Brilio.net - Cooking utensils such as pans are daily kitchen necessities. However, continuous use of the pan often causes crust to form on the surface. The presence of this crust can certainly interfere with the cooking process, making food tend to stick, increasing the risk of burning, and making the appearance less attractive.
So, to maintain the quality of the pan, it is important to immediately overcome scale problems like this. Sometimes just using dishwashing soap is not enough. The crust on the surface of the pan won't disappear just with dishwashing soap.
Not to mention, the descaling process actually causes scratches on the pan. Usually, people use vinegar and baking soda to descale pans. It turns out, there are other tricks, you know. This trick for descaling pans so they shine using 1 kitchen tool. This method was shared by the owner of the Instagram account @eatsofficial via video upload.
"An easy hack to clean your dishes, (an easy trick to clean your dishes)," he wrote, quoted by BrilioFood from Instagram @eatsofficial, Friday (2/8).
photo: Instagram/@eatsofficial
It can be seen that the owner of the video uses a kitchen tool, namely wood charcoal. Apart from that, he also added one more kitchen ingredient, namely lime.
photo: Instagram/@eatsofficial
So, the first step, prepare wood charcoal first, then crush it into coarse powder. To destroy it, you can put the charcoal in a plastic bag. Then, tie the charcoal and pound the charcoal with wood or other tools.
After the wood charcoal is crushed, sift the charcoal powder and take the soft part. Then, transfer the wood charcoal into a container such as a small bowl.
photo: Instagram/@eatsofficial
Then, cut the lime into several parts and squeeze the lime until the juice comes out. Then, mix lime juice with wood charcoal powder. Stir until it forms a dough or paste.
photo: Instagram/@eatsofficial
Now, you can start to clean the burnt crust on the surface of the pan. Place the pan over the sink, and spread the charcoal and lime paste evenly over the surface of the pan. You can use a spoon or brush to spread it.
photo: Instagram/@eatsofficial
Then, rub the entire surface of the pan using a wire pan scrubber so that the crust will disappear. Rub in a circular motion for maximum results. Add wood charcoal paste and lime if not enough.
After that, rinse the pan with running water until clean . It can be seen from the video that the surface of the pan is clean and shiny again. There is no burnt crust left on the surface of the pan. That way, the pan becomes prettier than before.
photo: Instagram/@eatsofficial
This method is very effective for returning the pan to like new again. This is because charcoal is known to have soft abrasive properties that help scrape off scale. Meanwhile, the citric acid in lime helps soften and dissolve the crust. The combination of the two is also more environmentally friendly because it does not use chemicals. Come on, try it at home!
(brl/lak)
