Topic: induction cooker tips required.

[daveyham]

Hi guys and gals, does anyone cook bir curries on a induction hob ? If you do I would love your tips and tricks. I've been cooking for years with a aluminium pan on a gas hob. New cooker in new kitchen = induction hob.
I no 'sacrilege'. 
Any help appreciated.

[Garp]

I can recommend a good gas fitter!

[Madrasandy]

Where do you live Dave? There must be a decent Indian restaurant near by

[Madrasandy]

Sorry mate, can't help, years ago I was on electric hob and hated it, but I'm sure somebody will help you out

[london]

I had a similar problem with a ceramic hob and solved it by getting a portable gas hob from Halfords for a tenner. the canisters are 1.50 and 3 for 2 at the moment so a quid a pop. Here's a link to the hob.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_745531_langId_-1_categoryId_165650

Regards,
London.

[daveyham]

Thanks lads. I could get the camping stove out, but I want to see how the induction hob works. Seemingly. They are as responsive as gas. Only got it installed today so early days. Somebody must have tried one, hense the question.
The reason for the induction hob is efficiency, gas hobs are 40% efficient, induction are 85% efficient. Half's the cooking bill.
I do a lot of cooking.
 

[chewytikka]

Hi Davey
Just a different way of cooking, not as flexible as flame and Ally pan,
but if you could get an Ally pan with a steel base and you may get a similar cook on high,
just a bit strange at first not moving and bashing the pan about bhun style.
But you will just have to compensate by working the ingredients more with your spoon. 

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[Peripatetic Phil]

I use my induction hob for all my curries now; my steel mini-wok (from which I am slowly removing the very inferior non-stick coating) fits it perfectly, and since I have cooked using electricity for all but three years, I feel completely at home with it.  If you are migrating from gas then you may find it difficult to adapt, but once you have done so you will wonder why you ever thought there might be a problem.

** Phil.

[daveyham]

Thanks a lot Phil and Chewy. The search for a decent pan begins then. Any pointers ?

[Peripatetic Phil]

Lidl did a superb set of stainless steel frying pans about a year ago; branded "Ernesto", they have ILAG ceramic non-stick coatings which are many many times more robust than the traditional "Teflon" coating, and I have used the small and medium size of these for curries.  More recently Aldi brought out some very cheap flat-based steel mini-woks which are the perfect size for a curry portion; the Teflon coating is complete and utter cr@p but can be removed using stainless steel wire wool and the pan then used as a traditional bare steel pan.  Waitrose have a nice flat-based steel  wok, but I found that the base deformed during the "seasoning" process, so I returned my first one and bought another which I made no attempt to season.

** Phil.