Friday, December 11, 2015

How To Care For Your Cast Iron


I bought my first Cast Iron pan a little more than two years ago. I decided to buy it after seeing a cooking video so as to help me cook my Veggie Fajita. Little did I know that its going to be one of my favorite things in my Kitchen. The more I started cooking in it, the more I liked it. I agree that cast iron pans need extra care when compared to nonstick or stainless steel utensils. But these pans are much healthier and I know that if proper care is taken then it can be passed on to generations! I am going to write down the method I follow which I learnt from Lodge Website (#not sponsored). Over the years I also learnt many tricks from the internet and self experience.

#I bought a pre seasoned pan. So initially for the first few uses it is going to stick. Be patient. The more you use the better its seasoning gets. 

#Once you are done using the pan allow it to cool naturally.
#Never use soaps for cleaning and they need to be hand washed every single time.
#Water is the greatest enemy of cast iron pans. So never put them in a sink overnight. It can rust pretty quickly.
#If a lot of grease and food is stuck after cooking, then use a plastic scraper to scrape the stuck food. Alternatively you can sprinkle salt in the pan. It will absorb the extra grease and will also help to remove the stuck food with the help of a sponge (Salt is abrasive).
#Once it is clean, wash it using hot water and then wipe it with a paper towel or kitchen towel. 
# Now heat the cleaned pan. This will help dry out any moisture left and also helps with improving the seasoning. Once its hot, turn off the heat. Then add 1/2 tsp of neutral oil and spread it all around the surface using a paper towel. Allow it to cool completely and then store in a dry place.
#If by any chance if you see any rust spots then sprinkle some baking soda and rub it with a sponge. The baking soda will act as an abrasive and help in removing the rust. 
#I always serve the food immediately when cooked in Cast Iron pans. The food might react when stored in it for hours.



Making Dosas In Cast Iron Skillet:


Dosa (Indian Crepe) is one of my favorite breakfast. I make it every week in my cast iron skillet. People believe that nonstick pans are the best pans for making dosas. This is because there is no fear of the dosa getting stuck to the pan and it doesn't require any oil too. I agree to it but over the time the toxic teflon will leach into the dosas making it unhealthy. So I have started using cast iron skillet and if used in a right way you can get perfect crispy dosas every single time.

These are the steps I follow every single time. 
#Add few drops of oil on a paper towel and wipe the surface of the skillet. This will give a very light coating of oil on the skillet. If there is excess oil on the skillet then the batter won't spread as desired.
#Heat the skillet on a medium heat only (high heat can burn the dosas and batter don't spread properly on a over heated skillet).
#To check if the skillet is hot, sprinkle few drops of water. If it evaporates immediately then the pan is ready for dosas.
#Spread the batter. At this point you can add oil on top of the dosa but I never add.
#Once the dosa turns crispy, remove from the skillet. Wipe the paper towel on the skillet to get a light oil coating and continue making more dosas.

This method gives you perfect crispy dosas every single time with very less oil. If the skillet is new then the dosas might not turn out good the first few times. So use the skillet to make chapathi for first few days. Once the seasoning improves then start using it to make dosas.


I hope this post inspires you to buy a Cast Iron skillet. It indeed made my life better. 

21 comments :

  1. Sir, when can I buy the same type of cast iron pan. This looks really good compared to what I see in the market.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.

    ReplyDelete
  3. The Calphalon cookware is made from a procedure imagined by NASA to make anodized aluminum cookware, which has the benefit of being exceptionally hard and smooth, normally impervious to erosion, and being non-stick too.stainless steel cookware

    ReplyDelete
  4. Frying pan is mostly use over the world for cooking but you need to clean it properly so that the iron which has been used for the pan should not be ruined. Also, you have to know about seasoning non stick pan that will make your job easier.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Someone Sometimes with visits your blog regularly and recommended it in my experience to read as well. The way of writing is excellent and also the content is top-notch. Thanks for that insight you provide the readers! anti parasite herbsanti parasitic foods

