Often people bring 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 more vegetables at the right time, it also gets spoiled. They bring vegetables from the market, but if they are not cooked within a day or two, then the freshness of the vegetables is lost. In summer, raw vegetables often dry up or get rotten. In such a situation, there is a waste of vegetables and money. Storing them properly in the refrigerator can keep them fresh for a few days and prevent them from rotting. Many vegetables need special attention, such as okra. Bhindi spoils very quickly. Keep bhindi in the fridge or outside for two days, then it dries up or becomes sticky. This type of bhindi is not ready to be made. If you have brought more bhindi home, then knowing the right way to store it can save it from spoiling. Learn about easy tips to keep Bhindi green and fresh for a long time.
Keep these things in mind while buying okra
If you want to keep okra fresh for a long time, then it is most important to keep some things in mind while buying okra. Bhindi should be soft, as well as not have too many seeds. To get an idea of this, try pressing the bhindi lightly with your fingers. If you buy fresh bhindi in advance, then it will be easy to store it.
While buying okra, you can find out from its size and color whether it is from artificial farming or indigenous okra. Small size Bhindi is desi. The best bhindi is Pusa A-4, which is medium in size and dark green in color. This type of bhindi has less gluten, due to which it tastes good and is storable for many days.
Tips to Store Bhindi
To keep bhindi fresh for a long time, it should be kept away from moisture. If you buy okra, first spread it and dry it so that the water applied to it dries up. If there is even a little water in the vegetable, it spoils quickly.
Wrap the bhindi in a dry cloth and keep it in an airtight container. So that moisture does not enter the bhindi. Due to this Bhindi does not spoil quickly.
Tips to keep bhindi in the fridge
If you are keeping the okra in the fridge, keep it in a polythene or vegetable bag and keep it in the fridge. If you are keeping okra in polythene, make sure to make 1-2 holes in it.
If you want to keep okra in the veg basket of the fridge, then first spread newspaper or paper in the veg basket. Then arrange the bhindi one by one. This will drain the water from the vegetable on the paper and it will remain fresh.
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Do not keep okra with any vegetable or fruit which is moist. This can spoil both things quickly.
Cook vegetables and eat them on time. Even if you can save the vegetables kept for a long time from getting spoiled, due to loss of freshness and loss of nutritional value, the taste is also not good.
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