Jan172009
Cooking when the light goes (tandyr, primus, and patience)
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 at 7:40 pm by ZarinaThis winter the electricity comes for four hours and goes for four. You never know. I make a plan every morning with a piece of paper on the fridge. At 7:00 the light is on, I boil the water and cook rice. At 11:00 it goes. I have a primus, a wood stove in the yard, and the tandyr that my husband's brother built behind the house.
Tips from my kitchen:
- Cook the big things when the light is on, the small things on the primus.
- Keep the broth always ready in a thermos, with a lid and a towel.
- Dough rises slowly in a cold house, so start in the evening and let it sleep.
- Tandyr is warm and heats the yard. We put non on its walls and the whole street smells.
- Candle on a plate, not on the table. I learnt it the hard way.
The refrigerator is a window sill. It is minus 8 outside, which is the best freezer.
I bake non for the stair on Sundays, in the tandyr. Come, I give you the dough.
Zarina apa, my mother cooks the same. We have a tandyr in the yard again like in her grandma's time. Stay warm.