Myths of Indian cooking - debunked - ft. Krish Ashok | Dr Pal

Krish Ashok,
Author, Masala Lab: The Science of Indian Cooking
Book: www.amazon.in/Masala-Lab-Scie...
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0:00 Introduction
2:35 Is Frozen items bad?
12:55 Reheat and heat?
26:35 Meal prepping
31:10 Storing fruits and vegetables
38:35 Adding preservatives and processed food
49:00 One important advice
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[@sweetmelody2u]

Dr. Pal is such a good listener, and also very humble despite his own expertise. He is an emotionally secure person and much more mature than he lets on.

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Because he has been through a lot. Your statement says a lot about your awareness too, you have deep awareness.

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I just love your talk. Two Tamil guys talking in English for making it beneficial to the rest of the world! Keep going Pal!!👍🏼

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They are settled in US

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THE CROSSOVER WE DIDN'T DESERVE, BUT DESPERATELY NEEDED. Such a service to humanity and especially to the people that do not possess the ability to use their brain cells or the lack thereof.

[@53peace]

Amazing session with so much common sense and information. Superb guest! Totally hilarious moments like” it’s the biscuit or the parathas are the problem, not the tiny bit of preservatives “. So true. Incredible session thanks. More like these please.

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[@karthiksethu4816]

I am a know it all, courtesy of google, but this talk floored me. Per minute basis amount of information packed in this video is extra-ordinary. Also thala you are a good interviewer, these days very hard to find interviewer who will listen and wont interrupt. Kudos Krish and Dr. Pal.

[@farahtazeen]

Absolutely an eye opener! Thank you Dr. Pal. Thank you Mr. Ashok for teaching us about things we didn’t know.

[@MsSriranjani]

Thank you so much both of you for the care u take for the benefit of the society and the people we love !

[@venkyrocks7452]

Very very informative session.. Best takeaway - Ask logical questions when in doubt, rather than following anyone blindly just because he scared 😯😳 you..

[@ashwinishanthkumar]

My husband and I work from home and eat a salad for lunch daily with store bought vegetables from the fridge (in the summer I include the cucumbers, tomatoes, kale from my garden in our salad). I make a simple salad dressing with olive oil and lemon juice or balsamic vinaigrette, salt and pepper for a week and put it on my kitchen counter. Precut vegetables from the weekend shopping trip from my refrigerator or the freezer is a life saver. The time I save by cutting and prepping vegetables for a meal over the weekend for weekday cooking is what I can devote for my Pilates workout. When buying frozen precooked meals for convenience I read the labels to check for preservatives or shady names that I don’t recognize. When cooking rice for my family I boil rice in water and throw away the starchy water. These simple changes have been easy to incorporate into our lifestyle. I ditched non stick cookware and use stainless steel cookware and cast iron. I don’t regret it. My cast iron is not expensive and will last my entire lifetime when compared to the non stick. Non stick pans may be fine but if I use a scratched or peeling pan is it safe? I have to disagree. I use a cast iron to make eggs and it works perfectly. There is something called seasoning a cast iron. Essentially apply oil to the pan after hand washing them. That is how you make a cast iron non stick. I agree that moderation is key.

[@fathimamohideen1917]

Correct , Cast iron is very cheap India.

[@SandeepDsouza-rz1ey]

only issue is drying it with heat and tough time to apply oil and its way heavy so i gave up using cast iron im talking abt 3-4litre type cast iron

[@orange5736]

Starch water means the water that's used to cook rice right? Isn't it good to drink? Why throw away?

[@ashwinishanthkumar]

@@orange5736 it is high is carbs. It will spike your blood sugar.

[@user-kn6qx9wj9b]

​@@SandeepDsouza-rz1eyTo be honest, I love love love cast iron. Even though I find it quite time consuming to heat it and apply oil, I love my cast iron kadai more than all my cookwares

[@santoshlamba9039]

Such an informative, educative, entertaining and myth busting podcast. Thank you Dr Pal Manickam.

[@srisungazesplash1340]

My point is : become more active and do exercise, go out in Sunlight, do something useful to the community/society and have a passtionate goal in life and work towards it. Food is only part of life not the only thing in life. Learn to make your own simple meals fresh as much as possible. Remember simple meals won’t take much time. Only you want to make it tasty with all heavy masalas like a gravy in restaurant type meals will take time. Control your taste buds. Learn to get the taste of every vegetable instead of onion tomatoe base in evey dish.

