Saturday, November 12, 2011

Senior friendly - Induction cooker


Seniors should invest on induction stove and good sturdy vessels 

Induction stove with potato in jacket getting ready

  1. It has a timer which helps you not to forget switching off the stove. 
  2.  Learn to use the timer wisely-first day boil 1 litre of milk in a thick vessel and watch the time for boiling at about 800 power level. It may take about 8 to9 minutes depending on the thickness of vessel. Next day you can confidently put the timer and power level as previous day and relax reading a paper.
  3. None of the induction stoves has a proper instruction manual. Your effort for the first one week is very useful. I have made a time chart for different routine cooking work, like 10 minutes for rasam if the dal is cooked already, 10 minutes to make a simple vegetable and so on. 
  4. You inhale more oxygen when standing near induction stove than gas stove. 
  5.  My husband at  the age of 80 learnt to cook basic things in induction stove.
  6. Buy good thick bottomed vessels 2 or 3- best are  induction friendly Vinod brand heavy bottom pans with handle costing about 500 Rs each.They are very easy to clean if you don't have a maid coming, and if she comes she cannot dent the bottom( if it happens you cant use them in induction stove again) 
Vinod Brand Vessel
   


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