What’s ‘Teflon Flu’ and How Can Conventional Indian Cookware Fight It?

Have you ever ever heard of Teflon flu? 

Above 300 levels Celsius, the Teflon coating of your beloved non-stick pan begins to interrupt down, releasing poisonous fumes into the air. Inhaling these fumes could lead on you to expertise signs of polymer fume fever — shivering, sore throat, weak point, and elevated physique temperature. 

Each chef’s dream is a frictionless floor on which greens and meats can glide effortlessly. For years, Teflon-coated pans have made this attainable. 

However at what value?

An ingenious substitute to that is the terracotta cookware utilized by the Dhanak tribe in Gujarat. They’ve discovered a technique to preserve the ‘eternally chemical’ Teflon at bay, by choosing a lac-based different. Created from the secretion of the Laccifer lacca insect, the coating is utilized to clay cookware, offering it with a clean, impervious end. A bonus is that the cookware’s non-stick floor requires much less oil for cooking, selling more healthy meals.

This terracotta cookware might nicely be the arrival wanted in Indian kitchens. 

Edited by Khushi Arora