[@LakshmiPriyaBose]

Exactly 💯

[@jayashreeramesh1104]

Fully advocate this

[@LAK1948]

Exactly simple healthy meals and fresh too.... why complicate with heavy masala type food

[@krishsri7164]

Wonderful, you have put grass to this useless video, first we have to control our tongue for eating and talking, then everyone will become healthy.

[@doctorayurveda1219]

Truly said

[@Spicydoc1]

I love watching Dr. PAL. He’s so down home. Charming. I love the regional head movements. Very warming. God bless.

[@marsel12102009]

Absolutely wonderful talk. Its past midnight but I couldn't stop myself from watching the whole talk.

[@rajansundaresan82]

It was indeed awesome listen to both, learnt a lot of stuff that we didn’t know. Eager to read krish’s book. Thanks for the immense knowledge.

[@watch1zvideo]

Wow, a very honest no nonsense conversation about Indian cooking. Thank you dr pal and krish. What a deep thinker krish is. Love the way he connects science and chemistry to food. I am going to take his ‘risk prioritization’ when it comes to cooking and convenience.

[@pavani181]

Amazing, informative and most logical video..every minute is loaded with lot of information, hats off to his knowledge and loved the way he expressed and explained

[@rajaini]

Hi Dr.Pal & Krish,very informative video and it did break some of my misconceptions.Great discussion!

[@usharamakrishnan6904]

What an amazing video doctor...getting better and better with your brilliant shows👌👍💕

[@arunkumarsrinivasan459]

Good job thoroughly enjoyed the conversation. Will try to implement 16 hours IF soon. It motivated me and debunked lot of myths, I am sharing this with people who are near and dear to me.

[@humabasri7387]

Incredible session! Thanks very much for these eye-openers. I am sure to change for the better 😊

[@sripriyaramamoorthy3648]

After four years heard Ashok’s interesting and informative talk. Refreshing and realistic inputs.

[@vijiarunbabu1119]

Awesome information!I have read the book, and it is amazing how much science is involved in cooking our food!Really nice to see this video!

[@DV-1972]

Thanks Dr. Pal and Mr. Krish, for I am going to get a sound sleep today onwards.. Overcoming the worries of not being able to follow the media university. Loved your take on detox. One thing I would like to mention is, growing up in Kerala, with it's ample share of power cuts, I know how difficult it is to get some ice cubes in summer for a fresh lemonade, let alone storing or freezing food. And that's primarily the reason we don't keep leftovers in fridge. I mean we just couldn't get into using a fridge efficiently. Would love to hear Mr. Ashok's take on artificially ripened fruits using dangerous Chemicals. The only person we missed here . Saravanakumar 😊.

[@learntogether6228]

This session is turning point in my life , I was always worried about storing food in fridge and meal prep and was cooking 3 times in a day fresh . It consumed my lot of time and everyday I was panicked doing multiple tasks while cooking . now I do meal prep and it saves my time and takes care of my mental health also I can do my other work more productively . Now for me convenience is key.

[@krishsri7164]

Please don't follow his advice , because this is very very dangerous, he has cleverly convinced the convenience only

[@Aparna_9.]

​@@krishsri7164What he said is eating home cooked frozen food is better than eating restaurant food that anyways is cooked from frozen food.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

@@krishsri7164 Elaborate. Restoring to fear mongering doesn't convince rational people.

[@sruthi420]

Frozen food will not lose its nutrients and is as good as fresh food. But refrigerator food will lose its nutrients...

[@adityaprakashbv6365]

@@sruthi420 frozen food cannot but how come refrigerator food?

[@rajanichandrasekar5330]

Wow...what clarity on the way to deal with our food...Thanks a ton both of you!!

[@DrPal]

Our pleasure!

[@hra345]

Exactly same methods we are using very very very useful program thank you Dr and ur friend

[@gayathrithallapally9221]

Thank you for the information you both shared.. Great watching your videos Dr.Pal🙏

[@deepikameenakshisundaram1748]

Thank you so much! You broke a lot of stuff I was having guilt doing to my kids like freezing and microwave.

