Want to simplify the cooking process and make your dishes even more delicious? Then be sure to get acquainted with our selection of culinary lifhhakas that relate to vegetables. Cook for fun!
Many women and men admit that they do not like to cook because it takes a long time. To facilitate the process of preparing different dishes, simple lifestyles for vegetables will come to the rescue. You will learn how to properly clean, cook and improve the taste of different foods.
1. Extend the freshness of vegetables
Even in the fridge the vegetables lose their attractiveness after a while, and before returning to the table to restore them to their original appearance, hold them a little in the water, adding vinegar beforehand. You will be surprised at such a magical transformation.
2. The secret to storing potatoes
During storage, the potato can begin to germinate. A simple lyfhak in order to prevent this problem: put a couple of apples in a place where the potatoes are stored. Do you think this will not work? Then be sure to check everything yourself.
3. Tasty aubergines without bitterness
Is it necessary to prepare a dish of eggplant? Then include the pre-treatment in the process. First cut the vegetables, sprinkle them abundantly with salt and mix. Leave it for a while to let the salt soak up all the unnecessary bitterness. Remains only to wash away the salt and you can cook further. Believe me, the eggplant will be perfect.
4. Salad will no longer fade
The problem of lettuce leaves - they quickly fade when stored incorrectly. It is best to put them in a container, cover them with several paper towels, and then close them tightly with a lid. Paper will absorb excess moisture, and the salad will remain crispy.
5. The tricks of cooking onions
The vegetable, from which a lot of people are crying, is included in the recipes of many dishes, so information on how to protect yourself from the corrosive flavor will be welcome. Do not remove the tails from the onions, because it is convenient for them to keep the vegetable, which will simplify and speed up the cutting. An important secret: always wet the knife in cold water, and then no tear drops from the eyes. If you want to reduce the bitterness of onions for some dish, then cut it, and then pour boiling water for a while.
6. Fast baking in a microwave oven
Do you like baked vegetables? Then cook them not in the oven, but in the microwave. The second method accelerates the cooking process and stores the maximum amount of useful substances. Before the process, cut vegetables, put them in a deep container and cover with three paper towels. The cooking time is 2-6 minutes.
7. Beautiful stewed cabbage
Favorite food of the Russian people - stewed cabbage, which is eaten separately and cooks with it other dishes. During the heat treatment, the cabbage becomes brown and unattractive in appearance. There is a secret to preserve the beauty of cabbage: chop it, pour it with boiling water and pour cold water for a minute. Squeeze out excess water and cook in the usual way.
8. Not such a hot chilli pepper
Chili is used in cooking to spice up the dish, but not many like it too spicy, and will help in this matter interesting advice. Remove the seeds from the pepper, in which the main acuity is concentrated, and the flesh soak in cold water for 20 minutes.
9. Remove the skin in a couple of seconds
To prepare different dishes you need to use tomatoes, which must be heat-treated. So that the skin does not spoil the overall impression, it is recommended to remove it from the vegetables first. You need to take the tomatoes, make them cross-shaped notches and lower them for a couple of minutes into boiling water. As a result, the peel will become soft, it can be easily removed.
10. To keep the potatoes dark
The information that the potato after cleaning becomes dark is not news. If you can not cook the peeled vegetables at once, then put them in a bowl with cool water and add a little milk. This simple secret will help to keep the appetizing kind of potatoes.
11. Now even more useful broccoli
Scientists have long proven that broccoli is the most useful kind of cabbage, but there are ways how to make it even more useful. Experts recommend to prepare it with mustard, in which there are substances that promote better absorption of B vitamins, and they are in large quantities contained in this cabbage.
12. The correct method for storing celery
Thanks to the following culinary lifhak, it is possible to extend the shelf life of celery, so that it lasts longer and fresh and useful. To do this, it is recommended to wrap it in foil and send it to the refrigerator.
13. Accelerated beet boiling
Refuse dishes with beets because it takes a long time to cook it. There is a simple lifhak to speed up the cooking process: first boil the root in boiling water for half an hour, and then put it under cold water. Due to a sharp temperature drop, the beet will quickly reach its end.
14. The ideal method of cooking vegetables
Many noticed that after cooking, vegetables lose their bright color and become dull, but there is a way how to prevent it. To save not only beauty but also good, it is recommended to lower vegetables in boiling water, cook for no more than 3-5 minutes, and then immediately send them to ice water.
15. Rapid removal of seeds
Many vegetables have seeds that need to be removed, according to the recipes of some dishes. For example, you can take cucumbers. To quickly cope with the task. Use a teaspoon, and if you have a nouazette (a special spoon for carving) with sharp edges, the process will be even simpler.
16. Quick cleaning of garlic
If you need to clean a lot of garlic, do not worry that it will take half a day, because there is a simple and effective way. Divide the heads into slices (the easiest way to do this is by hitting the lower part of the palm with it sharply), put everything in a bowl and cover with a second vessel, suitable for the size. Take the containers in their hands and shake them a few times. You will be surprised when you see that all the denticles are peeled. Will only cut the tips.