Vegetable or Fruit Wash

Hello friends! How do you wash your fruits and vegetables to get rid of harmful pesticides and wax?? Many of you might be aware of store bought fruit and vegetable wash, but now we gonna  make our own home  made "Vegetable wash or Fruit wash",I have been using this for past six months and I really want to share this post with you guys. This recipe works perfect and will remove dust, dirt, wax and kills any little bugs.These days all fresh produce even organic need good and healthy wash or you can say organic wash. 

There is no exact serving for this recipe,  a little more or less will not harm. Today I am showing two different  methods to wash your fruits and veggies, lets move to first method....

Ingredients..
        Distilled Vinegar and lemon juice

According to "Colorado State University", blending lemon juice with vinegar mixture makes it more effective by Increasing the acidity. This can help kills large amount of bacteria.

Let's start with first step......

• Always wash your hands before washing fruits and veggies.
• Fill sink with clean cold tap water (Don't forget to clean sink before washing your hand one thing more be sure you put water stopper before filling sink with water).
• Now add vinegar (3 parts water 1 part vinegar) 1 lemon juice and stir.

• add your fruits and vegetables and soak for 10 to 15 minutes, if some of the fruits or vegetables bob to the top just swirl them around in the water and rub gently with fingertips for a few minutes and rinse well

• After deep rinse, dry it with clean kitchen towel.

• Never cut or peel fruits and veggie before washing them.
• When working with cabbage & lettuce discard the outer layer but don't fail to wash the inner layers.
• Always wash your Pineapple, melons, oranges, squash and other produce before cutting and peeling, the produce will transfer contaminants to the edible flesh.

Lets move to second method.......
 Some produce such as raspberries, ladyfinger should not be soaked in water just spray with fruit wash and leave it for sometimes and rinse under cold water.

  
Ingredients......

Water                        1cup
Lemon juice             1tsp
Baking Soad           1tsp

Use.....

• put all the above ingredients into a spray bottle and shake gently to mix, then spray on the veggies and fruits,  allow it to sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then rinse under cold water, dry with clean kitchen towel.    

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Ghee (Clarified Butter)

Ghee or Clarified butter is  milk fat rendered from butter separate the milk solids and water from the butterfat. Ghee is the main ingredient of Indian Cuisine. It is very easy to make ghee at home. Just slowly melt butter in a pan over medium low heat. As butter solid melts some of  the water will evaporate as water is heavier than butterfat, some will sink to the bottom of pan and some will rise to the surface as foam. Ghee will be stay fresh for several months. Ghee has a high smoke point for making it perfect for cooking and adds incredible flavor. I am from Rajasthan, in Rajasthani cooking ghee is the main ingredient, like( daal baati, gatte ki subzi, pachkuta, etc...)  

Ghee is the great source of vitamin K and it is great for skin, teeth and especially for nails and hairs. Ghee has more intense flavor and more nutrients.

Ingredients....

Unsalted butter
Wooden spoon
Large deep heavy bottom pan


Method:-
1. For this recipe, I am using 4lb unsalted butter. Heat unsalted butter in heavy bottom pan at medium high flame.

2. Once butter stick  melts, reduce heat to medium low.

3. It will slowly start bubbling and boiling.

4. No worries about spilling over.( thats why we are using large deep bottom pan.) After few minutes you will see foam rising to the top and milk solids start settle at bottom of the pan and the butter getting transparent. At that point lower the heat and keep on simmering.  (This process may take 30 to 45 minutes)

 5. Make sure not to burn the solids at the bottom of the pan. They should be remain deep yellow color with tinges of brown in them. The foam at the top will slowly disappear and will settle at the bottom of the pan.

6. Once its done the ghee is transparent light golden brown. At that point switch off the stove.

7. Once ghee hits  room temperature,Strain the ghee through a fine strainer and discard the solid deposit. Ghee doesn't need refrigeration. 

 Note.....Luke warm ghee is the best ointment for babies diaper rashes.  