[@dummycell8948]

Brilliant Krish Ashok 🙏🏿 worth the time spent. Thank you Pal

[@Harshikalovableangel]

Blown away by the video and change my perception regarding the refrigerator and freezer and all these time thinking that freshly made food are good

[@irenenavarrette1918]

Yes, im doing this! And I look forward to cooking it! I am doing 14-16 fasting! It is amazing how you mentally train yourself to wait & just relax and develop this daily.

[@sagnikamishra6495]

Dr. Pal, thanks a ton for introducing us to Mr. Krish Ashok. Lots of information packed and really very logical.

[@alfredhit1]

Seriously! Food unnecessarily so complicated amongst Indians. When i had young kids , worked fulltime yet i felt so guilty if i dont cook every morning. Now i have started doing restricted eating so i have keep food ready. I no more feel guilty. Thank you so much Dr

[@Kathakathan11]

I don’t know why Indian women are so fragile and feel guilty about stupid things. My neighbour does that , she is guilty of child is late in school. Guilty of she delivers the tiffin late. Had to talk to her and calm her down. And guess what her entire family tells her to chill out.

[@pradeebaat]

Finally you both threw some sense into the most misunderstood concepts.. Thanks a ton ❤

[@Sourav_IIIT]

Excellent video Dr. Pal.The conversation is awesome. Keep doing such valuable conversation. Thanks for making this video.

[@luckever8999]

Thank u 🙏 Dr Pal for presenting us Mr Ashok on such an important issue. I am following u from Dallas

[@bobbysiddhu1599]

Amazing..lovely chat...so much of ideas to a working special needs mom like myself in terms of cooking and storing to save time. Best chat...thank you Dr. Pal👏👏

[@vidyaanantha6328]

Such an awesome video.... Both of you adding value to our learning process. Thank you

[@klpnshrm2004]

What a beautiful and entertaining video. I simply loved Krish's love for food and the excitement he feels while busting the myths we Indians believe in. Like using refrigerator or freezer or having whole wheat malabar parantha (problem is having parantha, whole wheat doesnt make it healthier!) Enjoyed it thoroughly!

[@meenalpandit4204]

Such a eye opener interview... Thanks a lot Dr Pal ... I follow Krish Ashok since a while.. But this is all inclusive 👍🙏

[@ranjani851]

Best conversation ever! I learnt a lot today. Thanks for breaking the myths of Indian cooking. This has given me a whole new perspective. Thanks Krish and Dr.Pal!

[@sahithyamuralidharan3831]

Wow such an insightful video.. Always felt guilty storing food as it's difficult managing work,household chores and following intermittent fasting as we need food asap after work to start the fast! but after watching this video I am totally convinced😊.. Also the guest speaker is totally a wikipedia

[@MaheshVeerabhadra]

I regularly watch Krish Ashok but there are lots of things Dr. Pal was able to bring it out through this interview. I am halfway through his book and maybe have to read it again and again so that I can enlighten my friends and family. Thank you both.

[@krishashok]

Thank you Mahesh

[@ramsgeetha]

Amazing interview. If all facts presented are scientifically proven, its great awareness for the public to follow. Keep it up with such great interviews.

[@swtnspicy]

This talk was long waited by us as Indian Thank you both 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Soo informative

[@TheRoshni210]

Such a relief for me since past 12 years I've been frightened by my family to not use fridge as it will cause cancer

[@sivc5839]

Awesome 👏 Great information Krish around the myths, food storage and planned convenient cooking. An eye opener for most of us. Thank you Dr. Pal!! Your service to the society is much appreciated 👏

[@Kathakathan11]

But I always had better digestion the day I eat fresh hot food. And I prefer it anyways.

[@PP-rm6oe]

Superb session. I was simply glued to the screen! Greetings to both of you from Kuala Lumpur..

[@m1007775]

What a meaningful life @Dr Pal and @Krish. U guys do this from heart and help so many . This is beyond useful information and much needed for this 21st century where we get Medical tips from Instagram and Recipes from tikTok :D Somehow it feels our Indian kitchens had figured out so many things by practise. The Rasam , Butter milk , pickles , Open cooking Rice and these days science is proving all that common sense. Either ways , thanks to u both . More power to you . Manifesting good things for u.

