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Commenced:	01/02/2011
Submitted:	12/04/2012
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Odiáxere, Algarve, PT
Website:	www.valedalama.net
Climate zone:	Mediterranean

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Solar daal for lunch

Project: Quinta do Vale da Lama

Posted by Mari Korhonen over 12 years ago

Harnessing the warm rays of the spring sun to cook lunch for everyone.

The first heat wave of the year hit us last week, with scorching sun blazing at us day after day. And when it was my turn to cook lunch, it inspired me to adjust the location of our solar cooker, which spent the winter as more of an ornamental element by the wall of the dining hall. I had already made solar hummus a few days earlier, and encouraged by the success decided this time to go for a cooling mung daal.

Because the kitchen front is shaded in the morning time, in order to make sure the lunch was ready to serve in time I also started the soaked beans on the stove and moved them to the solar cooker as they started boiling. I did that around 9.30 am, moved it into the solar cooker maybe 20 minutes later and let it simmer there for about 1,5 hours until it was time to add the spices. Too bad we only have one cooker at the moment, otherwise could have also cooked the other parts of the meal with sun. I see a lot of potential in this simple instantly gratifying technology under the warm sun of Portugal and hope to see it replace much of the gas stove use at least in the summertime.

There are still things to optimise also, including the type of the pot. Not being a very experienced solar cook i'm unable to estimate the effect of a black pot compared to a shiny steel one that was available, but I imagine it would make a difference.

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Marc Van Hummelen : Hello Mari, I'm sure the effect of a black pot will be considerable. You can blacken your pot with soot for a try-out. It washes off easily.

Posted over 12 years ago

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