How to store vegetables without fridge – Today we are going to speak on vegetables which plays important part in cooking. So, in this article we are going to discuss on ‘Know this when you store vegetables.’

And so this is title of today’s article. Friends vegetables are heritage that given by this nature to us. They come from different farms. Farmers grow them very carefully and took them to markets.

These vegetables are healthy and full of vitamins. We use them for cooking to make our food. We take them to our home and cook delicious food from them.

So, storing veges in our home is one of important task we daily do. So, before storing them in home know this some important points your vegetables will stay more fresh and will not get decay earlier. follow below given points to know how to store vegetables that are you buy are going to buy.

So, without wasting time let’s start the main article. Buying vegetables and keeping them fresh both are challenging mainly for season wise. So, keep one thing in mind buy vegetables that you want for now. Don’t try to buy them for more than week. Go market for taking vegetables weekly.

And while storing them take care of that for different vegetable there is some different way of store, to keep them fresh for longer time.

In this article I am goanna share with you some important and secret tips when you going to store vegetables. This article is going to be helpful for storing your vegetables in every season.

So, please go through following points. In this article I am going to call vegetables as ‘veges’ for our good reference and easily pronounciate.

1. Buy fresh vegetables –

“To happen something right, right start is very important.” So, whenever you go to buy vegetables select and buy fresh and naturally grown veges.

Please avoid to buy artificially grow, dull, dry or decayed vegetables. Now question will arrive that which is suitable time to go market, vegetable stall or shop to buy vegetables.

Probably morning time or evening time is good for go to and  buy vegetables. Why at this time? This time should preferred because at this time there will be more chances of getting fresh vegetables and you also will find less rush of people in market. Also you will get veges at affordable price.

So, you will be like lucky person to whom freshly arrived vegetables getting served. Buying fresh vegetables will add advantages to your health.

As you are going to invest money for buying veges. Fresh vegetables add volume, natural taste and all their benefits to dish we cook by using them, like color, aroma.

Now let’s see how to select right vegetables. Keep following points in your mind:

• First way to identify fresh and decayed free vegetables is it’s outside presence. If they are looking eye satisfying and fresh then you should buy them.
• Choose vegetables which are mild and tender, avoid to choose aged veges. Aged veges means those find hard to hands and their color will be slightly yellowish. Sometimes they fill like very soft to hand if they are going to spoilage soon.
• If you find black spots, holes or rot on vegetables then don’t by them there will be high possibility that veges are decayed from inside. in case of leafy vegetables if they are extremely wet at their root there will be chances of rot or get ruined earlier.
• While selecting veges to buy if you find that they have grown out sprout don’t by them they will get waste very early. For example onions, potatoes, garlics beet roots or carrots, radish if the got sprout don’t by them they will decay very early.
• When you go to buy curry leaves, mint, coriander or leafy veges please observe their leaves if you found them not fresh and compact then there will be more chances of insects leaving on them, which is very unhygienic to your heath. So, take care while buying such veges.
• Avoid dry and faded veges because they add less taste and aroma. For example select fresh and green cabbage and cauliflower and avoid faded.

So, friends these are some basic and important points you must keep in your mind when you go for buying vegetables.

2. Separate each and every vegetables in a group, wash and clean them –

After buying vegetables you can’t use them for cooking or can eat them as it is. At least wash them and then eat it. Because they travel lot to arrive at your home. So, firstly clean them sterile them and eat.

Your main duty is to separate each and every vegetable type in a group, wash and clean them. This is main and compulsory step. As there may be possibility of more germs and dirt sticked to veges.

We shop our grocery weekly or monthly. If very urgent we buy them as we want. Either we purchase them or simply order through different shopping mart apps or sites.

Same case is for vegetables. We either buy or order them as per we need or weekly. But when they arrive at home they come within bag or basket or sometime packets. Every veges mixed with other. So, our first task is to separate each and every vegetable and bundle them or group them.

Then wash them and partially clean them means clean them from outside. Mainly beans and fruiteries comes into groups in kilograms. So, separating them from crowd of other veges in their separate group is first step when we are going to store vegetables in our living place.

Then we will be more clear about what to store where and how? One’s groups of veges are formed, next task is wash them and clean every single piece. Wash veges so any type of dirt or soil that sticked to them will get cleaned. Cut excess parts or roots that are not useful.

Remove unwanted leaves or raisins so there will be less chances of that vegs get spoiled early. Make use of salt, turmeric and all purpose flour to clean veges, that pays anticipating substances to kill germs and viruses. Don’t mix all vegetables with each other, strictly wash them separately group wise.

After washing them keep them in a strainer to drain out water from them otherwise they remain wet and more chances of getting rot instant in few days. So, in this way handle vegetable storing very tactfully and at the same time gently and this is very important.

So, keeping this kind of awareness when you are going to store your veges fresh and long lasting for more days should be your first priority. now, let’s discuss about next step you should take for proper veges storing and management.

3. Left them to get dry completely –

After washing veges drying them is necessary. Because if any moisture remained in them will cause veges to get rot. There more chances of fungus grow.

