Who does not love Deep Fried Food? They taste good makes us feel happy but the only downside is the whole house smells of oil as there is no proper aeration in the kitchen. The job of sending out the fumes were done by chimneys in the kitchens back home and I don't remember the whole house smelling of oil and the smoke smell clinging to everything. But in the house here, when we getting ready to get it built we forgot to mention or rather did not know enough to ask the builder to have the exhaust vent outside which some of our smart neighbors have done. It is a disaster especially during the cold winter months because the smoky oil smell clings on to clothes and pretty much everything. We do have an exhaust fan but the air is circulated back into the house so there is not much help. We have devised a few ways to get around this sticky problem with 3. being the most popular.
1. We (I) cook deep fried food rarely.
2. Boil water + Distilled White Vinger (in the raio of 5 : 1)in a pot while deep frying, the oil fumes are neutralized by the Vinegar fumes to a large extent.
3. We have a propane stove, the one we use for cooking when camping. We put this on the patio and cook vadais, pooris and other deep fried delicacies. The kids love this as they get to watch the food being quicked real and close and eat it as it comes out the pan. Have to admit the adults have a lot of fun too.
4. Deep Fried food is something that takes a little bit of effort and hence encourages baking/broiling and a realization they taste just as good.
ooh... vadas?? Sounds like fun indeed, and looks yummy! :)
ReplyDelete:) Oh the things we do for fried foods.
ReplyDeleteThe vadas look good, ISG! Love your tip of using distilled white vinegar for counteracting the oiul fumes.
ReplyDeleteI deep fry out on the deck with electric deep fryer with long extention cord most of the time!:D
ReplyDeleteArvind hates the smell in the house and it lingers for soo long with after spraying with Neutralizer.Got to try Vinegar trick next time.
Vadas look great.I made them last week:)
girl, looks like u r having gala time:) oh!!! do pray for some sunshine in my part of the world too;)
ReplyDeleteNow hats what I call home made picnic ;)
ReplyDeleteI mean 'thats' :P
ReplyDeleteHa ha... what we do for food.
ReplyDeleteBut ISG you can get a chimney that has a vent outside done even now. When we bough our home, it was an upgrade option and so we didn't take it. But soon what with we Bongs frying our fish to glory, we realized we needed it and fast :)
So we went to Lowes got a higher powered range hood and they came in and installed it with a outside vent. They had to cut up the wall but it was fine. It took 2-3 days of work.
wow! that's a neat tip, a much needed one at that ;)
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ReplyDeleteVadai looks so nice!!!!!!Here we have to cook in the Kitchen only (:
Hey Indo, I love the vinegar tip, will try it... I live in a condo, so there is no patio unfortunately :(, I just leave all my windows open and the bedroom doors closed and pray it doesn't linger...
ReplyDeleteGreat tips, i will try the vinegar trick next time, or even step out to the patio.
ReplyDeleteWow, never heard the vinegar trick. Thanks a bunch, IGS!
ReplyDeleteAgain, It's a great idea to cook fried stuff outdoor. The houses here are not as cross-ventilated like the ones in India and the smell lingers for a long time.
I didnt know about point 2.
ReplyDeleteI think even now, your kitchen vent can be remodelled. Ask a home depot guy.
ISG, I tried your vinegar trick when I made bakshanam recently, it worked. Thanks for sharing this useful tip....
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