Tips To Cook In Microwave

o Always use round dish for cooking. Round dish gives more result than rectangle or square dishes. Microwave cooking increases the flavour of herbs and spices. Therefore, make sure to reduce half the amount of spices specified.

o Foods containing liquid, sugar and fat cook faster in the device. So reduce the cooking time by 1/4 of conventional cooking and then gradually increase until you obtain the desired result. If you are cooking cut vegetables than make sure that the pieces are of equal size for equal cooking.

o When cooking rice in the microwave don’t add all the water at one go, as it will boil over. Use round dishes. Fill dishes only half.

o Small quantities of food with low moisture content can burn, spark, or catch fire if re-heated for long.

o Food continues to cook when removed from the microwave cooker, by the heat generated within it. So always take into account standing time.

o Pottery and plastic ware declared microwave-safe could be used in the common microwave oven.

o While cooking in the microwave make sure that the dish is covered properly with a lid or plastic wrap.

o Always make provisions for the steam to escape from the covered dish. So you can make holes on the plastic wrap or loosen the lid while cooking.

o Pierce vegetables and fruits with tight skin to prevent them from bursting before cooking them.

o Never microwave the dishes covered in Alluminium foil or any metallic material . It may generate sparks.

o Ceramic wares can also be used but make sure that they don’t have any metallic rim as they may cause arcing. Food items containing high proportion of fat and sugar should not be used in glass utensils, otherwise they can be used commonly.

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