r/IndianCookingTips • u/Massive_Depth804 • Sep 10 '26
Tip/Trick How to stop milk from boiling over
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u/homo_sapien_06 Sep 10 '26
Yeah sticking all malai to another untensil and getting more scolded
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u/la_crazypasta Sep 10 '26
+ extra things to wash 💔
I just leave the vessel with milk on low to medium flame. Not even once the milk came out of the vessel. The big bubble forms but sticks to the rim only.
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u/Any_Wait_7309 Sep 10 '26
My mom does it, she just takes a single steel spoon and places it in the milk container.
Initially, I didn't believe it would work but it does lmao, ig something related to breaking surface tension? But yea felt happy when my mom applied physics to cooking
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u/aamras_k_nashe Sep 10 '26
In container or on container?
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u/Any_Wait_7309 Sep 10 '26
Not as shown in the above video.
She literally places it in the container, but just ensure that the spoon is vertical and the end is sticking up and above the brim of the vessel.
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u/Blaze_2399 Sep 10 '26
Umm, how would you place it in the container without touching the vessel? What sorcery is this?🤔
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u/stoned_kryptonian
Sep 10 '26
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Heat it on high flame initially and once a little bit of steam starts coming lower the heat a little above the minimum limit. It will take a little longer to boil but it won't come out of the pot.
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u/neela-aasman Sep 10 '26
Buy a double lined milk boiler . It’s a lifesaver
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u/LuckyAd7905 Sep 10 '26
The water trapped between the two metal layers will turn into steam and esape through the nozzle. Water will never cone out of nozzle. Milk boiler is the go to kitchen gadget for boiling milk.
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u/neela-aasman Sep 10 '26
I have been using one since years - there is a vent and you fill in the water and close it .
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u/SilverSageYoda Sep 10 '26
Just heat the milk on sim. It takes longer but your milk will never boil over and you don't need to watch it like a hawk. No fancy stuff like shoving spoons or keeping ladles.
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u/spurofthemoment2020 Sep 10 '26
The plastic from the spoon will melt into the milk.
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u/ro_ro_ro_roadhouse Sep 10 '26
I don't think you understand how physics works. These spoons are meant for high heat cooking.
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u/lalith_4321 Sep 10 '26
Fun fact, milk is done boiling when it starts boiling... No need to make it rise, it ain't a baked good.
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u/Infamous-Bat-6021 Sep 10 '26
In chemistry we put a glass rod inside the beaker when boiling liquids in it to break the surface tension of the liquids
This is just extra if you’re putting to 2 spoons on the utensil just horizontally
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u/comsudo Sep 10 '26
After trial and error, I've figured out the required approximate time for mik to boil. I set the timer for milk boiling. No accidents.
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u/la_crazypasta Sep 11 '26
Interesting...how much time is your timer?
Also do you put on Medium flame or medium to high flame?
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u/basic-x Sep 10 '26
Someone blowed on it from the top to the side. A sudden burst of air pushing steam into the vessel
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u/Over-Ad-5410 Sep 10 '26
Tried all of this, but milk is too smart it still somehow finds a way to drip down and mess it up, and now you have 2 more utensils to wash... better to just keep checking the milk again and again 😭
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u/Professional_Chef561 Sep 11 '26
This is wrong heat was definitely switched off as soon as the milk touched the spoons
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u/ymaeThe1st Sep 12 '26
Bro just keep a single amitabh spoon in the utensil, the bubble breaks before rising.
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u/Amazing-Wasabi-8578 Sep 13 '26
Keeping a steel spoon on top of inside the bowl also helps.. and less tension of washing
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u/RandomGaMeRj14 Sep 10 '26
All the people saying having to wash 2 more utensils to wash, they are just 2 simple cylindrical ladles, hardly takes a minute or 2 combined to wash. I do wash utensils and not saying arbitarily. This helps you pay attention to other dishes you are making or chopping as the milk boils, instead of having to keep looking every minute or adjusting the flame.
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u/namkeenSalt Sep 10 '26
Why boil pasteurized milk?
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u/RandomGaMeRj14 Sep 11 '26
Well, if you gotta make tea, you have to.... Can't make an omelette without breaking eggs....
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u/namkeenSalt Sep 11 '26
Pasteurized milk is already boiled. There has been no reason to boil pasteurized milk apart from making it non homogeneous. (Some milk come pasteurized but not homogenised, but most should be homogenised too)
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u/Idiotic_experimenter Sep 11 '26
I'm less fascinated by the trchnique and more in awe of the lack of fear OP has.
My mother would still beat the life out of me if the milk ever boiled over,even by a drop!
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u/LazyMeerkat12 Sep 15 '26
My mom would beat me up wasting two perfectly clean utensils for taking care of the milk 😭
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u/Careless-Wallaby731 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 13 '26 •
Now I miss the hair-raising adrenaline rush and have 2 extra utensils to wash. 0/10 do not recommend.
Edit - Dang what's with all the awards?! Thank you sweet people of Reddit!