So, eating such veges may call different diseases. You might get ill. So, dry them properly. Then put them into plastic container, plastic tiffin’s or plastic bags. Use air tight tiffin’s so that they will not goes waste early.

Please don’t store veges in tiffin’s more than 4 to 5 days and not more than this, because already they are stored in air tight atmosphere so there will more chances of fungus grow on veges if you keep them for long time. This cloud happens more in rainy season.

So, in this season try to store your veges more in open atmosphere. Now, you can use these vegetables for cooking. And you can make delicious recipes from them. Congrats! you have passed the veges organization test!

You are simply great and more concern person about your and your families health. So, up till now we saw that how we can take care when we brought veges. How to make them eatable, storable and most importantly cook able!

Sounds interesting, but it is also very time taking and hard working activity. But you did it; you are simply great person. Now our main duty is completed well. Now our next duty is how to keep veges fresh for long time, and use them for daily cooking.

4. pick out leafy veges and seedpods and store in plastic or air tight tiffin’s –

We all love leafy veges. Some of them fenugreek, spinach, dill leaves, green or red amaranth, chakwat and ambade’s vegetable are some famous and favorite.

While storing them we must more careful. Let then know what is easy and quick way to store them fresh for long time. Usually leafy veges we make first or as early possible.

Because they get rot or dry early. So, whenever you buy leafy veges firstly clean them, wash and pick out in small pieces. In case of leafy veges we know they came with their roots.

Most of the time their roots are soil and wet. So, living them at it is not make sense. Wash roots of veges, or cut them separate out every piece of vegetable. Wash once again and strain away water completely.

Then pick out it into smaller pieces, so you can make it usable for your food. If you are going to store it use plastic bags or dry cotton cloth. Avoid to use air tight container or tiffin.

But keep one point in mind don’t store leafy veges more than two days. Otherwise it will goes waste. Also you buy different types of seedpods.

One best way to store them is wash , pick out it into small pieces and put it into plastic tiffin’s or plastic bags, but not more than 3 days. Whenever you are going to make bhaji take the vegetable from plastic bag and chop it, make some tasty and delicious bhaji.

5. Don’t forget to store vegetables or put at place according their types –

Above point is quite interesting and necessary. We buy not actually buy but we eat or consume different kind of vegetables in our daily life.

Then they may roots, seedpods, leafy veges, fruiteries. So, here one point you keep in mind is that not all veges can be stored at one place. For every type it’s storing place is different. If you have fridge or refrigerator, then you can store green vegetables there.
Tomato’s you can’t store in fridge for that you use simply one container that having holes on it so air must flow, wrap it using cotton cloth. So, your tomato’s will stay fresh and they will ripe naturally.

Put it on dry and tall place also take care that there light reaching should be good, the benefit of this will be if there are rats, cockroaches your house your tomato’s will stay away from that animals and safe from them.

Because they eat them so take this care when you store tomato’s in your house. Another category of veges we consume is root vegetables like onion, garlic, potato’s. This type of vegetables we can’t store in fridge.

For that there must one separate clean, dry and slight light area you should prefer to store them. There are also some root veges like carrot, radish, beet, ginger. But you can store them in fridge. Use small containers so you can easily put them into fridge. Store leafy veges in plastic bags or cotton cloth and store them in fridge.

In a cooking container suitable as per leafy veges size, you one make one idea to keep it fresh for long time is that. Take half of water in container and put leafy veges in it, let it’s root fully wet through water in container and place it at dry area.

Other green veges you can store in fridge directly, you just need to organize them properly to occupy fridge space right. For that make use of proper size containers and tiffin.

You also refrigerate lemons. But in case you don’t have fridge or refrigerator, First select dry, clean and tall are of your living place. then take some plastic containers in the form of nest basket or nested round or square shaped container and put your veges in that and wrap it using cotton cloth.

There also are multi floor vegetable storing plastic stands or containers are easily available in market. In affordable prizes, you can use them and simply organize your all vegetables in them.

They are well maintained with some height so your veges will be safe in it! In this way we analyzed that with buying to storing vegetables correctly are very basic but even so meaningful part of our daily life!

So, we discussed that how we can buy vegetables and store them. We everyday use veges for making our food we cut, chop, peel and cook.

But real and very deep thinking behind this is our health. So buy fresh veges and keep them fresh and healthy. Yes! definitely it takes efforts but it’s very important my dear friends.

Don’t be lazy or don’t neglect it. Take hygienic diet. Stay healthy! Stay fit!. So, here we concluded that storing veges is our everyday task, so why not make it interesting.

Here I just want to tell you all above stuff comes into picture only just you think to buy and store vegetables. So, add this habit from today you will be attentive towards your choice of organizing your little vegetable market in your living place.

And buy every veges at price of whole nutrition’s and taste. You will start feeling the energy of gratitude, wellness and freshness in your living place. Because green spreads positive energy.

So, take care of your green treasure just by following above stated points and of course this article. Each and every word is for all your highest good from our heart!

So, thank you so much for reading this article. If you feel it useful share it with your family and friends. We will meet in our next blog. So till then live healthy, live positive!✨😊🤞👍✨