Homemade Condensed Milk

Homemade "Condensed Milk", sounds pretty interesting, right??. Condensed milk is also knows as milkmaid. Canned condensed milk, easily available in market but I prefer to make my own because homemade "condensed milk" is always handy and far better than the one available in market. So, why  not make your own condensed milk at home, it just takes couple of minutes and very few ingredients.

I tried several  different recipes to make perfect condensed milk and finally I found the best one . Today I am thrilled to share super easy to make "condensed milk" recipe. This "condensed milk" recipe should work in any recipe that calls for canned condensed milk and I am so happy to share with you guys. The below procedure will make half tin of "Condensed Milk".

Ingredients:-

•  Milk powder--1/2cup
• Powdered sugar--1/4cup
• Water--1/4cup
• Butter--1 1/2tbsp

Instructions.....


In a bowl add milk powder, powdered sugar, butter.

 Now lets add butter (unsalted butter)

add boiling water and whisk it or blend it until you get smooth lumps free Condensed milk.

its ready!!!!!.:-)
  

See how nicely spoon float in Condensed milk. Store in air tight container and store it in  refrigerator.

Deseed a Pomegranate

Pomegranate is the best fruit of winter. Pomegranate grows on small trees (16-26 ft) between September to February, it is  delicious to eat and is a good  antioxidant. Pomegranate seeds has fabulous health benefits like..full source of fiber, vitamins C & K, which helps in building immunity. They are also full of phytochemical, anthocyanins, polyphenol which potent cancer fighting antioxidants. It also helps burn fat and speed up metabolism, has good sugar that will not spike your blood glucose level as well as helps to regulate blood pressure.Pomegranate are the precious  jewel of Autumn, and there seeds looks like Ruby.

 Pomegranate can be used in making juices, smoothies, garnish, desserts, cocktails, wines, cooking, salads etc... but it is not easy to  deseed a pomegranate. Here, I am going to explain a easy technique to deseed a pomegranate. The best part of this technique is that  you will  be happy at the end. Pomegranate is tough and leathery  from outside, but when you crack it open, it reveals clusters of jewel toned red seeds. Pomegranate is  jewel of Autumn, and their seeds looks like ruby. These seeds taste both sweet and tart, I love to add pomegranate in my daily meal. A ripe pomegranate will have tight skin and feel heavy with juice.

You'll need the following to deseed your pomegranate

* Pomegranate
* Sharp knife
*Bowl filled with tap cold water

With the sharp knife, cut off the top about a half inch below the crown.

Once the top has been removed, make four to six cuts along top to bottom.

By using both the hands, carefully pull the pomegranate apart in a bowl of water breaking it into smaller sections.

Use your fingers to gently open the pomegranate, It should open easily.

the membrane will float to the top

With use of spoon or your hand out the pieces of white membrane that have floated to the top of water.

Pour the arils and remaining liquid through a strainer.

Self Rising Flour

 "Self Rising Flour" has an almost magical sound to it. Is a flour with baking powder already added. Self rising flour is used in many southern recipes it's traditionally milled from softer and it produces softer, more tender baked goods than All purpose flour. 

Self Rising Flour is great or perfect to use for making cakes, cookies, puff pastry roll, breads etc.. It's definitely an ingredient that, I used frequently just mix own really quick and of course it's best idea for making light, flaky bakery products (Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Bread, Puff Pastry etc..) you can also used for making pancakes, muffins, waffles loaves. Self rising flour is exactly like a flour that doesn't add to baking powder (leavening agent) to rise because it's already mixed into the flour but recipes using regular flour required to add baking powder.

Generally speaking, you can't use Self Rising Flour in a recipe calling for All Purpose Flour, similarly you can't use All Purpose Flour in the place of Self Rising Flour because it won't rise.
You can now make your own Self Rising Flour as you need. It's really simple to make and only takes about few minutes. Homemade Self Rising Flour can be used in any recipe.

Ingredients:-

All purpose flour                          1 cup
Baking power                              1 tsp
Salt (optional)                             1/8 tsp

Method;-

Measure all Ingredients.

Whisk it well.

Sieve the Self Rising Flour 2 to 3 times.

And it's Done.

Keep in the airtight jar.