nutritional winter diet, “Carrots, radish, tomatoes & cucumber can be taken in the form of salads or juices but we should prefer a salad over juices to have a good amount of fiber in a diet. While enjoying eating in winter we should keep in a mind about keeping a body weight in normal limits so we should not indulge on high calorie food… soups made up from different vegetables are good form of nutrition as they are usually low fat. Preferably we should have home made fresh soups. We can prepare filling soups by making thick soups with addition of cornflour like agents.” Essentially anthocyanins are known for their anti-inflammatory properties and thus offer a protective environment within the body, keeping cancers at bay and keeping internal layer of blood vessels healthy thereby preventing progression of heart disease. Many of these fruits and vegetables are used as juices, which may further enhance the availability of colored pigments.

          Orange and yellow fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of antioxidants such as vitamin C as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoid; phytochemicals that are help maintain good health. Rich in vitamin B complex and carotene, they enhance the immune system, improve eyesight and skin health. A right blend of fiber, vitamins and other micronutrients and antioxidants provide them the unique power to prevent a whole host of diseases.

          The orange color signifies the presence of pigments like beta carotene in carrots, mangoes, apricots, cantaloupe (kharbooja), pumpkin and sweet potato and beta cryptoxanthin in oranges. The yellow range relates to pigments like lutein, zeaxanthin in corn.    

          Green signifies chlorophyll, which is an inherent part of leafy vegetables and fruits. This pigment is a storehouse of beta carotene, flavanoids and physiochemical such as lutein and indoles, with heart protective and anticarcinogenic properties. All the green vegetables also provide a host of other nutrients like magnesium, potassium, iron, vitamin C, riboflavin and good quality fats. This combination works synergistically to protect bones, improve gut environment, lower glycemic response and strengthen heart functioning by regulating blood lipids and blood pressure levels. Get the greens from veggies like chaulai, bathua, spinach, fenugreek (methi), mustard, coriander, mint, mayalu, shepu (sua ka saag), ambadi ki bhaji, curry leaves, drum stick leaves, lettuce, raddish leaves, cabbage leaves cauliflower leaves, colacasscial (patra-patta), all green beans like French beans, capsicum, and peas. Fruits like pears, guava, green grapes are also rich in flavonoids, a powerful antioxidant. These fruits should be consumed with the skin to reap maximum benefits, as a majority of flavonoids are concentrated under the skin. The white color indicates the presence of a pigment called anthoxanthins, a major anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Vegetables like onion, garlic, raddish, cauliflower, turnip and fruits like banana, guava are all loaded with these phyto nutrients.

          Dietary recommendations say that you should have a minimum of three bowls of vegetables (lightly cooked/salads) and two fruits a day but make sure you balance the colors in your fruits and vegetables to get the most benefits.

Use of different paper in kitchen.

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Nowadays housewife is use different type of paper in them kitchen. Mostly housewife used three type of paper.

  1. Tissue paper (kitchen role).
  2. cling rape (cellophane paper-one type of thin paper which is use for cover pot.)
  3. Aluminum foil(brown paper)

All paper is very much useful in your kitchen. They are use for packing, storing and backing.Brown paper are take up more oil from fry item. Tissue paper is good for keeping chapatti and piranhas. It take up steam form them. It is hygienic also.When you back anything in oven, they do not get brown. Chapatti or sandwich are rapped in cellophane paper, they are fresh for long time. Foods which are kept in freeze are cover by cellophane paper. So, food is not mixed with each other and they do not come out. Cellophane paper are attached with pot .So, it is airtight.Aluminum foils use for packing. Snacks pots are cover by aluminum foil. So, it becomes fresh for long time. Aachar jar cover by aluminum foil. so, they do not go for spoiled. At the time 0of traveling food are pack in aluminum foil. So, it keeps fresh for long time.

Some useful tips for house wife.

