Anandakanda 2.5.67

2.5.67

<lohapākasvarūpam>
lohapākastridhā prokto mṛdumadhyakharātmakaḥ /
paṅkotkarasamaḥ pūrvaḥ piṇḍapākastu madhyamaḥ //

<Nature of the cooking of iron>
The cooking of iron is declared to be threefold: mild, medium, and harsh. / The first is like a mass of mud, but medium is cooking into a lump;