Kitchen Hacks: How To Keep Potatoes And Onions From Sprouting?

Can you imagine an Indian kitchen without onions and potatoes? Well, I can't, because these vegetables play an essential role in my kitchen. Potatoes and onions are used in almost every dish, so I buy several kilos together. But do you know they begin to sprout if not stored properly? This happens because there is no information about keeping potatoes and onions safe. Today with this article, we'll tell you some tips by which you can save potatoes and onions from sprouting.

1. Do Not Mix With Fruit: Maybe, very few people store potatoes and onions together with any fruit. But if you are doing that, please avoid it because fruits contain ethylene (chemical), causing potatoes and onions to sprout. It would also help if you never stored potatoes and onions after cleaning them with water because even moisture causes sprouting.
2. Use Paper: You might be wondering how paper can help us. For example, do you know that paper envelopes can help prevent potatoes and onions from sprouting? So if you also want to protect them from sprouting, you can use these envelopes or wrap them adequately on paper.
3. Do Not Store In A Hot Place: Storing or keeping potatoes and onions in a warm place can aggravate sprouting. Gradually in such a situation, you should store potatoes and onions in a cool or airy place where there is no excessive heat, and that place should always be cool.
4. Use Cotton Cloth: If potatoes and onions are kept in a plastic bag, they start sprouting. Thus, you should avoid storing such things and instead use a cotton cloth. Do you know why? Because potatoes and onions do not germinate if kept in cotton cloth.
5. Don’t Store In The Fridge: Many people keep potatoes in the refrigerator for preservation, but they sprout afterwards. This is because potatoes contain starch, which turns into sugar when kept in the fridge and starts sprouting.