Cricketics Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Swear to god reading the title I thought this will be a Indian domestic airlines dicount site
beetle Posted February 18, 2015 Author Posted February 18, 2015 I don't have one in the US, but my parents have it in India. My main takeaways: 1. It's really expensive. I researched a few before buying one for my parents, and anything less than $300 is flaky either in size or quality. With import duties, I am expecting the cost to go up to Rs. 25,000+ in India. These numbers are 2-3 years old so prices might have come down. 2. The food quality is okay - nothing like the real thing. It's good in a family where people love their fried stuff, but also want to control for oil, and are not extremely sensitive about taste. Don't get me wrong - the taste is still decent. If you are able to cook something 9/10, you should be able to get 6-7/10 with it. 3. Where it completely fails is if you are having people over. It's simply too tasteless, time consuming, and not worth the cost as an assistant in making pakoras. Thanks Swetabh ....We don't eat much fried stuff....only daughter loves finger fries and stuff. The Philips air dryer is around 10,000 rs.I make fairly good baked wedges ...so this may not be used much.
beetle Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 Thanks Detonator bhai! The ice cream turned out really good.:two_thumbs_up:Hubby and kiddo thank you.:icflove: Made basic vanilla...followed by coffee flavor. Waiting for mangoes to hit the market. Do you have a recipe for veg version? I tried substituting yolks with custard powder ...but it doesn't quite taste like ice cream...still tastes good though. Thanks once again.
PBN Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 On a similar note, anybody try Flavor wave turbo oven? I hear good reviews especially for non-veg dishes. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_2VASaMB2w]Flavorwave Turbo Oven with Mr T - YouTube[/ame]
Detonator Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks Detonator bhai! The ice cream turned out really good.:two_thumbs_up:Hubby and kiddo thank you.:icflove: Made basic vanilla...followed by coffee flavor. Waiting for mangoes to hit the market. Do you have a recipe for veg version? I tried substituting yolks with custard powder ...but it doesn't quite taste like ice cream...still tastes good though. Thanks once again. :two_thumbs_up: Custard powder is not veg i guess :hmmm: for veg, my sister told to use soya milk cream (mildly heat soya milk with lemon juice, use maple sauce if you want it caramelized). Plain veg ice creams doesn't taste good, so I recommend you to heavily flavor it. my fav is dark chocolate. since you are living in mumbai, you can use mahabhaleshwar strawberry.
velu Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Deto got a sister and her name is google :giggle:
Detonator Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Deto got a sister and her name is google :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
beetle Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks Detonator...will try. Today I tried banana cinnamon combination. It was like softie.Yummy.I used corn flour in place of custard pdr(vegetarian):P
Cricketics Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Okay Radhika. My mom wants this now. I really didn't discuss anything with her, but she off course knew about it and somehow the topic came up. I think there is something called Vibrations that it reached till my house from ICF. I won't mind gifiting this to her now so that we can eat lot of junk Indian food this world cup :)
Book_Worm Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I have been wanting to buy it too since i saw the ad the last few weeks. @radhika here's a recipe for ice cream without using the ice cream maker just check it out.http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dessert/easy-homemade-ice-cream-without-a-machine.html
beetle Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 I have been wanting to buy it too since i saw the ad the last few weeks. @radhika here's a recipe for ice cream without using the ice cream maker just check it out.http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dessert/easy-homemade-ice-cream-without-a-machine.html Thanks bookworm.....looks good! Bookmarked. Has anyone tried the banana +peanut butter Ice cream? Planning to try it soon...
beetle Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Okay Radhika. My mom wants this now. I really didn't discuss anything with her, but she off course knew about it and somehow the topic came up. I think there is something called Vibrations that it reached till my house from ICF. I won't mind gifiting this to her now so that we can eat lot of junk Indian food this world cup :) Yay...let me know how it goes. Will think about buying it later. Right now I am trying to put my last impulse buy(The Ice CreamMaker) to better use. Let us know how it goes.:icflove:
beetle Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Deto got a sister and her name is google :giggle: :giggle:
Cricketics Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Yay...let me know how it goes. Will think about buying it later. Right now I am trying to put my last impulse buy(The Ice CreamMaker) to better use. Let us know how it goes.:icflove: Okay, but what exactly it looks like. Any particular website or particular brand you recommend for Air Fryer.
Cricketics Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Deto got a sister and her name is google :giggle: I rofled :hysterical:
beetle Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Okay' date=' but what exactly it looks like. Any particular website or particular brand you recommend for Air Fryer.[/quote'] The most advertised is the Phillips air fryer. [ame=http://www.amazon.in/Philips-Collection-HD9220-Litre-Technology/dp/B009UOR7KI/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1424715857&sr=1-1&keywords=philips+fryer]http://www.amazon.in/Philips-Collection-HD9220-Litre-Technology/dp/B009UOR7KI/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1424715857&sr=1-1&keywords=philips+fryer[/ame]
Desi Cartman Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Here is my suggestion * Oil isnt that bad, its the things you fry. If you eat chips once a month then its ok to fry but remember that its Aloo thats harmful more than the oil. * Look for grilling option to avoid oil. You can grill anything that you fry (except poori :D ). Whether its chips or nuggets or fish, you can grill it all.
beetle Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Here is my suggestion * Oil isnt that bad, its the things you fry. If you eat chips once a month then its ok to fry but remember that its Aloo thats harmful more than the oil. * Look for grilling option to avoid oil. You can grill anything that you fry (except poori :D ). Whether its chips or nuggets or fish, you can grill it all. Exactly....that is what is making me wonder.I make pooris twice a year...on Independence day and Republic day.I have substituted potato finger chips with baked wedges.
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