- Baking soda and baking powder are leavening agents. Leavening agent is a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or in a liquid.
- Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which does not have any leavening capabilities by itself. When baking soda is mixed with sour cream, molasses, lemon juice, or buttermilk, fermentation takes place. Carbon -di -oxide is formed during fermentation and causes the baked item to rise.
- The reaction begins immediately upon mixing the ingredients, so you need to bake immediately if using baking soda.
- Baking powder has baking soda with cream of tartar, or calcium acid phosphate, or sodium aluminum sulphate, or a mixture of all these.
- Single-acting baking powders are activated by moisture, so you must bake recipes which include this product immediately after mixing.
- Double-acting powders react in two phases and can stand for a while before baking.
- With double-acting powder, some gas is released while making dough and a lot of gas is released in the oven.
- Double-acting baking powder has corn starch as a drying agent.
- To keep away worms and insects from rava (suji), green gram, semolina (semiya), etc., slightly roast and store in an airtight container.
- To make thick curd (Yogurt), let the coagulation takes place in a mud pot.
- To get rid of bad odour (odor) from refrigerator, Place inside a teaspoon of baking powder.
- To remove the dirt and kill insects from cauliflower, soak it in water mixed with a little vinegar for some time and rinse in water before cooking.
- Adding a few grains of rice with table salt will make it free flow.
- While boiling potatoes, add a little salt. This makes the peeling work easy.
- To remove raw banana (Plantain) stain from the palms, clean with lemon juice.
- To remove food stains from the hands, rub a potato slice and wash the hands.
- Apply oil on eggs to preserve for a little long time.
- To make the mixing of sugar quick while preparing cool drinks, powder it using mixer.
- Keep the gasket of pressure cooker in refrigerator when not in use. This prolongs its life.
- To preserve green chilies for long time, remove the stalks, put them inside a polythene bag, close and keep in the refrigerator.
- To eliminate fish smell from the utensil, boil leftover tea for some times by using the utensil.
