Usage of pressure cooker

1. Do not boil rice and vegetables together as vegetables gets boiled first.
2. when we boil lentils add the required amount of salt and keep it in pressure cooker it gets boiled quickly and the  nutrition value is regained.
3. If the colour of the pressure cooker inside changes then take a lemon cut it into half and put one half inside and use for cooking it will retain its original colour.
4. when cooker is not in use keep the gasket pressed over lid.
5. Do not use rough powder to clean the cooker and do not use for frying using or for some other purpose.
6. When we using both vegetables and pulses keep them separately in a container.
7. When we cleaning the cooker the wooden handle should be dried using a cloth otherwise the nail inside will get rusted and the handle will break.

Tips to beat the hot summer

It is very important to keep the body cool during summer season to avoid the heat related diseases.Some of the foods, fruits ,vegetables and spinachs that should be taken during summer are listed below.
Cucumber  It  helps instopping the dehydration of body fluids and becoming tired.In hot summer the bodys calcium and phosphorous content gets wasted.we can stop the above wastage by taking enough cucumber.
Watermelon   It gives energy and gives briskness to dry body parts during summer.It gives the body fluids without increasing the cholestrol level.
Tender coconut  During summer large amounts of salts are formed in kidneys and Liver and they turn into kidney stones and liver stones.If we take one tender coconut daily it clears all the extra salts and blockage in the sweat glands are cleared.
Lemon juice In summer body looses the vitamin c.Tht lemon juice compensates the vitamin c and removes the body fat in blood vessels and nerve centres.Lemon juice with little salt and without sugar helps in removing the sweat.
Carrot People withhigh blood pressure and diabetes must take carrot,the body temperature increases and they suddenly faint.their blood pressure will be erratic.So if we take enough carrot the body heat will be balanced.
Custard apple  It has got glucoseit gives us energy and always keeps us active.
Banana Keeps the body heat balanced and the water level in the blood.
Pomegranate If you eat the fruit it releives us from sweatting,loose motion,itches in the skin.
Tomato It removes the unwanted substance from the body which creates problem for the body.
Ginger It is good for fainting andand gas problem caused due to shortage of water in the intestineand for vomitting too.
Onion It cools the body and the quarcitin in the onion stops the itching due to heat.
we should avoid the juices that are stored in bottles,fried and oily items,stick ice creams,brinjal,
we should take only natural foods.