Induction cooking

hi aadhus mom,
well induction cookers are becoming a big time hit in chennai especially when you run out of gas or in need of an extra stove for special functions etc!!!!
one of my cousin's uses it in b'lore and uses it for making sambar, rasam etc so i guess it is suitable for indian cooking!!!
i have seen a few in exhibition and trade centres but have never tried one!!!!
regards
pavi

 

hi vanitha
I have been using induction cooker for boiling water, making rasam, soups, coffee and chai. You just have to set the temperature and also use only stainless steel vessels. Rest the same as we use in electric stove.

Cheers
maddie

 

Hey V and all

What induction stove do you have? I am planning to buy one and want to know which is a good brand/model. Also, does it need special vessels?

TIA

 

Think of it this way. In a transformer you have a primary and a secondary coil. The secondary coil is designed to give the required output.

An induction stove or hob is the same. There is a primary coil under the glass plate on which you keep the vessel. The base of the vessel must be suitable for induction. This base acts like the secondary of the transformer. Only thing is it is in effect a short circuited secondary. there is no output. The eddy currents heat up this base which in turn heats whatever is inside.

Induction stoves are very efficient-almost 95%. In addition, the amount of power gets automatically regulated by the size of the base a smaller base will consume less power. However, it will also take longer to heat. For a given vessel most of the hobs have a provision for setting the maximum power.

On the other hand an electric stove will consume the same power whether there is any thing on it or not.

It is just an efficient heat source. Period. What you cook is up to the cook (and the m-i-l looking over the shoulder and down the nose with an occasional sniff)

The only requirement is that the vessel must be induction friendly.

All current models of standard cookware (Prestige, Hawkins and other brands) make all their premium cookware induction frindly irrespective of whether the vessel is SS or Aluminum.

Arunadhri

 

THanks Arunadhri and V .... I went to see some induction stovs y'day. Liked prestige and preethi. Will decide which one ... cost is around 3-3.5K. There are a lot of imported brands like Evolve ....so thinking on which one I should go in for.

 

V,

as you know here our cooking ranges are electric only... gas systems are rare. i use pressure cooker too on induction. however normal vessels that we use on gas cannot be used on induction. they'll not stand still i recently bought induction kadai from prestige. you can only use such utensils. otherwise you'll get used to the way it works gradually. unlike gas when you reduce heat it'll take a little while for the heat to actually come down. and even after switching off, the heat will still be released. so i utilise that as well.

Latha