Question

While cooking pulses at home your mother always puts common salt to the mixture of pulses in water before actually heating the mixture .Why so ,explain?

Answer 1

Answer:

the most basic reason for this is to increase the boiling point of water i.e. to make the water boil at a temperature higher than 100 degree celsius this helps in proper cooking of the pulses

Answer 2

Phenomenon:

Effect of impurities on the boiling point.

Explaination:

The boiling point of a liquid increases by addition of impurities to it.

If common salt is added to water it boils at a temperature higher than 100°C. Hence, we add salt while cooking pulses, then provide sufficient heat energy to its contents before boiling and so the cooking becomes easier and faster.