Food Processor - Your Reviews

Sorry Grace
I forgot to follow up the thread. It is certainly not a bother.

Well, Chutneys do not come well with my FP. The phillips FP's smallest jar is for dry grinding, it is to be inverted while grinding, so cannot be used for chutneys. Also the blades of the FP does not grinds coconut well.

I use preethi daily for:
1.all the chutneys(which needs less water, not the liquified version)
2. grind coconut for kootus,gravies
3. small quatities for dosais (when the quatity is too less for ultra)
4. the stainless steel jar of preeti is good for crushing ice too.
5. and before I bought my ultra, I used preeti for grinding for idli.


But Ultra and FP are enough, only that you look for the brand with the smallest jar that can be used for wet grinding too.(I overlooked itbonk)

Originally Posted by Grace3

Vijee,

So you have both Preethi and Food Processor ;
I had totally decided on Ultra & Preethi for my kitchen needs.
But now after reading your post , have one huge question ; does your FP do whatever Preethi can do ??
Chutneys can be ground in FP too , right ??
Do you use your Preethi for something exclusively which can't be done in the food processor ??

Hope I'm not bothering with so many questions ...

Originally Posted by Grace3

Vijee,

So you have both Preethi and Food Processor ;
I had totally decided on Ultra & Preethi for my kitchen needs.
But now after reading your post , have one huge question ; does your FP do whatever Preethi can do ??
Chutneys can be ground in FP too , right ??
Do you use your Preethi for something exclusively which can't be done in the food processor ??

Hope I'm not bothering with so many questions ...

I have Preethi and Ultra.I use Ultra for Idli/Dosai and Preethi has 3 attachments,enough for dry grind and chutneys.Does a great job.

Thanks for replying Vijee ; now I'm back to square one .....Big Laugh

I will look in stores here for FP with proper attachment for chutney & grinding coconut etc. Then I'll decide whether to go for it or safely purchase Preethi itself ...

Originally Posted by Nandshyam

Hey Guys,

Recently, I decided to buy a FP after all the good things one can do using it. I always had this thought it was just a luxury and one can manage without it. But Chits yummu dishes make it so promising that I can not only use it to the fullest, but also make many dishes with ease.

So here I am. All the FP owners, please share your model, cost and your review.

Checking online is too intimidating. I might get some idea with your inputs !!

Thanks much !!

mine is hamilton beach 10 cups it works good
bye
rekha

Hi members
I have philips food processor and it cost me about $150cdn.I bought it a long time back,I dont have any issues with it.My vadai and chappathi dough comes out very well.My mother liked it very much.I would surely recommend to buy a good brand name ones.
-priyas.

Hi all, I am looking at buying a Food Processor soon so I went through all the posts in this tread. I do have a quick question though - we are a family of 2 adults and a baby but I always cook a meal for 4 people (enough for leftovers for lunch etc.). I don't want to buy an FP that will be too small for us, but I don't want too big of a cup either. What size cup do you guys suggest?

Cuisinart is what I am looking at - this model. It's a 7 cup model but I am wondering if it will slice/shred if it's a smaller quantity like say, a cup?

Thanks for your comments.

Raj

hi il's,
I happened to read that cusinart 7 cup had some problem closingthe lid....and it's been stopped... Lot many people had given a comment that
it's not working... U can check... I saw the used one in amazon.com and
u can check braun also.... I'm using a mini pro black and decker... It works fine but it's too small...

love..
lakshmi.

Hi Nandu,
I just saw this thread now.......anyways, there is a FP available in Costco for 120 bucks and its very nice......I got this review from my frds who brought it and using it.
If you have not purchased it, just give a try to Costco FP.....
Thank you.

Hi,

I have question. Does the food processor....
1) Cut OKRA like how we indian cut it
2) Cut Carrot into the shape we wanst ...like for birriyani its bg peices and for pulao small
3) cut kovakai....
4) Cut potato...


I always thought and restrained my self from buyinga FP.

though it is useful to make chappthi dough

what are you comeents on this?

I had been reading quite a few user reviews on which food processor to choose between KitchenAid & Cuisinart . The one major factor which I never knew before was that the KitchenAid comes with just one year warranty while the Cuisinart comes with 10 years !!
Such a huge difference in the Warranty period offered must mean a drastic difference in performance too ! The quality has significantly come down over the years ....