Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Divide and conquer

Yesterday, I tried my hand at kneading dough for phulkas. Used the divide and conquer algorithm for the task.

The trick was to add just enough water so that the resulting dough reaches a manageable size and separate it. Proceed with the same step until no more loose flour is left. Then bring back all the chunks together and add water as necessary.

Ofcourse, the resulting phulkas were more like veratti(dried dung), but hey, its a start.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

how different is phulka from a roti? in future google the recipe...

here i did it for u

http://www.cuisinecuisine.com/Phulka.htm

divide and conquer? god help u!

Unknown said...

namakku edhukku full kaal mukkal ellam (Phullka)... oru Dosa or idili, oru idi aaaaapam... idellam podhume.... :-)

EssKay said...

OMG!!! Divide and Conquer on Phulka??

I admire your usage of science in every seemingly impossible area with such an ease!!!

:)

Nee Vaazhga!! Un Kulam Vaazhga!!

Kay-K said...

@guru: recipe is nothing but an algo for making dishes. my 'recipe' as such is not different from the usual one, except that i have expanded a step to that makes things easy.(do you think i should patent it?)

@red phoenix: roti is more common in my home bcos long long ago my granpa decided to make a living in northern india. (i will add your suggestion to the list of things i will do once i complete my time machine)

@esskay: (vivek stylela padi)adhuva varuthu daa... :)

Anonymous said...

divide and conquer is patented. u may try phulkas but i am sure "americans" beat u to that. nobody will buy ur divide and conquer on phulka recipe. but heck give it a try!

sathanbabu said...

phulka ku divide and conquer algorithma .. ithu enna akkaporu...

vikraman said...

:) really funny. you have applied what you've studied.. keep it up !