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**svasu_ani** · 19th March 2005, 08:40 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the idea. Can you be more specific abt the grid? Is it similar to the one in India which is placed on the gas stoves above the burners?

Anitha

Originally Posted by di

hi svasu_ani,

i make phulakas using electric stove...in Indian store u get a grid kind of thing(circular or rectangular) made of metal- u have to place that over the electric burner and switch on the stove-and follow usual method of making phulkas-when u r ready to put the roti on the flame -put it instead on the grid which is heating up! u get phulkas like we get using a gas flame! one thing to make note of is u need to use tongs which have a non-stick tip (not the plain stainless steel ones we use in India) to remove the phulka from the burner!
hope this helps!

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**nalabaagam** · 21st March 2005, 08:40 PM

Hi,

I have a question though not directly about food, it is about cleaning or washing a vessel.

I use a vessel to make tea/coffee/boil milk,etc., though I wash it daily after use, it still has some thick coating (adi pudichu iruku - in tamil) in it due to continuous usage for boiling of milk, heating tea, etc. Due to this electric coil stoves the excessive heat makes food to form coating inside the vessel

I tried soaking it in hot water and then washing it using dish liquid. No use. Everytime I have to scrape the coating with knife after soaking for hours together. Even then not of much help.

Is there any easy way to remove it using any liquid?

Thanks in advance,
Nalabaagam.

di · 21st March 2005, 11:31 PM

hi svasu_ani,

am not sure wht grid u r talking abt that is used in India!
anyway did some web search and found this website which shows the picture- it is the roasting grid( first one) ..
http://www.ishopindian.com/shop/cata...-p-2-c-68.html
HTH!

R · 22nd March 2005, 02:33 AM

Hi Nalabaagam,

Just my suggestion-I boil milk on stove for preparing curd only. That too, keep the gas in sim though takes a long time. In this way, you can escape from this problem.

For making coffee, I use microwave and for tea, prepare decoction on stove and heat the milk in microwave.

coming back, fill up half vessel with water and add 1 tsp of baking soda and some drops of washing liquid, let them boil on stove for some time. Keep aside and after a few mts, empty the vessel and use SOS to clean the vessel. Though it will not go away in one attempt, will definitely see some improvement. Let the vessel get dry. Now, the black stain will loosen up a bit and use the regular scrub with liquid.

Will take some time, but this method works for me.

Back at home, my house servant maid used sand to remove the black stain. If you want, put on yr gloves and try. Have not tried this.

Good luck.

**nalabaagam** · 22nd March 2005, 04:19 AM

Hi R,

Thanks for your message.

I am heating milk using microwave only if we are going to drink it as it is. But for making coffee or tea, or for making curd, just heating in the microwave doesn't seem to be sufficient. It needs to heating to the boiling stage.

Otherwise, by the time I add sugar and coffee decoction to the milk, it turns from hot to warm/cold and the coffee doesn't taste so good.
Coffee-na sooda kudicha dhaaney

Also, I have noticed that warming or heating milk in the microwave, it doesn't get heated uniformly. Milk on the surface of the cup remains hot, but at the bottom of the vessel it is not warm too.

Coming back to your tips, I will try the baking sode and dish liquid together. Let me see.
I wish I get good kora kora sand or saambal (ash) here so that I scrub and wash like the servant maids back home.

Regards,
Nalabaagam

R · 22nd March 2005, 04:39 AM

For coffee, that is news to me. Becoz in 1 min and 30 sec., in my MW, the milk will start boiling(could see the bubbles).

Is there any problem with yr MW? One of my friend use to tell that she is using MW for curd making. I can ask her and let you know, if you want.

SOS is really a good one. I used it for my irumbu vanali (you know how tough to remove the stain in that kind of vessel).

If you have any plain area with soil/sand, that will do..cant go for aathu manal here!

Bye.

**Seethab** · 22nd March 2005, 05:02 AM

Hi R:

Whats SOS?

R · 22nd March 2005, 05:29 AM

If you are in US, you can find SOS in american stores in the detergent section-next to scrubs. Basically, it is a stronger scrub than our regular ones. It has soap and metallic wire in it. The name of this scrub is SOS which comes in a box.

Hope this is enough.

**svasu_ani** · 22nd March 2005, 07:14 AM

Thanks...

Originally Posted by di

hi svasu_ani,

am not sure wht grid u r talking abt that is used in India!
anyway did some web search and found this website which shows the picture- it is the roasting grid( first one) ..
http://www.ishopindian.com/shop/cata...-p-2-c-68.html
HTH!

**Shanthy** · 22nd March 2005, 03:01 PM

Dear Nalabaagam
Why not use a non stick small sauce pan to heat milk etc? You can just use a soft cleaning cloth to clean it. Saves you a lot of trouble. Milk is much tastier when heating on stove.
Shanthy