YOGYAKARTA - Bawang is the most often used kitchen spice for cooking. After peeling or slicing onions, it usually sticks to the hands. The smell of onions is quite pungent, disturbing the sense of smell and sometimes it is difficult to eliminate. So how to get rid of the smell of onions in your hands?

The smell of onions that is attached to the hands is often complained of by people after cooking. Onions contain sulfur and allicin compounds that make them emit a fairly pungent odor. But you don't need to be confused, because there are several ways to get rid of the smell of onions that you can do.

The smell of onions left in your hands is quite disturbing, especially if this distinctive aroma is difficult to remove. Not to mention that if you have to go out of the house or do activities, you definitely don't want the smell of onions to still stick to your hands.

Eliminating the smell of onions can be done with natural ingredients or which are easy to find at home. For those of you who cook often, here are some ways to get rid of the smell of onions that you can apply:

Paste your teeth can be used to relieve the smell of onions stuck to your hands. Apply toothpaste to all parts of the hand that are exposed to the smell of onions, then rinse with cold to clean water.

Apart from toothpaste, you can also use mouth sanitizer which is usually in the bathroom. How to remove the smell of onions with this liquid is very easy, namely just wash your hands with mouth sanitizer. Hands that previously smelled of onions will turn fresh with a mint aroma.

Other ingredients that you can use to relieve the smell of onions in your hands are baking soda. The trick to use it is quite simple, namely mixing baking soda with water to forming pasta. After that, use the paste to wash your hands and later the smell of onions will disappear by itself.

Another ingredient that is easy to find at home to get rid of the smell of onions in the hands is salt. Salt can serve as a natural exfoliation for the hands, helping to deal with the annoying smell of onions. The way you can mix salt with hand washing soap to form pasta, then use it like using a scrub or scrub.

You can also use whole coffee beans or powdered coffee as a way to treat the smell of onions in your hands. Scan coffee into the hands that smells of onions to relieve the aroma of garlic and red. This treatment simultaneously also helps lift dead skin cells and make your hands soft and fragrant.

Another way you can do to get rid of the smell of onions on your hands is to use apple vinegar vinegar. Apple cuka has an acidic trait that is useful for dealing with a strong odor. Just prepare a few tablespoons of apple vinegar vinegar and apply it to all parts of the hand that smell like onions. Let your hands be exposed to apple vinegar vinegar to dry, then rinse with clean water.

Like apple vinegar vinegar, lemon juice also has an effective acidic nature in removing the smell of onions in your hands. You just have to apply lemon juice all over your hands and let it dry. Then rinse your hands with clean water.

You can also use mint leaves to relieve the smell of onions stuck to your hands. mint leaves are known for their fresh and distinctive aromas that are able to treat the unpleasant smell of onions. You do this by squeezing some of the mint leaves until the water comes out. Then rub the mint leaves on your hands for a few minutes until the smell of onions is completely gone.

Those are a number of ways to get rid of the smell of onions in your hands that you can practice after cooking. Now you don't have to worry about the smell of onions stuck to your hands and disturbing your smell.

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