How to Use
Before Use
Remove sticker/label. Remove any adhesive with vegetable oil. Before
using tava for the first time, wash in hot water with a mild soap or
detergent, rinse in clear water and dry. DO NOT WASH IN A DISHWASHER.
Before putting your tava on the heat, assemble and prepare all
ingredients and keep spatula, utensils, serving plate etc. ready in the
cooking area.
If you are looking for things once the tava is on the
heat, it can overheat quickly and destroy the nonstick coating.
Seasoning
It is not necessary to season the tava. If, however, you plan to cook
food which tends to stick such as fried eggs without any oil or
butter for the first use or before you have cooked with oil on the tava,
seasoning will assist release of the food. To season: rub 1 tsp/5 ml
vegetable oil over the clean nonstick surface using a paper napkin or
clean cotton cloth. Wipe off oil with a paper napkin or clean cotton
cloth. Wash and dry tava.
Suitable Heat Sources
High temperatures will shorten the life of the nonstick and may
destroy it. Use tava only on domestic gas and radiant electric stoves
in which the temperature can be regulated to low and medium heat. Use
a burner to suit the size of your tava – gas flames should not spread
beyond the tava. Do not use high heat. Use low to medium-high heat.
Limit Pre-heating of Tava
Some foods/recipes require pre-heating of the tava. Foods such as
dosa
,
uttapam
etc. require the tava to be at a certain temperature before
you cook the first batch.
When pre-heating the cold empty tava before beginning to
cook, it is critical that THE HEAT IS NO MORE THAN MEDIUM
and the time is strictly limited to no more than 7 minutes.
Even if you have a small quantity of oil or butter or ghee (1 tbsp +
1 tsp/20 ml or less) on the tava, you should follow the pre-heating time
given in the recipe. The actual time required for pre-heating for best
cooking results may be less, depending on the food being cooked and
your burner. Overheating can occur quickly if tava is left on the heat
without food so
NEVER
keep the tava empty on the heat once it is hot.
Avoid Overheating: Check Your Burner
If food is smoking or burning, reduce heat. Using medium or lower
heat and limiting the time the empty tava is heating are the basic
techniques to avoid overheating.
The tava can overheat even on medium heat if the burner
is providing excessive heat.
To check if your burner can overheat
even on medium heat, do the following test.
Step 1.
Place clean tava on medium heat. Heat tava 4 minutes.
Step 2.
Press one finger firmly into whole wheat flour (
atta
). Do not
pinch. Flick from a distance of about 2
1
/
2
inches/6 cm a small, fine,
even dusting of flour on centre of tava and immediately begin
counting off seconds ("one second, two second, three second" etc.)
while watching the flour. The time the flour takes to become dark
brown gives a rough indication of how hot the tava is. As long as flour
has not turned dark brown within 15 seconds, the tava is not overheated.
Step 3.
Follow the steps in the chart alongside to complete the test.
Do not exceed the pre-heating limit of 7 minutes
in any case
.
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