Brinjals – When preparing a recipe that contains brinjal, always keep cut or slit brinjals soaked in saltwater, to prevent them from becoming discolored.
Curry Leaves – Sometimes kids and even adults tend to discard curry leaves if they are in food items. To avoid this and to ensure that the curry leaves are consumed, suggest that you wash and dry the curry leaves and then powder them coarsely, so it can be added while cooking.
This is to avoid the loss of health benefits of curry leaf.