Tips

These are the tips to store our regular items, so that stays fresh longer..Some are from buzzfeed and others around the net which I found useful..I'm following these for some 2 years now and found working..

Lettuce:
I always search for the smallest lettuce in the grocery store..But can't find it all times..We do eat lettuce, but we can't finish off a big head of lettuce in 1 week...So saw this trick in buzzfeed and started following..It's really superb..The lettuce in picture is nearly 3 weeks old...It's stays fresh and crunchy..So wrap it in aluminium foil to enjoy crispy lettuce...

Cilantro:
Store cilantro as you would store flowers, but inside fridge..Trim off an inch of stems in bottom and keep in a glass of water, so that stem ends touch water...Stays fresh for 2 weeks..Sometimes even it grows...No need to handle or seperate the brown leaves and stems here after...

Mint:
Wrap mint in kitchen towel and keep inside a plastic cover...Stays fresh upto 2 to 3 weeks...Same here, no need to handle brown bits..

Green chilli:
Remove stems of green chilli and store in container to extend the life of green chillies..You can even freeze green chillies for long time usage in ziplock bags..

Green Onion:

Cut as small bits and freeze for long time use...or wrap in aluminium foil for 2 to 3 weeks usage..I've done both..Both ways are working well...

Ginger:

Remove skin and cut ginger as rings...Freeze them...When needed using a grater/zester, grate it and use..easy to grate when frozen...

Coconut:

Keep the coconut in upright position in a corner as far as possible, with the eyes of coconut on top...This way it stays fresh longer and don't get spoiled...

Banana:

Overripe bananas are a real problem...To prevent that from happening to some extent, we can wrap the ends in foil or plastic wrap...Also separating the bananas works well..

Mango:

To ripen raw mangoes, put them inside the rice bag/ tin...It's commonly done in south india(many of u may know this already...just for someone like me)...