rumi's kitchen

  Pressure cooker is one of the most useful and common kitchen tool which is used in a regular basis in many Indian kitchen. It works on the principal of using steam under high pressure to cook food quickly and efficiently. It is mostly used by working women as it reduces cooking time. This simple device has brought convenience, economy and health benefits to modern cooking. Some of the benefits of using pressure cooker are as follows: Benefits of using pressure cooker: Saves time The main advantage of using pressure cooker is that it saves cooking time. In a pressure cooker the water boils at a higher temperature under pressure, as a result food cooks faster than in any ordinary pots. This makes it very helpful for working individuals who need to prepare meals quickly. Saves energy  Another advantage of using pressure cooker is saving energy. Since the cooking time is reduced, less electricity, gas or firewood is consumed. This makes pressure cooker an economical and eco-fri...

  Air, water, food and shelter are the four basic needs of a human being to survive.   Water  plays an important role in human lives.  There is no  shortage of water  on earth.  Most of our planet is covered by water , but a very little of that water is  available  for humans to drink. About 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water but all these water are not  safe  for  drinking  purposes . Fresh and clean water is a limited resource. Only 2.5% of that total 70% water is fresh but only 1% of the total water resources on Earth are available for human use. There are about 7.6 billion human beings living on Earth . Every human being need gallons of water everyday for their different uses like bathing,  washing clothes,  cooking etc. Above all a human body needs half a gallon of water everyday which equals to 2 liters of water. Which means 15.2 billion litters of pure and clean drinking water are required...

Every cook has their favorite pieces of kitchen tools . Knife is the most important tool of every cook's life. A cook can use his favorite knife in his desired way. Choosing a good knife may be sometimes very difficult.  Sometimes a knife may look good but it may be not good in use. The most important thing while choosing a good knife is that you must feel comfortable while using it. It needs to be sharp and easy to be sharpen.  A  Chef's Knife is a kitchen tool used to prepare food. A chef's knife is a large knife, usually about 8-10 inches long mostly made of good quality stainless steel. Chef's knife is considered to be the most important kitchen tool. Chef's knife is a western cooking tool.  We Indian generally use locally made iron knives at home. Indians don't even use cutting board. But once if you have tasted a chef's knife, you will know the importance of a chef's knife in the kitchen. I was also using locally made Indian knives i...

Indian food means lots of spices . Varieties of spices are used in Indian cooking . Again the spices are used in different forms: whole, grounded, roasted etc. But I believe in minimalism. I use very less amount of spices in my cooking . Every vegetable or fish or meat has its own taste.  Too much spices may spoil the real taste of the vegetables or fish or meat.  Here is a list of 12 spices which I used to store in my kitchen for everyday cooking. 1. TURMERIC : Turmeric is one of the main spices of Indian cooking.  It's a bright yellow coloured powdered spice which is used in many Indian dishes. Turmeric is used to brig colour in the dishes and it is used in Indian cuisines since time immemorial.  Fresh turmeric is quite orange in colour from inside with an aromatic and spicy fragrance. Fresh turmeric can be also used in cooking. But it is easy to use in dried powdered form. 2. CUMIN : Cumin is again an important spice of Indian cooking....

Indian street food are fabulous to taste and has a lot of varieties.  At the same time Indian street foods are cheap in price. But Indian street foods are not always healthy. I hardly eat street food now a days.  But I have  some good memories related to street food when I was in school.  We all students eagerly awaited for the final bell to ring. We all ran towards the school gate. Beside the gate all the street food vendors ( chanawala, aluwala, phuskawala etc.) also eagerly awaited for us. During my school days Alu chat (Potato chat) was my favorite street food. At that time I didnot cared about health and hygienic of the street food.  Luckily I never fall sick. But after becoming a mothe r,  now I am worried about my kids.  My kids started going to school. One day they will also try street food. It will be impossible for me to stop them from eating street food.  Therefore I got a solution and find out 10 street food safety tips to follow b...

We all know that we have to eat healthy food to remain healthy. Here are some tips on how to cook healthy foods or vegetables and to eat healthy foods to keep our body fit: ● After washing vegetables if possible do not throw away the water. Use it in vegetable or flower plants in your garden. ● If you have any doubt while buying vegetables that the vegetables are of hybrid product that may contains some harmful chemicals, then soak the vegetables in salted water for 10 minutes before peeling or chopping. ● If you need to boil the vegetables, do not throw the remaining water because many vitamins may left back in it . So use it in making soups,  gravys or dough of chapati or roti. ● some vegetables have their nutrients in their skin. So peel them as thinly as possible. If possible cook vegetables like potato, cucumber etc. with skin. Boil potatoes with skin as it's nutrition is in its skin. ● chop vegetables in equal size, the dish will look great.  In some dish...