Rasoi
Salt on a fresh oil stain
Cover a fresh oil spill on the kitchen platform with a thick layer of salt and leave it ten minutes. The salt drinks the oil and sweeps off dry, instead of you smearing it around with a wet cloth.
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Neem oil on the window mesh
Wipe diluted neem oil on the window mesh at dusk. Mosquitoes avoid the smell and it does not fill the room with vaporiser fumes. Redo it after rain.
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.
Ghar
Two-minute door hinge fix
A creaking hinge does not need WD-40. A drop of any cooking oil on the pin, then swing the door ten times to work it in. Wipe the run-off or it collects dust and blackens the frame.
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।
Rasoi
Kadhai mein tel kam? Brush se lagao
Silicone ya cotton brush se tawe par tel lagao, seedha bottle se mat daalo. Aadha tel usi swaad mein kaam nikal jaata hai.
Bijli
Remote ka rubber button ghis gaya? Foil
Remote khol ke ghisa hue button ke peeche chipkane wali foil ka chhota tukda laga do. Contact wapas ban jaata hai aur remote mahino chalta hai.
Rozmarra
Write the date on the packet
Marker on the packet the day you open it — atta, oil, masala, anything decanted into a dabba. You stop guessing whether something has been open for three weeks or seven months.
Paisa
Bulk is only cheap if you finish it
The five-kilo pack is cheaper per kilo and more expensive per household if half spoils. Buy grains and pulses in bulk, buy anything with oil in it small, because that is what goes rancid.
GharCandle wax on a sticky drawer
Rub a plain candle along the wooden runners of a jammed drawer or window. The wax fills the rough grain and the drawer glides. Better than oil, which just collects dust and turns into paste.
Paisa
Refill, not repurchase
Handwash, detergent, floor cleaner and hair oil all sell refill pouches at a fraction of the bottled price. One bottle, refilled for years, is less money and much less plastic.
Rasoi
Hing in the dal, not just for taste
A pinch of hing in the tadka makes rajma and chana noticeably easier on the stomach. Add it to hot oil for a second only — burnt hing turns bitter and there is no rescuing it.
RozmarraIf you are out of Matchbox or needing substitution
If you are suddenly out of matchbox in your room, you can make a fire with 1. Battery 2. Gum Wrapper/thin foil You can connect the positive and negative ends of battery with the help of foil/wrapper and bmmmmmm !! there you go, you will see the fire !! You can just cut the wrapper/foil in mid such as to make the resistance low so it will be more efficient)
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Paani
Cloth over the tap for morning water
In areas where the supply runs muddy after rain, tie a folded cotton cloth over the tap mouth for the first bucket. It catches the visible grit. This is not purification — it is a pre-filter, and drinking water still needs boiling or an RO.
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.
Rasoi
Revive stale bread over steam
Hold day-old pav or bread over the steam of boiling water for ten seconds a side. The crumb softens and it tastes fresh again. Eat it the same hour — steamed bread goes hard faster than it did before.
Rasoi
Kela jaldi kaala pad raha hai? Danthal lapeto
Kele ke gucche ke danthal par cling film ya foil lapet do. Pakne wali gas wahin se nikalti hai — do-teen din zyada chalte hain.
Rasoi
Chai ubalne se pehle spoon rakh do
Doodh ya chai ke bartan par ek lambi steel spoon tirchi rakh do. Jhaag spoon se takra ke baith jaata hai aur gas platform bachta hai. Dhyan rahe spoon garam ho jaata hai.
Paani
Bucket in the shower while it runs hot
The cold water that runs while you wait for the geyser fills a bucket in under a minute. That bucket flushes the toilet or waters the plants. It is the easiest litres you will ever save.
Paani
Two bricks in the flush tank
A brick or a filled water bottle in the cistern means every flush uses that much less water. Keep it away from the moving parts. Over a year in a family home it adds up to thousands of litres.
Ghar
Hair clip as a cable tie
A bobby pin or a stationery clip holds a coiled charging cable better than the twist tie it came with. Clip one to the edge of the table and thread the cable through so it never falls behind the desk again.
Rasoi
Rolling pin as a pav bhaji masher
No masher at home? The flat end of a belan, pressed straight down, does an honest job on boiled potatoes and bhaji. Slower than a masher, better than a fork.
Rasoi
Ice tray for leftover ginger-garlic paste
Freeze the paste in an ice tray, then knock the cubes into a bag. One cube is roughly one meal, it keeps for months, and you stop throwing out a spoiled jar every fortnight.
SurakshaNeem leaf smoke for mosquitoes
Dry neem leaves smouldered in a steel plate for five minutes clear a room of mosquitoes without a coil. Do it with the windows open and step out while it burns — smoke in a shut room is not the goal.
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