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  • In winter season curd is not become fastly.For that milk is warmly hot and add 1 - spoon of curd.
  1. Keep this bowl in pressure cooker and close the pressure cooker.Keep it on gas for 5 minutes.Curd is ready.
  2. Bowl is also keep in hot pack or case role.Curd become fastly.
  • When you cooked vegetables,there is add sugar candy .vegetables cooked green.
  • When you boil the milk,you apply butter on the corner of bowl.Milk is do not comes out.
  • There is add pinch of salt which removes burning smell.
  • You take piece of charcoal in one dish and keep it in freeze.So,do not comes smell of any food.
  • When you back the cake,Oven set at high temperature for 20 minutes.After that transfer it low temperature.So,do not get burn.
  • In suger or any sweet thing comes ants.For that There is add laving and draw line of turmeric.
  • When you cooked dhosa,apply oil on dhosa pan before one night.Rub potato or onion on pan.So, dhosa do not sticked.
  • If salt taste is high in daal or gravy vegetable,there is add some gram flour.Or you canbe add pieces of potatoes with out removing chhal.
  • In cooked vegetable keep piece of bread which removes smell of burning.
  • In water add soda.and clean kitchen ,oven or gas which removes marks of oil,ghee or turmeric.
  • Take 2- spoon of wheat flour.put it one henky and tie it by sting.Put it in boil milk .So, kheer becomes cream coloured.
  • In ghee put one nagarvel leaf.So. ghee is become fresh for long time.
  • When you are cut bringel,there is add pinch of salt in water.they do not become black.

Some Packaging Tips

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AEROSOL

Aerosols are made from rigid metal and contain compressed gases that are used to expel the product by depressing a button or trigger on top of the packaging. Aerosols usually have rigid, firmly fitting lids that prevent the accidental depressing of the button should the packaging be dropped.

Packaging Material Values associated with Aerosol;

Metal

BAG

The contents of Bags will usually have been poured into the Bag during the packaging process and as a result the contents of a Bag can be moved around within the bag.

Bags are usually free standing (unlike a packet or sachet) and with straight sides such that the top of the Bag is the same size as the base. The Bag is usually free standing due to its having a flattened base and its shape holding the contents in such a way as the contents produce the rigidity. Bags can be folded and glued at both ends, usually the case with paper Bags, or more often heat sealed as is the case with plastic and foil Bags.Bags usually contain powdered products such as flour or dry, granular products ranging from coffee beans to pasta.Bags of these kind usually contain products that will not all be used in a single instance hence the need for the bag to remain upright after opening so it’s remaining contents do not get spilled. Bags of this kind may come with sticky tabs or similar devices to help keep the bag closed after its initial opening and use.

In some cases bags do not have a flattened base and so they are not free standing. However they still comply to the physical features of the base and top being of equal size, the contents having been poured into the Bag and so the Bag adopting its shape as it’s filled and the contents being free to move around to some degree within the Bag.The contents of Bags of this kind are often products that are consumed in a single sitting such as crisps (chips), nuts, snacks, bite size confectionery etc. or products that are individually wrapped within the Bag such as sugar based, boiled confectionery.

Packaging Material Values associated with Bag;

· Paper

· Foil & Plastic

BASKET

Baskets are not rigid as they are made from interwoven wicker, straw or flexible wood. They can be of different shapes (round, oval, rectangular, etc.) and different measures, and sometimes they have handles. Baskets are open on top but are usually covered by a plastic or acetate film holding the products in place. Baskets are used as a packaging mainly for confectionary products, dried fruit or nuts, but also for a variety of products often sold as assortment packs.

Packaging Material values associated with Basket:

Wicker

BLISTER PACK

Blister packs are made of clear plastic moulded to encompass the product but still enable the consumer to see the product.Blister Packs may be set on a cardboard backing or have a cardboard or paper inlay upon which is printed the branding, pricing, manufacturers information. These packages are not vacuum packed and usually are not re-sealable as once opened the product never requires re-packaging. This is often true of household and durable products sold “hanging”.

For edible products, especially fresh, Blister Packs usually consist totally of plastic with a sticky paper label upon which is printed the branding, pricing, manufacturers information. These packs are also not vacuum packed though they are frequently resealable in case the edible is not consumed in a single sitting.

