Often people buy vegetables for the whole week from the market. This saves their time and they do not have to visit the market again and again. But due to not being able to use excess vegetables at the right time, they also get spoiled. Vegetables are brought from the market but if they are not cooked within a day or two, then the freshness of the vegetables is lost. In summer, often raw vegetables dry up or rot. In such a situation, vegetables and money are wasted. They can be kept fresh for a few days by storing them properly in the fridge and can be saved from rotting. There are many vegetables which need special attention, such as ladyfinger. Ladyfinger gets spoiled very quickly. If you keep ladyfinger in the fridge or outside for two days, it dries up or becomes slimy. This kind of ladyfinger is no longer suitable for cooking. If you have brought more ladyfinger home, then you can save it from getting spoiled by knowing the right way to store it. Know about easy tips to keep ladyfinger green and fresh for a long time.
Keep these things in mind while buying Ladyfinger
- If you want to keep ladyfinger fresh for a long time, then it is most important to keep some things in mind while buying ladyfinger. Ladyfinger should be soft, and it should not have many seeds. To estimate this, press the ladyfinger lightly with your fingers. If you buy fresh ladyfinger in advance, it will be easy to store it.
- While buying ladyfinger, you can find out from its size and color whether it is from artificial farming or is a desi ladyfinger. Small-size ladyfinger is desi. The best ladyfinger is Pusa A-4, which is medium in size and dark green in color. This type of ladyfinger has less gluten, due to which it tastes good and is storeable for many days.
Tips to store ladyfinger
- To keep ladyfinger fresh for a long time, it should be kept away from moisture. If you buy a ladyfinger, first spread it and dry it so that the water on it dries up. Even a little water in the vegetable spoils it quickly.
-Wrap ladyfinger in a dry cloth and keep it in an airtight container. So that moisture does not come in the ladyfinger. This prevents ladyfinger from spoiling quickly.
Tips to keep ladyfinger in the fridge
-If you are keeping ladyfinger in the fridge, then keep it in a polythene or vegetable bag and keep it in the fridge. If you are keeping ladyfinger in polythene, then make 1-2 holes in it.
-If you want to keep ladyfinger in the vegetable basket of the fridge, then first spread newspaper or paper in the vegetable basket. Then keep the ladyfingers arranged one by one. This will drain the water of the vegetable on the paper and it will remain fresh.
Ways to prevent ladyfinger from rotting
-Do not keep ladyfinger with any vegetable or fruit which is moist. This can spoil both things quickly.
-Prepare the vegetable on time and consume it. Even though you can save vegetables stored for longer periods from getting spoiled, they lose their freshness and nutritional value and hence they do not taste good.
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