    ReplyDelete
  6. These enter the body through processed food items, beauty products, unfiltered water, air pollution, smoke, pesticides, airborne pathogens and a number of other sources. colon cleanse at home

    ReplyDelete
  7. Wow i can say that this is another great article as expected of this blog.Bookmarked this site.. Kanada ETA

    ReplyDelete
  8. Thanks for the blog loaded with so many information. Stopping by your blog helped me to get what I was looking for. АНУ -ын виз

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with extra information? It is extremely helpful for me. 토토사이트

    ReplyDelete
  10. This content is written very well. Your use of formatting when making your points makes your observations very clear and easy to understand. Thank you. clicker games browser

    ReplyDelete
  11. Luxury property for sale in France is becoming increasingly popular as investors look for ways to diversify their portfolios. Luxury houses for rent near Marseille offer a number of advantages, including proximity to one of Europe's busiest airports and some of the best schools in the country. In addition, France has a strong economy and a stable political system, making it an attractive destination for luxury property buyers. Luxury properties in France also tend to appreciate at a higher rate than properties in other parts of Europe, providing investors with the potential for significant capital gains. As the global economy continues to rebound, luxury property in France is likely to become even more popular with investors looking for a safe and profitable place to park their money. https://frenchchateauforsale.co.uk/luxury-properties-for-sale-in-france/

    ReplyDelete
  12. Outstanding article! I want people to know just how good this information is in your article. Your views are much like my own concerning this subject. I will visit daily your blog because I know. It may be very beneficial for me. Ice Cream Mssissippi Cheese Cake

    ReplyDelete
  13. Google and other Search Engines like Microsoft and Bing can hunt for and classify sites based on their connections. Connects are used to rank query items based on factors such as importance, incoming interconnections, and consistency as possible. Standard applications examine the ostensibly “surface web,” but the investigation ends there. You couldn’t input the description into your system’s searching bar as well as expect Google to provide a major result for a particular library, for example, if you wanted to go through with a library services index to find a book. That level of data would be discovered in the deep web. Searching on that same Internet these days is akin to dragging a net throughout the ocean’s outer layer. While an extraordinary arrangement may be caught inside this net, there is still a great deal of info that is significant and therefore lost. The argument is straightforward: The majority of something like the data on the Internet is hidden deep within powerfully designed destinations, and traditional internet search tools never find it. Interconnections or crawling surface Web pages is how traditional web indexes create their files. The page should be static and linked to other pages to be found. Traditional web search technologies can’t “see” or “recover” anything on the deep Web since those websites do not exist until they’re created powerfully as a result of a specific query. Because traditional internet search engines crawlers are unable to probe mostly under surface, the deep Web has remained hidden until now. There are no connections, which is why web crawlers are unable to return this information to you. (Search engine technologies crawl the digital platform by first examining one specific website, then the interconnections on that page, and finally the interconnections on subsequent pages.) If all other factors are equal, you might want to go to the national library’s website and use the site’s query bar to locate this knowledge on the public library servers. This type of information may be found all over the internet. Just about every other time you look within a website, you’ll find extensive information deep web

    ReplyDelete
  14. This is very significant, and yet necessary towards just click this unique backlink: slot server kamboja

    ReplyDelete
  15. I read this article. I think You put a lot of effort to create this article. I appreciate your work. Ice Cream Bakery In Florida

    ReplyDelete
  16. On this page you can read my interests, write something special. Ice Cream Bakery In Georgia

    ReplyDelete

  17. This is helpful, nonetheless, it can be crucial so that you can check out the following website
    read novels online free

    ReplyDelete

  18. Precisely what I was searching for, thankyou for putting up.
    honeymoon tour packages Andaman

    ReplyDelete
  19. I admire this article for the well-researched content and excellent wording. I got so involved in this material that I couldn’t stop reading. I am impressed with your work and skill. Thank you so much. 香港網頁設計

    ReplyDelete