Packaging Material Values associated with Blister Packs

· Cardboard & Plastic

Plastic

BOTTLE

Bottles come in many varied shapes and forms though are most commonly to be found made of rigid plastic or glass. Metal bottles are also found sometimes. Plastic bottles often have ridged patterns designed to aid the rigidity of the bottle and not specifically as a form of decoration. Traditionally bottles were designed to pour products when not all of the contents may have been required at a single time and hence the fact that the bottle opening is narrower than the body of the bottle and frequently a bottle has quite discernable shoulders and often a neck to aid controlled pouring. Consequently Bottles almost always contain liquids or wet products that require pouring such as cooking oils and drinks however there are occasionally dry products in bottles, again where a pouring action is required, such as powder carpet fresheners.Whilst traditionally designed for pouring, other more consumer friendly methods of dispense are now common and these are visible from the neck of the Bottle where triggers, pumps, sports/anti-spill features may be present to aid dispense. These features should not detract from the fact that the fundamental Packaging is a Bottle and will usually be captured in a separate Characteristic Type that describe particular features of the bottle. The principle that they are all still Bottles is demonstrable by the fact that whatever the various dispense methods, the lid can usually be removed from the bottle and put onto a refill bottle that came with a simple screw top.Also note that that some Bottles, particularly in Personal Care, have protective lids that are as wide as the shoulders of the bottle and thus indicate that the aperture may be as wide as the shoulders, however once this lid is removed it is clear the product has an aperture discernibly narrower that the bottle itself.

Packaging Material Values associated with Bottle;

  • Glass
  • Plastic

· Metal

NB; Packaging types that are themed upon a bottle will only be issued with unique values if that packaging type can only be used in the format it was supplied. For example a household cleaner with a pistol/trigger can be used with the trigger or the trigger removed and the contents poured. However a roll-on deodorant can only be used in the manner in which it is supplied and therefore Roll-ON may be considered suitable for a unique Packaging Type value.

BOUND

A cardboard, plastic or strong paper wrapping that only partially encloses the product such that a significant element of the product is exposed to the touch. The binding displays the branding and manufacturer information. Packaging of this kind is common on durables, hosiery etc. and often products may be suspended from a rail via a hole in the binding.Unlike Wrapped, Bound products are glued or sealed and so once the binding is removed the product cannot easily be re-wrapped.

Packaging Material Values associated with Bound;· Cardboard

· Plastic and Paper

BOX

Boxes are rigid, often made form cardboard or wood though never from metal, and can be resealable or non resealable.

Boxes are not airtight and because they are not airtight, where used in conjunction with foodstuffs and liquids, Boxes often contain a bag inside to hold the contents for example wine boxes, breakfast cereals, laundry detergent flakes.If the box contains a liquid it must have a bag inside to hold the liquid. If there is no bag inside the box then the packaging should be coded as a Carton (see packaging = carton).If the Box possesses hinges then it should be coded as a Case.

Packaging Material Values associated with Box;· Cardboard and Wood

Grow your own fresh Vegetables.

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WE often wonder whether the red tomatoes, the golden mangoes and the purple brinjals in the market are real or chemically colored. Some people tamper with nature to produce appealing vegetables and fruits. The best way to have healthy vegetables is to grow our own kitchen garden.Fresh vegetables

It is not difficult. Green chillies.coriander and other such greens can even be grown in a pot or a window basket. A 200 square meter plot can take care of the vegetables for a family of 6. This plot should get very good sunlight. Tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables cannot grow without substantial sunlight. While sunlight is good for root vegetables like beets and carrots, leafy vegetables need more shade.
A good land preparation at the right time maximizes the growth factors. Monsoon will be arriving few weeks from now. Hence this is the best time to start the kitchen garden. Buy seeds according to seasons, your requirement and the amount of vegetables you would need for your family. While buying them enquire about the sowing and spacing technique of the seeds. For leafy vegetables you can sprinkle the seeds and cover them with more soil. For others you might need furrow planting while some can be transplanted another crucial factor for plant growth is water. However, you cannot water the kitchen garden the way you water your flower pots. These plots need abundant supply of water. Your vegetable garden needs regular irrigation for 10 days after sowing. You can then bring it down to twice or thrice every week. The soil should never be totally dry, it needs! Constant moisture. Insecticides should be used only!
if absolutely necessary. Otherwise the plants can grow naturally without interference.
Harvesting is your time to pluck the fruits of your labor. Remove the ripe vegetables as soon as! they mature to avoid I rotting.
Your kitchen garden will thrive with | your seeds of effort and patience. You can grow almost all vegetables in your garden. It needs time and patience but the results are heavenly. After a couple of months, all you need to do is walk down to your own sabzi market I to get a bag full of healthy foods.

