Microwave Cooking Tips

The basics of cooking in a microwave.

• Cooking should be done only with the microwave safe vessels, we cannot  use steel or any other vessel.
• Food can be cooked as well as reheated very quickly as well the 
• reheated food will taste likely done fresh
• We would recommend you to go through the users manual before you start  using your microwave
• Time to reheat : For an average size meal of 1 -2 persons. Reheating  should not take more than 3 minutes. Take the food out and check on the food  every other minute. (approx)
• To Boil milk , 250 ml it will take about 1minute 15 seconds, depending  on the microwave (approx).
• To Make rice or briyani for about 2 cups of rice and 4 cups water it 
• will take 15 minutes ( approx)
• You can cook the raw vegetables before adding to curries by keeping them in a microwave safe dish and sprinkling water on top and cooking for about 3 minutes for 300 gms of vegetables
• For making any fried dish, Mix all the masala's to the Base 
• dish (chicken or cauliflower), then add 2 -3 tsp of oil for300 gms of chicken or  cauliflower and then spread it around a microwave safe plate greased with oil and  keep it for about 3 minutes for about 5 times. Keep checking on the food  every 3 minutes.
• To cook an average potato will take 3 minutes
• Always in a microwave the food cooks from the middle.
• You can make rice , kurma's , bryani's and also cook potatoes, heat 
• milk , water and reheat any left over s in the microwave
• To reheat any cooked meal you can find the options on the microwave panel , you should press the kind of food and the weight it will give you correct time
• And also you can defrost the frozen food in minutes
• For heating or cooking if you are not sure about the time, you can set the time low and you can always open it and keep checking if the food is done.
• You can have a healthy and easy cooked meal from a microwave cooking
• And also all the microwave's are not the same they differ from size and voltage and also depends on the options they have on the control panel

 

Indian Cooking Tips

Tips for Cooking with Onions:-

1. How to cut an onion without crying ? Indian food requires a lot of onions sometimes. Use sweet onions. Peeling  and  cutting under running water, chopping near a gas flame, and refrigerating onions before chopping, all methods for reducing the volatility of the sulfide that causes the irritation. 
2. Try Cabbage instead of Onion : If anyone does not like or want the strong taste of onion, you can use cabbage in the recipe for the same taste and good recipe. 

Tips for Cooking Rice :- Wash the rice a few times until the water runs clear. Remove all the water until no water remains. Let it sit for 20 minutes.  This will remove all the starch and help the rice to remain separate. Also adding a few drops of lemon juice to the rice while cooking, you will find that the grains of rice will tend to remain separate. Retaining the "whiteness" of white rice : While cooking rice add a few drops of  lemon juice. The  color of the grains become bright white. Reheating left-over Rice : Refrigerate leftover cooked rice in a well-sealed container. Reheat cold rice with a sprinkling of water in a microwave oven or in a covered pot over low heat.  Left over rice is great to have on hand for stirring into soups and broths and for making fried rice — it's perhaps the world's best vehicle for turning leftovers into something fresh and new.