How to Keep Clean Your Kitchen

Working in a cluttered and unclean kitchen can be a daunting task. Spending time and effort to keep it tidy can bring joy and comfort while working.

Maintaining a clean and tidy work platform in the kitchen is essential to avoid unnecessary tension and headaches. A cluttered kitchen can lead to decreased efficiency and a lack of focus on the quality of the food you cook. Additionally, an unclean kitchen can attract flies and cockroaches, making it unhygienic. To ensure that you provide healthy food to your family, it is crucial to keep the kitchen as clean and neat as possible. This will allow you to concentrate on preparing delicious meals without any distractions.

I will share my tips for keeping the kitchen clean and organized, including ways to arrange items in cupboards and racks.

Keeping your kitchen workplace neat and shining requires simple tools and aids. Some basic requirements are like these:

• cleaning soap, either bar soap, or liquid as per your convenience. I use my Vim bar for this purpose. Keep other cleaners like Colin's liquid cleaner, vinegar, etc.
• scrubbing pad for applying soap and scrubbing the places to clean from dirt.
• steel scrubber for removing extra dirt spots and marks.
• rough cleaning cloth of cotton preferably for cleaning/washing, and a wet mop for the floor cleaning, after applying soap and scrubbing.
• Besides the above, some other tools may be required for removing extra-hard-dried sticky food marks around walls and stoves. You can use your kitchen appliances such as the spatula, spoon, etc. for scratching the sticky substances while cleaning your kitchen.
• You may also need thin but long tools, such as an iron rod, hard steel wire, or broomsticks, to clean your kitchen sink.

• Start by cleaning the stove. If it's not sticky and oily, you can use a simple wet cloth to clean it. Remove the frames or burner stands, and then clean the stove thoroughly with the wet cloth.
• If it is sticky and oily, apply soap to a scrubbing pad and scrub it thoroughly.
• If food has dried up and is hard to remove, soak the affected spots for a minute and then scrub with a steel or foam pad. You can also use your fingernails for scratching. After removing the debris, wipe the area clean with a wet cloth.
• Clean the entire sides of the stove and repeat the wet cloth process to make it neat and shining.
• Now, clean the frames of the burner. They can also be cleaned with soap and water to remove oil and other debris.
• Sometimes, the burner can become oily or dirty due to overflow or spills while cooking. For instance, if the pressure cooker whistle doesn't stop and the contents overflow, it can spill onto the walls and the burner. In such cases, it's important to clean the burner and the walls.
• Separate the burner top, apply soap, and wash it under the tap thoroughly.
• When it comes to cleaning the fixed part of the burner bottom, you should avoid using water and soap as it requires careful handling. Instead, you can use a damp cloth to wipe away any dirt or debris without getting the burner wet. Another option is to use your wet fingers to clean the area. Just be gentle and take your time to avoid causing any damage.
• After cleaning all the accessories, replace them duly rubbed with a dry cloth.
• You may need to clean the walls around your stove, which have become dirty and sticky from emissions from the cooker and other sources. Apply soap foam to the walls, and scrub with a foam pad to remove the stains and dirt. Then, clean again with a wet cloth to give them a shine.
• Now, you can clean the whole platform with a wet cloth and, if necessary, apply some soap.
• After cleaning the platform, the next step is to clean the sink.
• Remove all the utensils from the sink, either by washing them, or keeping them away if you have a maid to wash them.
• Apply soap to the sink walls, including the sink platform, and clean well with steel and foam scrubbers. If anything is stuck in the holes of the sink, remove it with an instrument like a spoon, spatula, or even a broomstick and any other tools you possess for the purpose. Flush thoroughly with water. If you want it to shine, apply another wash with soap.
• After completing all these processes, you will be delighted to see everything clean and shining.

The above images provide ideas for keeping your kitchen neatly arranged without messing up.

• Fix a steel rack nailed to your walls, if there is any shortage of cupboards and other built-in-racks. Arrange all your items neatly so that they are handy on requirement.
• Keep all kitchen store items in the closed racks, if possible, and in easily identifiable containers.
• Some items like oil, ghee, milk, etc. often used during your cooking process can be placed on an oil paper or a cloth in one corner of the platform preferably nearer to the stove. This avoids spilling them while utilizing them. I keep my cleaning soap and pad also there to keep dry.
• Big utensils and containers for storing rice, wheat flour, etc. can't be put inside the racks. So you can keep them in any safe corner on the kitchen floor to avoid tripping over them.

In this article, I shared a common man's experiences and provided some illustrations to give you an idea of keeping your surroundings neat and clean. However, it is essential to consider your circumstances and incorporate other ideas that may suit you in keeping your kitchen tidy.

The above video highlights some intelligent tips for kitchen cleaning employing other improvised methods.

You may share your other ideas for keeping the kitchen clean in the comments section below so that they can be useful to others.