All you should know before putting leftovers in the fridge next time

Busy schedule and lifestyle have made urban families dependent on refrigerators. And even though it is believed that cooked food loses nutrients when stored in fridge, we can’t help but store leftovers in fridge. However, author and Instagram influencer Krish Ashok recently shared a video about how long cooked food can be stored in the fridge before it gets stale.

For how long cooked food should be refrigerated?

According to him water soluble vitamins are the most vulnerable and tend to easily lose nutrients. He added that nutrients are mostly lost during cooking and not due to refrigeration. If stored in an airtight container, cooked food can last minimum for 2-3 days and maximum for a week in most cases. If kept in the freezer, food can last up to 6 months if the fridge is not switched off at all during that period.

Exceptional cases

Boiled/steamed rice might get infected by bacteria even in low temperatures. So, it’s best to not refrigerate it more than a day. In summers or humid condition, it’s better to eat it within few hours itself.

Indian food is refrigerator friendly

Ashok also mentioned in his post that Indian food is uniquely fridge friendly because of the presence of spices, salt and sour elements which are conditions in which microbes don’t survive.

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