Wet cloth trick to read a gas cylinder
Wipe a wet cloth down the side of the cylinder. The part still holding gas stays wet longer and dries darker — that line is your fuel gauge. Now you know whether to book the refill today or next week.
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More Rasoi jugaads
Tea strainer as a tiny sieve
For sifting a small quantity of maida, cocoa or icing sugar, the tea chalni is the right size and already in the drawer. Tap the rim rather than pressing the powder through.
RasoiSteel plate on the pressure cooker
Put a heavy steel plate on top of the cooker lid while the dal cooks. Pressure holds steadier, the whistle stops spitting starch over the whole platform, and the dal is done faster.
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.
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.
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.
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.