Cooking tips

• To boil a cracked egg, add some vinegar to the water and place the egg in it. The egg shell will remain inside.
• To make your omelettes more spongy and soft, add two - three spoons of milk to the egg batter and mix properly.
• Store mushrooms in paper bags rather plastic bags or trays. This stops them from becoming ‘slimy/black’ and prolongs their life.
• While cooking cabbage, add a bay leaf. This will reduce the smell during cooking and also give a subtle flavor.
• Sprinkle some salt in a frying pan to prevent oil from splashing.
• After preparing fresh meat stock, refrigerate the stock for a few hours. The fat solidifies on the surface of the stock. Simply remove this solidified fat.
• Soak two slices of bread in a cup of coconut-water and with half a tablespoon of sugar. Then blend and use the mix in your idli or hoppers batter to ferment it.