[@safal1139]

I use this watch your reels only skipping long video but subject of this video raised my interest and now I feel like to watch all previous episodes

[@shabnamvora6580]

Thanx dr pal n mr krish for a very knowledgeable, enlightening n detailed information...appreciate it a lot.

[@ushar6238]

Dr pal is such a pure heart. How he intently listens to Mr. Krish speaks volumes about who he is as a person. May god bless the two for helping people like us. What a convo!

[@RituSharma-gl2gu]

Great insights, this is an eye opener for me!! Thanks a bunch

[@deepakulkarni139]

Thanks Dr.Pal and Dr. krish for such an eye opening immensely informative discussion. Really going to be useful to us. And I will be sharing this through whatsapp though

[@shanthir1894]

Very useful information and really a debunk of myths. Thank you so much!!

[@d__k6437]

Very informative and great video Dr.Pal, looking forward to many more great collabs like this. Thanks much for educating us.

[@sripriyaskitchen9908]

Super Doctor thank you for your efforts to create awareness 👌💐❤️

[@madraschap]

Thank you both - Dr. Pal and Mr. Krish Ashok -- for this enlightening and entertaining conversation.

[@ambareeshiyer]

Thoroughly enjoyed! Quite a revelation. Love your channel Doc.❤

[@tharasrikanth6219]

Ashok has been providing information that debunks many myths or misinformation! Of Dr. Pal has been a huge reinforcement for anyone who is choosing healthy living styles. I rather have home cooked frozen foods than eat outside as I know what I have added as ingredients. Plus it does save a lot of time.

[@Drbinduselot]

Thanks Dr Pal & Ashok this video was so informative. Learnt & enjoyed a lot 😀✌️👍👍👌👌

[@aditigadgil89]

Great interview sir! I very much agree with giving convenience over cooking fresh meals each time. However I feel not every restrictive notion is nonsense. For example, using nonstick pan is fine until the coating is intact, because no one wants to eat the Teflon coating once it starts coming off. But it doesn’t stay like that for long, so it’s just better to get a cast iron or a higher quality pan which lasts longer.

[@misriashf9935]

Awesome!! This vedio is a must watch and A keeper for every Cook and all Indian Moms particularly. Its like you certified my type of cooking which I've been doing since years and trying to explain others, . Thank you so much Dr. Pal for your tips (with humour 😅) to a healthy life, I watch atleast one per day , and tysm for this vast information abt foods by Mr. Ashok. Please bring many more like these. ❤

[@thangavelusundararajan4847]

Amazing Krish... You broke the. Myth every minute... Roughly you might have broken 60+ myths... Thank you Pal in letting Krish to cover the entire stage without much of your probes... Honestly it is more of a learning and lots to take and practice in our routines...

[@vaidhy]

So insightful. Thank you so much! I went ahead and ordered the book.

[@Ashwinthrock]

👌🎉 awesome both of you. No words to appreciate the effort taken. Henceforth I will not feel guilty by recooking the frozen items (not often but occasionally).My hubby used to make me feel so by watching all forwarded watsapp FB yt msgs😔. Tnks a ton.

[@sunitamankani9907]

Dr pal you are sharing important information in funny way.. i feel happy seeing ur videos. Gos Bless You 🙌🙏

[@meerabasil2771]

Very useful discussion. Thank u Dr. Pal & Dr. Krish. 🙏👍

[@sharanyakrishnan3505]

One of the best videos I have seen . Very sensible based on evidence and common sense

[@sharadavidyarthi1173]

Hats off to you deep observation .I have been practicing this way .Its good

[@laxmichitty3154]

OMG.. This was an amazing interview Mr. Pal.. I m very fascinating prsn towards food and science behind cooking ripping and preserving... Thankbu soooooo much for this... I get to know so many things in one vedio.... Keep sharing vedios like this...

