Never heard of any practice of this sort. 

riddle · Jun 24, 2012 10:04 PM

Yes it is safe unless you are diagnosed with iron overload (Hemochromatosis) or the cast iron is not rusted. Riddle: it's a small cast iron utensil usually used for daal jhanney or frying an egg, i believe it's called a "diuro" in nepali. I usually cook the kalo daal in pressure cooker and once the sithi lagaune part is done then i just put the cast iron in the daal and boil it for 10 mins or so. This makes the kalo daal really dark and tasty.

chaurey · Jun 25, 2012 9:25 AM

 My bad...I totally misread the original post....I thought he was talking about putting an iron bar in the pressure cooking while daal is being cooked. Of course I know what daal jhanne process is. 

riddle · Jun 25, 2012 11:54 AM

Never heard of it. Maybe they do it in villages.

nepchat · Jun 25, 2012 11:57 AM

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maGorkhe1 · Jun 25, 2012 12:01 PM

Thanks folks. I am going to try this out.   I usually put chicken stock cube (Goya's) in dal to make it more yummy.   I do like Ghiu with kalo dal and bhat, but it spikes up the cholestorol level so can't have it.

nepali_american · Jun 26, 2012 9:47 AM

 I had such a iron and I had used it to cook Dal. I used it in a pressure cooker. Dal was tasty and looked black like a traditional nepali kalo dal. But I had problem keeping that iron from rusting. DUe to rust issues, I stopped using it.

White Lily · Jun 26, 2012 12:16 PM

Well you can cook in cast iron pot/pans.

badri man · Jun 26, 2012 12:19 PM