Rasoi
Sabzi kaatne se pehle chaku garam paani mein
Cake, paneer ya makkhan kaatna ho to chaku garam paani mein daal ke pochh lo. Slice saaf katti hai, chipakti nahi.
Jugaads for “cake”
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RasoiMilk packet as an icing bag
Wash an empty milk pouch, fill it with cream or batter, snip one corner. Instant piping bag for birthday cake letters. Snip small — you can always cut bigger, you cannot cut smaller.
Ghar
Wet cloth on the mosquito net frame
Wipe a window mesh with a barely damp cloth wrapped around a butter knife. It gets into the frame corner where dust cakes and the mesh does not stretch out of shape.
Bijli
Fan regulator hum is usually dust
A fan that hums at low speed often just has dust caked on the blades, unbalancing it. Clean the blades and the top of the motor housing before you call anyone. If it still hums, that is an electrician's job, not yours.
Rasoi
Butter paper from the milk packet
The inner sheet from a butter or ghee wrapper greases a tawa or cake tin perfectly. Keep two folded in the drawer instead of buying butter paper.
Gaadi
Cardboard under the parked car
A flattened carton under the engine overnight tells you whether the car is leaking and what colour it is. Brown is engine oil, red is transmission, green is coolant, clear is just the AC and nothing to worry about.
Gaadi
Bike cover, or a bedsheet in a pinch
Sun destroys a bike seat faster than rain does. Any old bedsheet thrown over it while parked outside adds years to the upholstery, and the seat is not scalding when you get back at 4pm.
Gaadi
Gaadi ke kaagaz ki photo phone mein
RC, insurance aur licence ki photo phone mein aur DigiLocker mein rakho. Asli kaagaz gaadi mein chhodne se behtar hai — chori ho to sab ek saath jaata hai.
Gaadi
Bike ki seat par bhi dhoop lagti hai
Garmi mein bike ki seat par akhbaar ya kapda daal do. Baithne layak rehti hai aur seat ka cover phatta nahi.
Gaadi
Helmet ki smell ke liye dhoop
Helmet ki andar ki padding nikaal ke dho lo, aur helmet ko ulta karke dhoop mein rakh do. Pasine ki boo chali jaati hai. Hafte mein ek baar dhoop kaafi hai.
Gaadi
Wet cloth over the AC vent on a hot start
Before switching the car AC on, drive with all four windows down for thirty seconds to push out the trapped hot air. The AC then cools a much smaller problem, and it gets cold faster.
Gaadi
Keep a spare key with a neighbour, not in the bike
The magnetic-box-under-the-frame trick is well known to exactly the people you are hiding it from. A spare with a trusted neighbour or in your office drawer is the version that works.
Gaadi
Chain lube after a wash, always
Washing the bike strips the chain, and a dry chain rusts within days in monsoon. Lube it after every wash, and wipe the excess or it collects grit and grinds itself down.
Gaadi
Check tyre pressure on a cold tyre
Pressure read after a long ride is falsely high because the air has heated. Check in the morning before you ride. Correct pressure is the cheapest mileage improvement there is.
Gaadi
पेट्रोल पंप पर मीटर ज़ीरो देखो
भरने से पहले मीटर को ज़ीरो होते देखो और गोल आंकड़े की जगह अजीब रकम बोलो — जैसे 340 नहीं, 337। दोनों में तीन सेकंड लगते हैं।
Gaadi
गाड़ी की डिक्की में एक पुराना जूता
डिक्की में एक पुराना जूता या चप्पल रखो। पंक्चर, कीचड़ या रास्ते में गाड़ी धक्का लगाने की नौबत आए तो अच्छे जूते बच जाते हैं।
Gaadi
गाड़ी में एक पुराना तौलिया
डिक्की में एक पुराना तौलिया रखो — शीशा पोंछने, सीट सुखाने, गिरा हुआ पानी साफ करने और गरम स्टीयरिंग ढकने, सब काम आता है।
Gaadi
Number plate saaf rakhna kanoon hai
Dhool se dhaki ya tedhi number plate par challan katta hai. Ek geela kapda hafte mein ek baar — sabse aasan bacha hua paisa.
Gaadi
टायर में हवा सुबह चेक करो
चलने के बाद हवा गरम होकर ज़्यादा दिखती है। सुबह ठंडी गाड़ी पर नापो। सही हवा माइलेज बढ़ाने का सबसे सस्ता तरीका है।
Gaadi
Petrol khatam? Gaadi ko tedha karo
Scooter ko ek taraf jhuka ke thoda ruko — tanki ke kone ka petrol pipe tak aa jaata hai. Ek-do kilometre nikal jaate hain, pump tak pahunchne ke liye kaafi.
Gaadi
गाड़ी के शीशे पर बारिश में आलू
कटे आलू या शैंपू की हल्की परत शीशे पर रगड़ो और पोंछ दो। बारिश की बूँदें फिसल जाती हैं और दिखाई देता रहता है। वाइपर की जगह नहीं लेता।
Gaadi
बाइक की चेन में जला हुआ इंजन ऑयल
सर्विस के बाद बचा हुआ पुराना इंजन ऑयल चेन पर लगा सकते हो। खास चेन लूब से कम टिकता है पर सूखी चेन से बहुत बेहतर। ज़्यादा लगे तो पोंछ दो।
Gaadi
Rear-view mirrors are not decoration
Half the bikes on Indian roads have the mirrors folded in. Set them so you can see the lane behind your shoulder, not your own arm. It is the cheapest safety equipment on the vehicle and it is already fitted.
Gaadi
Petrol pump: ask for the meter to be zeroed
Watch the display go to zero before filling starts, and ask for a round amount that is not a common preset. Both take three seconds and both remove the two most common ways of being short-changed.
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