Household Hints: Remove oil stains from cloth

As soon as the oil is splashed on your dress or cloth, sprinkle talcum powder liberally and keep aside for 1 hour. Now dust away the powder and give a rinse with soap water and dry well. You will be surprised that the oil stain vanishes.

Household Hints: Peeling onions

Peel the onions and keep them immersed in a bowl of water or in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. Now you can cut the onions without shedding tears

Household Hints: Peeling Garlic

Keep the garlic pods in the microwave oven for 30 seconds. Remove and you will find how easy it is to remove the skin of the garlic

Household Hints: Keep your dining table clean

After cleaning the table with a damp cloth, use 1 teaspoon of powdered camphor and sprinkle all over the table. Keep for 5 minutes and wipe off with a dry cloth. Flies, ants and mosquitoes will run away from the smell.

Savory Sukian (sooyan) for Diabetics

Ingredients

1. Green gram dhal - 2 cups
2. Green chilly - 2 nos
3. Ginger - 1/2 inch bit
4. Salt to taste
5. Raw rice - 0.5 cups
6. Urad dhal - 1 tablespoon
7. Turmeric powder - 0.5 teaspoons
8. chilly powder - 0.5 teaspoon
9. Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoon (Chopped)
10. Oil - for frying
11. Asadoetida - 0.5 teaspoons

Procedure

• Wash and cook dhal and drain water
• Grind salt, ginger and green chilly coarsely and add this to the cooked dhal
• Mash it with a spoon 
• Mix chopped coriander and make them to lemon size balls and keep aside
• 0.5 teaspoon of lemon juice can be added if you wish
• Soak rice and urad dhal together for 3 hours
• Wash and grind with salt, red chill powder, turmeric powder and asafoetida to a batter consistency
• Heat oil and dip the dhal balls in the batter and drop one by one in the hot oil
• Fry the balls to golden color
• Keep turning the balls in the oil for uniform frying
• Serve with tomato ketchup or mint chutney

Sweet Sukiyan

சுசியன் / சுகியன் 

Ingredients

1. Channa Dhal - 2 cups
2. Raw Rice - 1/2 cup
3. Urad Dhal - 1 tablespoon
4. Jaggery - 1.5 cups
5. Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
6. Oil for frying - 2 cups
7. Salt to pinch
8. Sugar - 1 teaspoon

Procedure

• Soak rice and urad dhal together for 3 hours
• Grind it to paste by adding sugar and salt
• Make it to a batter consistency and keep aside
• Heat jagger with 0.5 cups of water to a thick syrupy consistency and filter it to remove the dirt
• Wash and cook channa dhal soft 
• Filter the water and mash the dhal with the spoon and add to jaggery syrup with cardamom powder
• Heat this mixture on the stove and keep stirring
• When the mixture is thick, remove and cool
• Make it into lime size balls 
• Now heat the oil well
• Dip each dhal ball into the rice batter and add 4 - 5pieces and deep fry till it becomes golden color.
• Every now and then turn the balls slowly so that they will be uniformly brown.

Rasam Powder

ரசம் பவுடர்


Ingredients

1. Red chilli - 2 cups
2. Coriander seeds - 3 cups
3. Pepper - 3 tablespoons
4. Cumin seeds - 3 tablespoons
5. Toor dhal - 3 tablespoons & Asafoetida - 1 tablespoon (Dry roast both the toor dhal and asafoetida to golden color in a pan)

Procedure

• Add all this ingredients together and grind coarsely in a dry grinder
• Mix well and store it in an airtight container