Mrs Saieen

so like..whenever ive been cooking fish or chicken lately, it just sticks to the pan... am i not adding enough oil to the pan or is it too much and too hot by the time i add the food? Is it b/c theres water on it from rinsing it or dab0oo-ing it in water to defreeze it? PS, This also happens when I make pasta or rice dishes (those prepackaged ones), so much sticks to the bottom of the dish... it's such a nuisance to clean them later on. Please help me, i dont want to suck my poor husbands wallet dry from having to eat out all the time b/c i cant cook right

Lusi

Make sure to lightly grease the pan. Also fist heat the pan, then add the oil, hopefully food won't stick to the pan.

Mrs Saieen

But I already do that.....

Lusi

you heat the pan and then add oil?

Also make sure your food is not on too high heat. Always cook your food on medium low heat and try to cover it. Turn the food after few mins.

Mrs Saieen

hm, no i add oil after about a minute (on high heat) and then turn the heat to medium and add the food after like 2-4 minutes (err too long?)... i leave it on medium to medium low but don't cover it. it sticks right away.

Lusi

use non stick pans...

Well if sticks right away then, then reduce the heat, then add the food, flip it or stir it after a second or two to prevent it from sticking.

Mrs Saieen

Okay... Ill keep it mind

what about pasta/rice dishes though? unn ka kya karoon =/

Lusi

Well for pasta, always heat the oil, then reduce the heat and add pasta. Also make sure you add pasta in some sort of sauce and not sauce in pasta. Adding pasta to the sauce keeps pasta from sticking. Also make sure to keep/cook it on low heat. Plus when you have pasta in the sauce you don't need long cooking time anyway because the pasta is always cooked. When you are boiling the pasta make sure you stir it frequently and add couple drops of oil to the boiling water, it always help.

And same for those pre-packaged rice, cook them on low heat, make sure you stir them and hopefully they won't stick to the bottom of the pan. Also always grease your pan.

Mrs Saieen

Thanks

AnGeL EyEs

sara...looks like it's time to invest in a new non-stick pan/pot.

Sara516

Mujhe mat batao... denay walay ko kaho

pinks

These have made my life so easy! particularly when cooking rice!


ok, so yesterday I was frying aaloo ke kebabs, had a coating of aata on both sides. I found that the trick is to have the oil really hot before putting the kebabs in (i was frying them on a tawa), otherwise they'd stick to the bottom.

and how do you put the chawal on "dum"? I found placnig a tawa underneath the pot on a really low heat helps...

AnGeL EyEs

u should have gotten a bridal registry...

house warming?

AnGeL EyEs

good tips pinks...

...i usually dont do the tawa thing for plain rice but i do for biryani and the likes.

Lusi

I don't have a tawa thing over here..lol.. so i just leave the rice on very low heat.

pinks

what brand of Non stick pots do you use? we have Tefal but the "non-stick" part seems to be wearing off! I wanna get the ones by Jamie Oliver but man are they pricey. Lekin if its good quality then i guess its worth the price

Sara516

like desis wud follow a damn bridal registry

AnGeL EyEs

calphalon....Teafl is good 2

true

Sara516

Wlel since we're on the subject

how do u clean these things!! Normally i add Dawn or whatever dish detergent we have, and let it soak onto the dish for a coupla hours... but its not working toda

pinks

^ use a taar ( steel wool) and maanj like youv'e never maanj'd before, it usually works for me