Interesting Uses of a Microwave!

Here are some different and unusual uses of a microwave oven other than simple cooking.

1. Making Ghee. Keep 1 and a half to 2 cups malai( milk topping ) in a big glass bowl and microwave on high for 15-20 minutes to get desi ghee without burning your kadhai(wok). Stir once or twice in between.
2. Blanching almonds to remove skin.Put almonds in a small bowl of water and microwave for 3 minutes or till water just starts to boil. After the water cools, the almonds can be peeled very easily.
3. Freshening Stale Chips, biscuits or cornflakes. Place the chips or biscuits in a napkin, uncovered, for about 1 minute per bowl or until they feel warm. Wait for a few minutes to allow cooling and serve.
4. Boiling(actually microwaving) potatoes. Wash potatoes & put them in a polythene bag. Microwave high for 4 minutes for 4 medium potatoes.
5. Making khatti mithi chutney. Mix 1 tbsp amchur, 3 tbsp sugar, some water along with spices in a glass bowl. Microwave, stirring in between.
6. Warming baby's milk bottle. Do check the temperature of the milk on your inner wrist. The bottle will not become hot, while the milk will.
7. Softening too-hard ice cream, cream, cheese and butter.
8. Making dry bread crumbs from fresh bread. Crumble the slice of bread and microwave the bits of slices for 2-3 minutes. Mix once and microwave further for another minute or two. Give some standing time to the moist bread to dry out and then grind in a mixer to get crumbs.
9. Drying Herbs. Fresh Parsley, dill(soye), mint(poodina), coriander(dhaniya), fenugreek greens(methi) - all greens can be dried in a microwave, preserving the green colour. Give them some standing time to turn dry. Use them in raitas and curries.
10. Melting chocolate, butter, jam, honey, etc. Dissolving gelatine.
11. Sterilizing jars for storing home made jams and pickles.
12. Freshening stale bread by placing 2 slices between the folds of a paper and microwaving for 20 seconds. It turns absolutely soft and the stale bread becomes perfect for sandwiches.
13. To roast 1 tbsp of cashews spread on a microwave plate and microwave for 1 minute to get golden roasted cashews.
14. To roast papad place 2 papads on a paper napkin and microwave for 1 and a half minutes. Turn side once in between.
15. To blanch 4 tomatoes, put a cross at the stem end of each tomato. Place tomatoes on a microproof plate and microwave for 2 minutes. Peel after they cool down.
16. To cook corn, wash a corn on the cob and place in a plastic bag microwaver for 2-3 minutes to get soft corn.
17. To boil half kg arbi wash and put in a plastic bag. Microwave for 11 minutes, turning once in between.