[@annavimal6541]

Amazing session, very very informative, and an eye opener for many of us for sure 🙏🙏

[@barathsivakumar4176]

Amazing as always Dr. Pal and Ashok. Good to see actual science and research based crucial information on our lives, instead of the misinformation we see on the internet everyday. 🙏

[@umagn1492]

Very practical

[@zealgoodenterprises]

Wow, wow,, great eye opener for health conscious Moms, kudos, such a vast knowledge shared, i had so many myths, everything broken, gratitude, gratitude, love u guys 👏👏🙏🏽

[@vr7554]

My logical mind always said what you are saying. But surprisingly on social media there are more people to support the scare than people to debunk the myth. Thumbs up to both of you.

[@dr.sravanthi6855]

Much needed one...is this 2 men talk about healthy eating habits...

[@snehalathak1190]

Fantastic sir.please explain the traditional indian methods of preserving fruits, vegetables and grains as refrigeration in indian homes is not efficient due to powercuts

[@Musicsoul3790]

Nice to see two of the experts having a really brainstorming conversation. Yes undoubtedly, cooking is a science and a fabulous art. It is always ideal to have freshly cooked food, however it's not a blunder to store the left over food and reheat them. I'm quite curious to know if pickles/achaar can be stored in the fridge for a long period of time once they are opened? How long is it generally advise to store them. How about ready to eat stuff. Most of the food brands have their ready to eat recipes especially curries and gravies. Invariably they have a very high shelf life. Obviously some additives and preservatives get into their making. Is it safe reheating them and consuming thereafter?

[@User-godisone.]

Good to see both my favorite humble & great personalities. Discussing and trying to share knowledge for us .

[@pogulurisunnykumar]

Dr.Pal I really enjoy watching your videos but with lot of healthy info. One basic question how to break our fasting while in intermediate fasting. Mainly to not have acidity issues after eating our breakfast. Please comment...

[@aliyashaikh3971]

Cleared all my confusions thanks dr.❤

[@sathi123]

Krish Ashok . Thank you for your input in this site. Very interesting. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@meenalgupta5775]

Amazing talk.. Loved the content... I also believe in meal prep and refrigeration 👍

[@jyotipethe]

I use the instant pot for reheating. The steel or glass container with leftovers from the fridge goes in the instant pot with some water at the bottom. I set it on ‘keep warm’ an hour or so before mealtime. Very easy.

[@Baidwan8o8]

Hi Doc. I guess you don’t want me to say that how knowledgeable, professional you are but what I would like to stress upon is your interviewing skills; it’s so calming to listen to you… I wish you could do and audiobook in near future. All the best Dr. Pal.

[@ramavasu9079]

Very scientifically and patiently explained. Very appreciable. But too fast . Thank you very much.

[@manishabhattacharyya8960]

Thank you so much Dr Pal to invite Krish Ashoke. God bless.🙏🌺💞

[@dhivyasrinivasan4208]

Please bring people like this who gives more and more informations like you rather than they just answering your questions. Thanks

[@chitra5321]

Amazing information ❤️thank you so much

[@arkude]

Simply awesome! Hope there will be many more collaborations between you both. Learnt so much. Convenience is truly the key to nutrition goals

[@meenachandran9324]

Great interview. Thanks Dr Pal and Ashok.

[@bhargsj]

Good info And a positive man Krish 👍👍👍, thx Dr Pal

[@sikshabysivarekhag9255]

Thank you Dr. Pal for such informative videos ..

[@vipulsingh-lp5hz]

Thank you both 🙏 extremely informative!

[@sivanandhu6706]

Hands down, one of your best vedio doc..Can listen to you guys for full day😅 Hope U bring him back again..will share this to all my whatsapp group😉

[@arthyarthy4150]

What a knowledge this video providing. Literally my mind getting power and tune that I can able to fix with 11-7 pm

[@vijayakumar1171]

Wow...simply superb combo Dr.pal & K A👍👍🙏

[@srisungazesplash1340]

Good information Dr Pal… esp the perspective he shared. Take aways are: 1. Stick to IF properly. 2. Balancing our mind and not worry too much on every aspect of food. Wrt cookware, fresh cooking vs using frozen food, reheating. 3. Goal of social media algorithms! Ultimate truth!! Take a break !! 4. Moderation and prioritization is the key to a balanced mental and physical health. 5. All the tips he shared about fruits veggies etc

[@lakshmijayakumar2917]

Wowed 😮 It’s Indeed kind of conversation pleased to continue in future 😊