When preparing to cook in the Handis, what specific tasks did Baba insist on doing himself?

Sai Baba was deeply involved in every stage of food preparation. As described in Chapter 38, he would personally go to the grocer to fix prices and purchase all the necessary ingredients, paying in cash on the spot. He selected everything himself, including salt, chili, cumin, pepper, vegetables, and coconut. Back in the Masjid, he would set the grinding stone with his own hands and grind wheat, pulses, and millet. The text also notes that he performed the work of grinding spices with great devotion and would personally manage the fire in the hearth, adjusting the fuel to make it mild or intense as needed.