Here are a handful of household hints which might seem to originate from the 80s but hold a lot of value even today. 1. Dont pay for the packaging: Buying half a kilo of curd costs double the cost of buying milk and setting the curd. In Indian weather curd sets overnight make sense to buy milk. 2. Milk in tetrapacks is much more expensive than the milk you get in sachets. Tetrapacks work when your only use for milk is to whiten your tea. 3. Buy seasonal: Vegetables like peas are almost four times more expensive when they are bought off season. In India you have veggies for different seasons. 4. Avoid juices/aerated drinks: You may not realise it now but the sugared fruit juices with preservatives and aerated drinks are doing more damage to you than you imagine. Lemonade, green tea and chaas are good for the wallet and the budget. 5. Cross cultures: The advantage of living in a city is that you can pick the best from different cultures when it comes to food. Procesed food and ordered