Published 18:11 IST, July 28th 2020
Man uses pressure cooker steam to sterilize vegetables, netizens debate 'stupid or smart?'
A video showing a man sterilizing vegetables using a pressure cooker has gained a lot of attention on social media. Netizens expressed their concern.
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A video showing a man sterilizing vegetables using steam from a pressure cooker because of the pandemic has taken over the internet. IAS officer Supriya Sahu shared a video on Twitter which is doing rounds on the internet. The video is captioned as, “Look at the great Indian Jugaad to sterilise vegetables. The efficacy of this methodology can not be certified by me however India never fails to amaze. Truly Incredible India”.
'Jugaadu India'
In the video, the man is seen showcasing his smartness. He places the pressure cooker on a gas stove and turns on the stove. However, the man has replaced the whistle with a small pipe. As soon as the steam comes out of the pipe, he directs it towards the vegetables, completely sterilizing them. He is seen sterilizing a variety of vegetables starting from spring onions to tomatoes. The video was uploaded on July 24 and has managed to gather 6.1K likes and 1.6K Retweets and comments.
Look at the great Indian Jugaad to sterilise vegetables.😁 The efficacy of this methodology can not be certified by me however India never fails to amaze 🇮🇳 Truly Incredible India #corona #COVID19Pandemic #CoronavirusIndia pic.twitter.com/PuOhzy7TVl
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) July 24, 2020
People bombarded the comment section expressing their concern. Few people thought that it was a dangerous practice while others thought that he sprayed the steam for very less time and it will not be enough to kill the virus. There were also people who asked the IAS official not to promote such things as it can turn out to be very dangerous. People suggested other methods of sterilizing as well which are much easy to follow.
Just wash it in some soap water and then rinse in fresh water. Why to apply steam after cutting vegetables? Just wash it without cutting and then cook !!
— Vijith CV (@cv_vijith) July 24, 2020
Very stupid idea. Plus it's an plastic material which will start disintegrating in high temp conditions. He is literally eating cancer.
— Rajaraja Chola (@RajarajaChola_) July 25, 2020
This is like su!cidal method
— Aarohi Tripathy 🇮🇳 (@aarohi_vns) July 25, 2020
Contact time for steam 101°C to kill covid 19 is minm 5 minutes which would boil all vegetables ..Just spraying stream is like Ayurvedic?? Jugaad of SuvarnaPrashan water or plain Homeopathy ???
— Dr Hemant Anant Sant (@santhemant) July 24, 2020
Underexposure don't kill pathogens we treat containers for like 25 minutes in autoclave at extremely pressure and overexposure will spoil vegetables, better to use detergent or ozoniser
— GSD (@Gur_siingh) July 24, 2020
(Image Credits: Twitter/SurpiyaSahuIAS)
18:11 IST, July 28th 2020