Today the most common utensils you can see in kitchens are made of aluminium and non-sticks with Teflon coating on it. Now what we don't know about these cookwares is that they have harmful effects on our health. Aluminium is heavy metal and every time you cook something in an Aluminium cookware, a very small amount say about 100 micro-grams gets deposit in your food due to friction between your spatula and utensil. This unwanted Aluminium that you are eating daily gets deposited in your body and never comes out of it which leads to a chronic diseases such as Asthma, Cancer and many more. Same is the story with Teflon- it causes Cancer, Thyroid diseases, Complexities during pregnancy and Birth defects.
Now question arises that if they have such adverse effects on health why are they being sold to us,
well the answer is very simple "because there is demand" and why there is demand " because it is a trend after so many years". When India was ruled by The Britishers then the food which was given to the prisoners was cooked and served in Aluminium cookware so that the inmates may die soon with chronic diseases. And after that they introduced Aluminium cookware in India. Which became a trend with time and now no one is bothered about it. The Britishers are gone but majority of the jails still cook and serve there food in Aluminium utensils, there are many aluminium utensils at our home such as sauce pans, pressure cookers, sauce pot etc. Even the food which is cooked on big celebration feast like marriage is made with aluminium utensils.
Now, what is the solution and what are the best materials for cookware? well according to vedas and books on ayurved such as charak-samhita by charak rishi , ashtaang hrydayam and ashtaang sangham by vagbhat rishi, the appropiate material for making utensils is copper and clay , cooper is best for making food but it is not good for storing food, clay is as good as copper for making food and can also be used for storing food.
The food cooked in clay pots are not only delicious but also nutrients rich. The micro-nutrients which are usually lost during cooking are all present in the food cooked in clay utensils because all the micro-nutrients are present in clay. Well the plants get there nutrients from soil so does the food cooked in an earthen utensil. A scientific study done by Dr.Rajiv dixit of bharat swabhimaan sansthan shows that a daal cooked in an earthen pot has 90% more micro-nutrients than one cooked in pressure cooker.never the less earthen cookware are non-sticks naturally.
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Well as Earthen cookware of good quality is very hard to get nowadays i have decided to start a blog for supplying Good quality earthen cookware. The production line is on and the first product for shipment will be ready in 2-3 days. The sample of the cookware set will be uploaded soon.
Interested persons can order by mailing me at vedicjivan@gmail.com, a contact-number will soon be updated for taking orders.
*All Orders will be cash on delivery.
** The exact cost of earthen cookware set will also be uploaded soon.
** The estimated cost is 3200-3500 Indian Rs. for a full set( which includes two woks (karahi),two deep sauce pans( haandi), a sauce pan , a deep dish( paraat), a tawa , and 6 piece cooking spoon set.
** an extra discount of 10% for people mailing order before 3rd feb
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