You have planned to cook a delicious pasta dinner for Friday night. You go to the market, get the grocery and prep your kitchen with the determination to not let anything come in your way of cooking a delicious late of food tonight. The pasta is boiled, veggies chopped, the bread toasted and now it's time for you to make a sauce. You follow the recipe to the T and dance with joy with the appetizing aroma. The dish just needs ten more minutes and you’ll be all set for the night. You decide to go and catch up on the episode that you left mid-way last night and come back after five minutes. You are just about to end the episode when a quite familiar yet frightening smell reaches your nostrils. You rush to the kitchen just to find that your hopes of enjoying a good dinner have burnt along with the food in the pan. and now you have an added misery of scouring in the sink. Does this situation sound familiar to you? Well, if it does, then we have got you covered for once and for all with three tried and tested techniques to clean a scorched pan.
1. Aluminium foil and baking soda
We know that aluminium foil as a cleaning tool may sound strange to you too but trust us when we say this- this method will clean your pan like no other. Add two tablespoons of baking soda and form a paste by adding hot water. Scrub your pan with a golf ball-sized aluminium foil ball over the baking soda paste till the debris lift and rinse with hot water again.
2. Lemons Slice
Take some lemons and place them over your scorched pan. pour water into heat and bring it to a boil over high heat. Boil it for 7-8 minutes and scrub the burnt debris away. Rinse with soap and hot water for better results.
3. Baking soda and vinegar
Undoubtedly, these two ingredients are found in almost every pantry. Mix equal parts of water and vinegar into the pan and bring it to a boil. Add two heaped tablespoons of baking soda and soak the pan for 15 minutes. Drain the liquid and scrub the pan to remove the burnt bits. Rinse with water and your pan is clean.
Try these tips to clean your pans and let us know how they work.