My induction cooking experience

  I have been thinking about buying an induction cooktop for over a year, after I saw it at my friend's place.She is a non-chennaiite and didn't have any ration-card for applying to gas connection.She was not interested in going for a private gas connection either as it was very expensive.She opted for a induction cooktop instead.She told me it cooked very fast and the power consumption was not much.And I have seen her cooking in it and thought it was a good choice.

  Yesterday night I came back home at 9.15 pm. We had dose batter ready at home so I switched on the gas stove and placed the tawa and found that the stove went off immediately. I tried a second time with the same result.So I thought that the cylinder was empty and proceeded to change the cylinder.But I could not even open the new cylinder.So I waited for my hubby to return home to help me. He successfully helped me to change the cylinder. But alas, the stove went off again.We had a spare stove in the loft.We took it down and connected the tube to it and tried again and to my dismay, got negative results this time too. By now the time was 10.30 pm and we went to 'Sangeetha' for dinner.

  Next day morning I had bread for breakfast and left for job.My husband had a 'Sangeetha T20 breakfast' and registered a complaint with the local gas agency.They gave a prompt reply of "rendu naal aagum sir".( oru velai gas leak aagudhunu solli irundha udane vandhiruppangalo ennavo. Gas varave illaina avangalukku onnum emergency illaiye). We managed lunch in our respective canteens.After coming home I called the gas agency again. Since the call was attended by a female employee I tried the sympathy angle 'Madam nethu nightle irundhu veetule edhuvume samaikkalai.Please yaaravadhu mechanic udane anuppunga(sigh...)She promised me she will take lunch only after sending a mechanic to my home immediately. Namma aalunga promise pathi thaan theriyume.So we tried changing the tube ...and guess what? Bulbu than erinjudhu aanaa aduppu eriyalai.

  Naangalum salaikkalai...We went to purchase a new gas stove( long time pending), came home and connected it...the result was ZERO,ZILCH,NOTHING,NADA... onnume nadakkalai.We guessed that the problem might be with the regulator,adhu onnu thaan innum mathalai.

  Appo than enakku prakaasamana idea onnu vandadhu.Dear, why don't we get a induction cooktop? My friend has been using it for a long time and blah blah blah(read para one again).Thus we began our second shopping trip for the evening.We compared few models and settled on 'Preethi Trendy' model.I already knew that regular aluminium cookers can't be used with induction cooktops,so purchased a cooker compatible with induction cooktop.The brochure told only flat vessels should be used,so got a flat steel kadai also.By the the time we came home the time was 8.50 pm.I proceeded to read the instruction booklet and started making upma.I was a bit apprehensive working with this new gadget.Since I was not familiar with the settings the rava got slightly burnt.But the cooking was fast and the upma came out decently.Finally had dinner at 9.30 pm.(Success...success...).Till the mechanic from the gas agency comes tomorrow (hopefully)I have to do full-fledged cooking in this induction cooktop only.I hope I will get over the learning curve soon....