FOOD COOKED IN IRON VESSEL

Nowadays food is cooked in modern way and lots of new technologies have been implemented to improve the cooking experience by reducing the risk of burning and also reduce the time of cooking. The metal which is being used in today’s era is more human friendly as per the food safety guidelines. But traditionally whenever food was cooked it was cooked in thick vessel whether t was copper and iron. This kind of thick bottom vessels were used to cook food because of tolerating the heat and also suitable for slow cooking.

The food which is cooked on top of Indian style range which is known as Chulha where wood is used as main fuel and in that utensils has to be thick enough to tolerate the heat from the wood. The first choice was always Iron kadhai because it was easy to use and in that almost all the vegetables and meat can be prepared with constant heat for long time. Many people claims that the food which is cooked in iron kadhai has more iron content as compared to other utensils. The taste of food in iron kadhai also enhanced and it is also believed that kadhai also releases iron which mixes with the food.

Overload Egg Chilla Sandwich

 

 

 

 

 

 

For chilla batter

s.no	ingredients	Quantity
1	Atta	100 grm
2	Water	100 ml
3	Salt	To taste
4	Ajwain	1 grm
5	Butter	25 grm
6	Egg	1 no
7	Turmeric powder	2 grm
8	Red chilli powder	2 grm

For filling

s.no	ingredients	Quantity
1	Boiled egg	4 no
2	Chopped onion	25  grm
3	Chopped coriander leaves	5 grm
4	Chopped green chillies	5 grm
5	Chat masala	2 grm
6	Mayonnaise	100 grm

 

Method of Preparation-

·         For chilla batter combine all ingredients which is mentioned for chilla batter above and keep aside

·         For filling boil the egg peel it and mix with other ingredients mentioned for the filling above table. 

·         Take non-stick frying pan and add butter and then pour 1 ladle of chilla batter then prepare it like a thin pancake.

·         Then take two pieces of chilla and apply little mayonnaise in both then fill it with prepared filling and close it with each other.

·         Cut like triangle or square and serve with tomato ketchup or any chili sauce.