Keeping Coriander Green Longer

Do you believe this is my one-week-old corianders? 😱 Yes, they still look so green. Coriander is an easily perishable herb which turn yellow or brown very fast if they're not properly store.

After trying different methods, I found by wrapping the healthy and fresh corianders between cling wrap and paper kitchen towels, then store in brown paper bag* is, by far, the most effective way.

* I bought the brown paper bag from SKP store. You can use newspapers too. But the print on the papers make it not a good option to store food 🤔

Directions

1. Soak the fresh coriander with vegetable & fruit wash. Rinse a few times.

2. Trim away the roots, and hang-dry the coriander at room temperature for about 2 hours, or till partially dry.

3. Place a big sheet of cling wrap on the kitchen top. Spread out the coriander on a paper kitchen towel place above the cling wrap.  Next, place another sheet of paper kitchen towel over.

4. Roll up the corianders sandwich between the cling wrap and paper kitchen towel like a Swiss roll.

Fold in the both ends to seal the coriander properly.

5. Keep the sealed coriander in a brown paper bag, and tie with a  rubber band.

7. Store the wrapped coriander in the vegetable drawer/compartment of the fridge.

After one week, although the ends of the corianders were a little dry, overall, the corianders were still green 😁

Using baking soda to clean kitchen utensils

Baking soda can be used to clean the surface of most kitchen utensils. Just sprinkle some baking soda on the stained surface, and rub it off with a damp tissue paper will do :) 

 

A cleaned bowl :)



A stained bowl

Sprinkle some baking soda on the
bowl surface.




A big box of baking soda.

 

Damp the tissue paper before
use.

Use a damp tissue to rub.



The stain has been lifted up by the
baking soda and tissue paper.



Baking soda can also be used for
cleaning ceramic pot.










Hard boiled egg using rice cooker

Using rice cooker to cook hard-boiled egg is very simple and easy. Not only use less energy as compare to boiling a pot of water, removal of egg shells has never been so smooth 😃

This method also can be used for cooking potatoes and carrot. The cooked potatoes are soft and dry. These pre-cooked potatoes can be used for stew.

Directions:
1. Add about 100ml water to rice cooker pot.
2. Place eggs in a stainless steel bowl and put into the rice cooker pot.
3. Cover the rice cooker and turn on the rice cooking function.
4. When the cooking cycle completes, take out the eggs and place in cold water to cool.
5. Peel the egg shells. You can enjoy your hard boil eggs now 😃