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Benefits of Cooking in Clay Biryani Pot

Clay (Earthen) pots are not just part of Indian ancient history, but have been seen used globaly in the past. Civilisation like Sumerian, Indus Valley, and Egyptian, all used clay pots to not only cook the food, to serve and eat from earthenware.

Who doesn’t love Veg-Biryani? Out of all the places one can very much agree that the aroma an earthenware pots gives to the dish is unparalleled. A lot many restaurants are going back to basics, especially the ones offering Biryanis. We have come across couple of restaurants who even deliver the food in Clay Pots sealed with the help of flour. Additionally, there’s a reason why chefs use Clay Pots to cook Biryani, one reason is the smoky flavour it adds to the dish.

Even in present times, a lot many places in India especially the rural areas still uses Clay Pots to cook food. It is not only because of lack of money, but there are the numerous benefits of clay pot cooking.

Top 5 Benefits of Cooking in Clay Pots

  • Clay helps in restoring the Ph balance of your food as Clay is alkaline in nature and neutralizes the acidity.
  • Depending upon the materials used, Earthen Pots can be high in minerals like Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, and Sulfur which gets added to the food that your prepare in them.
  • Cooking in uncoated Clay Pots is not only safe but healthy as well.
  • Clay pots are bio-degradable, hence once you decide to get rid of one, you do not have to think about harming the environment like Teflon pans or metal pots.
  • Additionally they are a bit pocket friendly that their counterparts.

We cannot repeat it often, but food cooked in Clay Pots are much more aromatic, and as they say, half the taste is in the smell. It is said, cooking in earthen pots is not good as they are heat resistant, it may be true, however copper and iron cookware are more heat resistant. Clay pots are porous, that keeps the moisture and heat retained inside, which makes sure food is more evenly cooked.

We recommend you to cook food in Earthen Clay Pots and see the difference for yourself.

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