SOME KITCHEN HOUSE HOLD TIPS

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  • To remove oil of unripe banana from palm, scrub their by lemon.
  • In soup ,use pop corn in place of frutones ,soup becomes tasty.
  • In wheat flour mixed rice flour chappati becomes white and soft.
  • In wheat flour add some soybean flour ,chappati have more protine.
  • In wheat flour add some milk ,poori and parotha becomes soft and tasty.
  • To remove blots of mud and mire in rainy season ,there is apply boiled potatoes water.Wash that and after wash that cloth by soap.
  • Iron pan or other iron utensils are not incrustation after washing.For that after clean it ,apply oil in them.Iron are not incrustation by oil.
  • Incense stick is burn after misted it.So, it is burns for long time. and giving much and good smell for long time.
  • If bread is dried .do not throw it.It is add in gravy.So, grave become dark and tasty.
  • Cutted fruits are keep in sugar candy water .They do not go for blackish.
  • Lemon keep with salt. lemon is fresh for long time.
  • Ant is do not go in honey .there is add 4-5 blackpeper in honey bottle.
  • Add paste of garlic and onion ,gravy becomes tasty.
  • If you add more salt in daal or vegetable,there is add one table spoon brown sugar.
  • At the time of washing of glass,there is expand thick towel in wash basin.If pots are
    fall down ,they do not broken down.
  • When you are cook vegetable of lady finger,there is add some drop of lemon juice.So, vegetable do not become oily.
  • When you are fry poori or pakoda.there is add pinch of salt.It is saving oil.
  • Tharmos wash with thin butter milk.So, there is remove bad smell of tea and coffee.
  • If you are eating more rice ,you will drink warm water.
  • Hair is wash with mixture of water and alum,hair comb become new.
  • If you are drink more water, You are eat ajwain.
  • To remove blots from non stick pan ,take 1- cup of water,half cup of vinegar and two spoon baking soda.Keep it in that pan for 10 minutes and boil it.
  • If you want fresh honey for long time,There is add 3-4 laving.

Kitchen recipe tips

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  • Gram dal is dip in water for 7-8 hours.They are grind slight big.There are mixed in it curd,chilly and ginger.They are placed for fermentation for 7-8 hours.After 7-8 hours there are mixed salt and sugar candy in fermented liquid. they are mixed well.Take this mixture in dish and mixed well soda in them. they are placed in metal vessel in which have some water. Boil it for 10 minutes. Then becoming tasty khaman like dhokla .Both are Gujarati recipe.Both recipe are very tasty and soft.
  • When you are boiled chhole , there is placed tea bag there. So,that chhole becoming nice co loured which is black co loured.
  • Take garlic. red chilly powder, dry coriander seeds and salt as taste.Mix well and grind them. Add lemon juice 2-3 drops and mixed well them. Becoming very tasty chatny-paste.This chatny-paste is freeze.It do not spoiled for 10-15 days and taste is also good.
  • Take some green coriander leaves, some nimbi leaves,green chilly and salt as taste.Grind them very well.If do not grind well, you can be add slight water in them. Add 4-5 drops of lemon in it and mix well.Tasty chatny-paste is ready to it. If this chatny-paste is freeze ,it do not spoiled. But after 2-3 days it is spoiled.
  • Boiled moog dal in cooker for 10 minutes.There is mixed with curd garlic, ginger, red and 2-3 green chilly ,2-3 black peeper, salt as taste.By addition of vadhar in it, daal is becoming very tasty.