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Simple and Clever Hacks to Clean Small Fish Scales Without a Knife
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News18•09-10-2026, 12:39
Simple and Clever Hacks to Clean Small Fish Scales Without a Knife
- •Soaking small fish in a mixture of vinegar and water softens their scales for easy removal.
- •Using a glass, coin, or seashell allows you to strip fish scales quickly without scattering them around.
- •Plastic rice sacks or food-covering baskets make cleaning scales of Puti and Mourala fish a snap.
- •The hard mouth of a Folui fish can be used as a natural scrubber to remove scales from another fish.
- •Soaking Katchki fish in rice-washing water effectively eliminates scales, dirt, and unwanted odor.
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You can clean Puti fish without a knife by placing them on a clean, textured plastic rice or grocery sack, folding the other side over, and gently rubbing them together to strip away the stubborn scales quickly.
Soak Kachki fish in rice-washing water for about 10 minutes. This eliminates the fish odor, softens the clinging dirt, and easily removes the scales before rinsing them twice in plain water.
Place Mourala fish inside a perforated plastic basket over a bowl, and rub them against the holes using your hands or a coconut husk while rinsing them under the tap to collect all the scales.
