In recent times many household have multiple cooking stoves in their kitchen. The continous technology advancement is bringing up new innovation to make the cooking job easy. From burner stove to pipe gas supply to innovative chimney, people wants comfort while cooking and they go to any extent in spending money. However, we do not have the comfort in earlier times. People were dependent on mud chulha I.e clay stove for cooking. They used woods for combustion purpose. I am happy to find them still operative at certain interior household of India. They were used and women were happy to cook in them.
Mud chulhas which are popularly known as traditional clay cooking stoves are still considered pure in some cultures, due to their perceived ability to preserve food's nutrients, enhance flavors, and create a "Sattva-predominant" environment, as well as their connection to traditional practices and beliefs. When my visited my maternal home, I saw my aunty cooking some dishes in a mud stove. Even though they have the LPG gas cylinders at home, she was comfortable in cooking in traditional mud chullhas. The reason being, it was the auspicious days of Navratri and mud chulhas are considered pure form of stove. This is not the only time, even during the Chhat Puja festival, cooking rice and bottle gourd on a clay chulha is a traditional practice, further reinforcing its spiritual significance.
Cooking on these types of stove have spiritual significance. Some believe that cooking on a chulha creates a "Sattva-predominant" environment, which is considered beneficial for the body and mind. Traditional cooking with mud and terracotta stoves is seen as a sustainable practice with minimal environmental impact. The slow cooking process on a mud chulha is believed to help retain more nutrients in food compared to faster cooking methods. The earthy aroma and taste of food cooked on a mud stove are considered a special touch to traditional dishes.
There are many dishes which tastes good when cooked on these stove. Getting a feel and taste of these traditional cooking is worth of an experience. And I am blessed to have them in my short stay at maternal home. One concern that needs to be considered is that it is not easy cooking in these stove. It appears to be an easy, but managing these stove require lot of experience. A a new generation people unable to handle them. It can be challenging due to factors like smoke inhalation, firewood consumption, and the inherent difficulty in maintaining consistent heat and even cooking, especially in enclosed spaces. The main issue lies with heat control. Maintaining consistent heat and even cooking temperatures can be difficult with a chulha, as the heat source is not as easily controlled as with modern stoves. Any newbie would find it hard to manage. And hence prefer a upgraded stove then traditional. Infact, it is almost extinct at many homes. But feeling nice to find them at maternal home.
In good faith - peace!!
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Very cool. Temperatures are definitely something to be concerned about. You can burn your food in no time if you are not careful!
That is true....temperature regulationnis importsnt in these stoves. It needs much experience....The older generation were great
For sure!
These are the places where the food is the tastiest.
That's well said..authentic taste at its best
The image of the lady working on the choolah and using a smart phone is quite iconic
Since your outreach threads are still giving issues you might try to open a ticket
It says a true facts...our older generation can get modern easily but the modern generation never adapt to traditional practices....
Let see if the ticket helps to resolve the issue...I am kind of pissed off now
Still keep sharing on threads that way the curation team gets to see that you have created a post and it helps.