2007-05-12 21:22:02 · 7 answers · asked by Shriya N 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
because of carbohydrate in it
Boiled potatoes should be started in cold water rather than in hot water. this allows for a more even cooking and heat penetration from outside to inside during the relatively long cooking time required. Potatoes are never COOLED in cold water, unlike most vegetables. This would make them soggy
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2007-05-13 18:50:33 · answer #1 · answered by sandeep k 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi! potatoes become soft on boiling because it axcess the extra water on boiling when you put the fire for so long.maximum time potatoes take at list 10 miniute after having the air is full in the pressar cooker.just put the gas slow for at least 10 miniute.
2007-05-16 10:54:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only potatoes.... every hard thing get soft when it gets boiled or heat.
2007-05-13 04:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i agree with M A N 's reply, and likes to include one thing, 'including your potatoes.''
2007-05-13 05:07:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are cooking. This is why our ancestors originally started cooking food - meat and vegetables etc - to make them easier to eat.
2007-05-13 04:35:11 · answer #5 · answered by Deb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know, but they are fabulous, aren't they?
2007-05-13 06:35:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the way it is. (--,)
2007-05-13 05:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