Ever since we finally found the right kinds of pots to use with our magnetic induction cooker, we’ve been experimenting far more with various recipes and methods.
Tonight, I checked to see whether it could get vegetable oil hot enough to cook french fries properly.
Answer: Oh yes.
The result was crispy and delish. With a side of genuine Heinz ketchup, the results of the experiment soon disappeared.
So far, the only real downside to the cooker was the difficulty we did have in getting the right kind of stainless steel pots to use on it. For us, they actually ended up being some super-cheap Indian-style pots from a little place several blocks over from Commercial Street in Bangalore. The more expensive stainless pots kept not working. What we did was literally to take the cooker with us while shopping back in March, and tried the pots on it, with some water. Once located, we told ‘em, "Okay, five of those in different sizes please. With lids."
The upside is these induction cookers are very efficient — more than twice as efficient as gas, in fact (84% versus 40%). Very good temperature control, plus they heat stuff extremely fast. The single-burner cooker itself cost about 3500Rs (about $87.50 US), for a fairly high-end model.
Wow… New invention… Patent it.
Have you tried stir-frying pre-cooked fries?
Try some batatavadda or potato fritters there…
Bought Wii today.. Lots of fun w bowling and baseball
Stay coool with lassi lemonade and snoW cones :)
Racer
Difficult to patent that which has already been invented by someone else, no?
No, haven’t tried doing pre-cooked fries. I think I prefer just plain potatoes, sliced thick and fried in light oils. The pre-cooked ones tend to have some kind of odd coating or batter. Fritters, definitely a possibility…and I’ve a feeling that Stephanie will want to try pakota (batter fried onions) soon, as she can’t get enough of that whenever it’s served here at the ashram in the public meals.
Neat news about the Wii — I’ve been curious about those. Sounds like fun.
And aye — but I’m an iced tea gal. In addition to thanking the Engineers for A/C, I am also deeply grateful for ice-making refrigeration.