Steamer Rice Cooker
Steaming is a cooking technique which avoids direct contact between water and food to be cooked. The system also allows you to renounce the use of oil or other fats. The food is lying on a surface provided with openings or otherwise permeable (metal basket, bamboo tray, etc. . ), Under which is the bottom of the pot with a layer of liquid water. Thanks to the coverage, is established in the pot a circulation of air and steam which cooks the food. In principle, with the steaming temperatures reach slightly lower than those generated by traditional cooking. However, deserves a separate mention steaming practiced with the aid of pressure cooker. The system has spread to all continents. In particular, is popular in many parts of Asia, where they are specially designed electrical equipment used as well (eg for rice). The traditional dish of North Africa, couscous, includes a steaming, and there is a special container for this type of cooking (two interlocking stackable pots, the upper with perforated bottom), called couscous. In Europe, it is likely that the method is used for vegetables. Steam is often better than boiling, because in addition to the aforementioned use less fat, is more difficult than the aromatic substances and nutrients (such as minerals or water-soluble vitamins) are missing, the dilution process, water (which is often discarded). On the other hand, different foods may not be prepared to steam the meat fat, for example, requires relatively high temperatures, which may not always be generated with this system, for the fish, instead, the Steaming is considered a good system. Keep in mind that some vegetables and legumes at the end of the cooking show a consistency different from that obtained with other cooking techniques, and therefore may not meet everyone's tastes. It is important, using this technique, choosing the right water level: if it is too high, there is a danger that with the contact between food and water, nutrients and aromatic go missing and if it is too low, it may happen that to evaporate all the water runs out before the cooking is done. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. . . .
