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Kitchen tips : How to wash fruits and vegetables

If you are worried about your hygiene in the consumption of fruits and vegetables then check these easy kitchen tips on how to wash fruits and vegetables.
Active Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Kitchen Tips
Keyword: fruit and vegetable cleaner, how to clean fruits and vegetables, how to clean vegetbales, how to wash fruits and vegetables, how to wash vegetables, wash fruits and vegetables, wash vegetbales with baking soda fruit and vegetbale wash
Author: Koushik
Cost: 200

Equipment

  • Sharp knife

Materials

  • Soap or Hand wash
  • Firm fruits [ Apple Mango etc ]
  • Delicate vegetables [ Mushroom ]
  • Leafy vegetables
  • Root vegetables [ Carrot reddish etc ]
  • Water
  • Clean towel

Instructions

  • How to wash fruits and vegetables
  • At first wash your hands thoroughly with soap or hand wash just before cleaning,
  • Now start washing with firm fruits like apple, mango, watermelon etc and vegetables like cucumber, melon etc just rinse them under running water and remove the dirt by rubbing your hands or any microfiber towel.
  • When washing delicate fruits such as berries and vegetables like mushrooms never wash them directly with running water,
  • They may loose their shape and texture just wipe them with a damp cloth then pat dry with a kitchen towel otherwise they will turn soggy.
  • While washing leafy vegetables first take a bowl of water and dip the leafy vegetables in it and remove the dirt by your hands repeat this process until no dirt left.
  • Finally take out the vegetables and keep it on a strainer to remove excess water and make them dry. At the end, you must remove the outer leaves from all the leafy vegetables
  • When you want to clean fruits and root vegetables like carrots, radish, potatoes , onions , beets as they have hard skin use a vegetable brush or sponge to gently scrub the skin.
  • If you see any bad or rotten patches on your vegetables then Just thoroughly clean the vegetables and fruits and remove that part before eating.
  • After thoroughly rinsed fruits and vegetables, now pat dry them using a clean paper or cloth towel.

Notes

Fruits & Veggies Note

  • While buying any fruits and vegetbales from market always choose fresh ones which don;t have any patches or rotten mark on them.