How To Keep Flour Dough In Fridge: Many people, after kneading the dough, keep it in the refrigerator. Refrigerator is considered the best option to prevent flour from spoiling. We can store it for 3-4 days, but even after keeping it in the refrigerator, sometimes the flour spoils quickly. In such a situation, by using some things while storing flour, you can keep it fresh and soft for a long time. Let us know what those tips are…
Although we are advised not to store food items in the refrigerator for long periods of time, this is not possible in people’s busy daily lives. If there is a working family then people prepare more food items and keep them in the freezer. People do not like to go to the kitchen again and again, so they prepare food only once and keep it aside. So in such a situation, we can save it from getting spoiled by making some changes in our habits of keeping food in the refrigerator.
What are these easy tips?
Whenever you keep flour in the fridge, keep it sealed in an air tight container. In this situation your kneaded dough will remain fresh.
,You can also pack it well in aluminum foil and keep it sealed in an air tight container. This will prevent any bacteria from growing and your flour will remain fresh.
,Apart from this, whenever you knead the dough, use lukewarm water. In this way the flour will remain soft and the bacteria present in it will also die. When you keep this flour in the refrigerator, fungus will not form.
-You can also add a little salt to keep the dough in the fridge till morning. Salt is added to many packed items so that no bacteria can grow in it.
-You can also apply oil to the kneaded dough before keeping it in the fridge. Due to this the dough neither dries nor becomes hard.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: February 17, 2024, 14:22 IST