Rasoi
Cool rice fast on a thali
Spread hot rice thin on a steel thali before packing a tiffin. It cools in minutes instead of steaming inside the box, which is what makes packed rice smell off by lunch.
Jugaads for “cooling”
9 resultsMausam
Cold press on the wrists, not the forehead
Run cold water over your wrists and the back of your neck for thirty seconds. Blood runs close to the surface there and you cool down faster than with a wet towel on the head.
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.
Bijli
Laptop garam? Kitaab ke do dande
Laptop ke peeche do kitaabein rakh ke thoda uthao. Neeche hawa chalti hai aur fan ka kaam aasan ho jaata hai. Bistar par rakh ke chalana sabse bura hai.
Bijli
फ्रिज दीवार से थोड़ा दूर रखो
फ्रिज के पीछे कुछ इंच जगह छोड़ो ताकि गरम हवा निकल सके। चिपका कर रखने से कंप्रेसर ज़्यादा चलता है और बिल बढ़ता है।
Mausam
Khus mat on the window in May
Hang a khus or bamboo chik outside the window and wet it at noon. The room gets cooler air and the smell of wet khus, which is half the point. Dry heat only — in coastal humidity it does nothing.
Rozmarra
Desi secret Bar
Desi secret bar to keep liquor cool and safe from friends
Paani
Rice water for the plants
The water from rinsing rice carries starch and a little nutrition, and plants take it well. Let it cool first, and skip it if you salted the water.
Rasoi
Steel glass as a cookie cutter
The rim of a steel glass cuts perfect rounds out of rolled dough, and the katori does bigger ones. Dip the rim in dry flour between cuts so the dough lets go cleanly.
That is all 9 of them. बस, इतना ही।