It is suggested that we should not eat fruits and vegetables directly. So it is necessary to know the process of cleaning them. Then only you need to consume them.
In a survey it is found that the usage of chemicals is more in milk, fruits, and vegetables at Andhra Pradesh. The food which we take daily should strengthen us and make us healthy. But nowaday’s chemicals are used to ripen vegetables and fruits which may affect our health. Don’t ever take it easy about the chemicals used in agriculture. If we eat vegetables and fruits without cleaning, then it may cause many health problems. There is no doubt about this. So while using them and consuming them you need to take a lot of care in while cleaning them.
The fruits and vegetables which contain more chemicals are apple, grapes, mango, Keera, sweet corn, spinach, cucumber, potato, strawberry, cabbage, brinjal and carrot. But sometimes by looking at them we can make out whether the fruits or vegetables have chemicals or not, some time we may not make out also. So it is good to clean them deeply and properly as this is the primary step for having better health. The fruits and vegetables must be placed in clean water for some time and then we should keep them under the tap, and then clean them properly by rubbing with your fingers. Therefore, 50% of chemicals will go away. Most of the people, just they keep apple under the tap for a second then then start biting it. But the fact is apple should not eaten directly by washing. It is the only fruit which is affected by more chemicals. So we should remove the peel of apple completely and then it is good for our health. If we eat it with its peel then it may cause some problem to our health. We may feel there is no harm for us while having orange and mosambi as we peel its skin and eat but it is good to clean them with water thoroughly, then peel its skin and eat. So that no germs and wastes will enter inside. For the vegetables to not to get spoil soon some business people use wax coating and the wastes below them will not go. This problem we can face mostly in apple, brinjal, Keera, tomato. In such situations we should clean them using salt and peel their skin bit deep. If you clean them with detergents and bleaches then it will create more problems to us.
Beet root with waste
While cooking beans and flat beans you need clean them finely and thoroughly then remove their ends. You need to boil them in water and when they get cool then you should remove water. When the wastes present in them get remove then you can cook them finely and prepare curry.
Most of the people cook beet root by removing its peel. But it is good to cook it with the peel and remove water from it. Then remove the peel and prepare curry. Therefore, there won’t be any kind of dirt inside. Now coming to cauliflower, don’t clean it completely at once. It is good to separate flower and vegetables. Then keep in with salt water. After half an hour, the germs and chemicals in them will be removed. The dirt and dust gets accumulated more on the leafy vegetables like spinach and amaranth. So it is necessary to clean them using warm water. The chicken and mutton should be cleaned thoroughly with water then cooked completely using cooker.
Super cleaner
If you feel there are few effects of the chemicals on you and you may get different health problems. So you can prepare super cleaner and use it to clean vegetables and fruits.
How to prepare super cleaner
Take 1 cup water, 1 cup white vinegar, 2 spoons cooking soda, and 20 drops of grapefruit seed extract. Mix it well. Now fill this in spray bottle. Spray this on vegetable one hour before you cook and then wash them thoroughly. If you want to clean Fruits, then spray this super cleaner once on them and leave them for some time and the wash thoroughly then have it. If this is not possible for you then there is an alternative way. That 1 spoon of lemon juice, 2 spoons of white vinegar, 1 cup water. Mix them finely. Then the vegetables and fruits which you wanted to clean. Place them in the mixture. After sometime take them out and wash thoroughly.