THE IDEAL MUSLIMAH

• Make A Soft Fluffy Omelet

• Cook pulses like chana etc. even if you have forgotten to soak them overnight

• Okra will not stick to the vessel

• To remove excess oil in any fried vegetables

• Curry turned out a bit oily and pungent

• Hurry to cook 'dal'?

• Boil potatoes faster

• Retain the green of vegetables

• Boiling Pasta & Noodles

• Serving Boiled Noodles later

• Instant Lemonade

Pour lemon juice with sugar and a little salt into ice trays, to make cubes which can be used for instant lemonade.

• How to Freeze Tomatoes

Before freezing tomatoes, light a candle, put some of the candle wax on the tomatoes green leaf part and cover each one properly.

Freeze them on a tray, separating each one  from the other and you'll see that in one day they will go hard. Then put them in a bag and they wont stick together.

When defrosting, put in hot water and the wax will come off and the tomatoes will be as fresh as ever, with a nice red!

• Keep Rice Separate

To keep rice separate, so they don’t join and stick together, put 1 tbsp white vinegar as it doesn’t have strong taste. You'll find the rice scattered and standing!

• How to Keep Vegetables in the Fridge for Longer

Never put aubergines ontop of each other in the fridge, as they go soft and leave water. Slightly sprinkle salt on them, they wont leave water nor go black. If you can purchase or already have a plastic sieve, then put it them in there.

As for peppers, then put abit of oil on them and put them in the plastic sieve.

You'll see that in the plastic sieve they won't be closed-up and will receive air and coolness, whereas in packets they'll become soft.

As for coriander leaves and mint, then put them in brown paper and don’t wash them until before adding to your dish.

• Leaving Meat Out For Long

If leaving meat out for long, sprinkle with a bit of dry wheat and then cover the meat with a cloth sprinkled with vinegar. There will  be no smell and it wont go off; in fact, not even one fly will sit on it!