How to make a food warmer / fireless cooker (hot box)

Pictures and Instructions from IFSP, Malawi

1: harvest the banana leaves

2: banana leaves

3: start padding the basket

4: pad the bottom of the basket

5: pad the sides of the basket

6: leave a hole in the middle to fit the pot

7: cover with a clean cloth

8: tug the cloth in all around the sides

9: make the cushion using another cloth

10: fold the leaves to the size of the basket

11: tie the cloth with a knot to make a cushion, no banana leaves should stick out

12: cook soaked beans for 15 minutes only on the fire (beans must be soaked over night)

13: add the cut onions and tomatoes and salt

14: put into the food warmer = fireless cooker

15: cover with the cushion and leave for 3 hours: the beans will be cooked and ready to serve!

16: cook rice for only 2 minutes on the fire and leave in food warmer for 30 minutes and it will be ready (use 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice)

All pictures were taken by Christa Roth, Advisor for Food Processing and Biomass Energy Conservation in the Integrated Food Security Programme (IFSP), Mulanje, Malawi. The IFSP programme is commissioned by the German Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development and implemented by the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ). IFSP started 1996 and is operating currently in 185 villages in Mulanje District in south-eastern Malawi. Since June 1999, it has been co-operating with ProBEC (Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation in Southern Africa).

More than 15.000 stoves are in use in the Mulanje area. The stove design was advised by expertise from Tanzania and Kenya (e.g. ITDG Kisumu, Kenya). The training of producers and awareness campaigns were carried out mostly by the home economics of the Ministry of Agriculture.

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For any further inquiries please don't hesitate to contact the authors. We are happy to share our experiences.

Christa Roth and Christoph Messinger
c/o Integrated Food Security Programme Mulanje
P.O. Box 438 Mulanje (Malawi)
Phone + 265 - 1- 466 279, Phone/Fax 466 435,
cell +265- 8-860 936
email: messinger.roth@...

Categories: Retained Heat Cookers| Malawi| GTZ| Fireless cooker

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