Are you from a seaside town? Cochi, Trivandrum, Mangalore, Mumbai, Chennai or Vizag? You might even be from the plains up north - like from Lucknow or Patna - and then you have moved to Bangalore. And you're wondering why cooking takes so much longer here. Even milk takes longer to boil, and given that this is a repetitive task which you do at least 2 times a day or more, it gets super annoying.
One the perks of Bangalore is the great weather (or so they would have you believe) and that is partly because it is situated on the Deccan Plateau - at 900 mts above sea level -that is almost 3000ft above the place you just came from. It's even situated higher than Dehradun. No wonder people are flocking here from all over the country- Good (mostly) roads, great infrastructure, plenty of new market jobs and most importantly, its much cooler than the other cities mentioned above :-)
But the same height above sea level that gives the cool weather also makes cooking a pain in the ass. Every 1000ft above the sea, the pressure drops about 1 bar. If your vague physics lessons come to mind, they would tell you that pressure and temperature vary directly with each other. Pressure drops and the boiling point of all the liquids you are trying to boil drop. It sounds like a good thing - but it really isn't. Boiling point drops!
But because it is colder weather, it takes longer to heat the liquid - like water and even milk. When the boiling temperature is reached, the liquid starts to boil away happily - but the excess heat you're still giving the vessel goes towards making the liquid into steam/vapour and not into cooking your food effectively. Hence cooking takes longer. Stupid physics and stupid thermodynamics!
So 1 litre milk that should take 2.5 - 3 minutes to boil, takes 5 minutes boil. One cup rice takes 10 minutes longer to cook and even super processed maida based pasta cooks later. Welcome to Bangalore, ladies!!!!
Best solution : Pressure cook everything you can !
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