What are some kitchen tricks that you find useful?

I'm gonna put up the kitchen hacks which i learnt from my mom as well as few which i found awesome while surfing. Let me List em. Certain hacks will be related to indian kitchen :P

1. Salty Food: If you tend to add extra salt to your dish, fret not! A couple of spoons of milk should neutralise the taste. If you fear that the dish might become too liquid, adding a raw potato will also do the trick.
2. Oil Obsession: Craving French fries, but can’t stop thinking about the gallons of oil you'll consume? Boil the potatoes before frying. The potatoes will cook faster and consume lesser oil.
3. Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter.
4. Put 2-3 cloves in the sugar to keep ants at bay.
5. Place overripe tomatoes in cold water and add some salt. Overnight they will become firm and fresh.
6. Adding half of teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in the milk while boiling will not spoil the milk even if you don`t put it in the fridge.
7. Grind some common salt in your mixer/grinder for some time every month. This will keep your mixer blades sharp.
8. To avoid crying, cut the onions into two parts and place them in water for 15 minutes before chopping them.
9. To keep panneer fresh for several days, wrap it in a blotting paper while storing in the refrigerator.
10. To prevent the growth of fungus in pickles, burn a small grain of asafoetida over a burning coal and invert the empty pickle jar for some time before putting pickles in the jar.
11. A handful of well-soaked moong dal added to any salad will increase the proteins and make it extra nutritious.
12. Wipe the blades of greasy knives with a peeled lemon. Then wash under running water. The greasiness will disappear.
13. To remove the skin of tomatoes, place them in warm water for 5-10 minutes. The skin can then be easily peeled off. When tomatoes are not available or too costly, substitute with tomato puree or tomato ketchup/sauce.
14. Don`t store potatoes and onions together. Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions.
15. To get yogurt in winter, place the container in a warm place like oven or over the voltage stabiliser. If the yogurt has become sour, put it in a muslin cloth and drain all the water. Then add milk to make it as good as fresh in taste. Use the drained water in making tasty gravy for vegetables or for basen curry. To keep the yogurt fresh for many days, fill the vessel containing yogurt with water to the brim and refrigerate. Change the water daily

Cooking Hacks” “Kitchen Hacks” Cooking who doesn’t love it. But the worst part of cooking is it requires patience. While reading a recipe many people tend to look at the cooking time, then they decide that whether have to prepare it or not. People always tend to look for kitchen tips and tricks which avoid wasting a long time. Most of your time spent while boiling or soaking things to looking at the pantry.

When it come to cooking hacks you things you know them all here are some of the best cooking hacks/kitchen hacks that help you in the kitchen.