1) How to prevent oil sprinkles in the kitchen?

Sometimes while cooking, oil sprinkles pop out of the cooking pan and burn the skin. This happens due to the utensils being recently washed due to which they still contain water particles on them. The better option is always prevention, so wipe the utensil dry before pouring oil into it. But just in case you have then what should be done? In such a situation a pinch of salt should be added into the hot oil, after which no oil sprinkles pop out.

2) How to make the vegetable or sauce gravy thick?

If the gravy in your vegetable seems too thin then these tips can be of great help.

• Sometimes you add more water than required and there is a chance of the gravy losing taste so in that case some gram flour can be added into it.
• In case gram flour is not available boiled potatoes can be mashed and be added to it.
• Also if there is a hint of some extra salt, bread can be dipped into the gravy and out, it soaks the extra salt.

3) How to check whether eggs are fresh or stale?

Most of us are fond of eggs.  We consume the eggs in one or the other forms, may be boiled, or taken as a spicy dish. The source may vary, you may either buy to prepare at your home or go to restaurants. But very few of us would be aware of the facts that eggs also get stale and may be rotten too.

Normally we all are not able to recognize whether the eggs (raw and uncooked) supplied to us are fresh or not. But here is a simple way by which you can know about the freshness. What you have to do is just take a beaker full of water. Put the eggs into it and wait for it to settle down. If eggs remains on the top and float on the water, it indicates that they are not fresh. At the same time if they settle down in the beaker they are fresh.

The scientific reason behind this is that as eggs age, gases build up inside the shell making it more buoyant, which makes it to float on water.

So now, check before you eat!!

4) Green vegetables are mini packets of vitamins and minerals

Green vegetables are available all over the world and we all are habituated of consuming it but are you aware of the benefits of green vegetables, the various nutritious value components carried by them.  Even some of them are potential of curing diseases too.

Green vegetables which we all consume should be fresh stored and stale vegetables loses its nutritional values. So beware, that it may happen that despite of consuming green vegetables you may lack essential minerals and vitamins. Fresh green vegetables are actually small packets enriched with calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, zinc, vitamins A, C, E, and K, and they help in strengthening the blood and respiratory components, as they provide essential factors which are required for proper functioning of their individual units. They also provide a variety of phytonutrients including beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin, which protect our cells from damage and our eyes from age-related problems, among many other effects. Dark green leaves even contain small amounts of Omega-3 fats.

Be adventurous and one may look for green vegetables and branch out beyond bright and dark green lettuce, mustard greens, broccoli, Chinese cabbage are juzt a few of the options.