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Save the aloo, add raw potato to salty curry
Over-salted the sabzi? Drop in two thick raw potato slices and simmer ten minutes, then remove them. They pull out a surprising amount of salt. A spoon of curd or besan works on gravies too.
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Namak zyada ho gaya? Aloo daal do
Do moti aloo ki phaanken sabzi mein daal ke das minute pakao, phir nikaal do. Namak kaafi kam ho jaata hai. Gravy hai to ek chammach dahi ya besan bhi chalta hai.
Suraksha
Salt water gargle before you reach for medicine
Half a spoon of salt in warm water, gargled three times a day, genuinely eases a sore throat. If it comes with fever for more than two days, that is a doctor's problem now.
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Lemon and salt for the copper vessel
Half a lemon dipped in salt, rubbed over a dull copper lota, brings the shine back in two minutes. Rinse well and dry immediately — a wet copper vessel spots overnight.
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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.
Mausam
Onion in the pocket for a heat day
An old loo-season habit: keep a raw onion in your pocket or bag when you have to be out at 2pm. Whether it does anything physical is arguable — what is not arguable is raw onion, water and salt at lunch, which genuinely helps.
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.
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Curd instead of a marinade you do not have
Plain dahi with salt, haldi and whatever masala is in the house tenderises paneer, soya and vegetables as well as anything sold as a marinade. Half an hour is enough; overnight makes it mushy.
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Burnt kadhai: hot water and a bit of patience
Do not attack a burnt pan with steel wool straight away. Pour in hot water with a spoon of salt or baking soda, leave it half an hour, and the black lifts with a wooden spatula. Scrubbing first only polishes it in.
That is all 9 of them. बस, इतना ही।