How to use a multicooker: turn on the first time and select the program

If you are still unaware, how to use a multicooker you have lost a lot! We decided, that for starters, still tell, what a beast it is, and you will decide for yourself, is it worth regretting, that it has never been used. Because, opinions of housewives differ radically and, in principle, both are right.

What are the advantages of a multicooker?

Definitely, you are now waiting, that we will start talking about, that is a multicooker, it's such a marvel of technology, which prepares itself! Like a magic pot from a fairy tale. He clapped his hands, said the cherished phrase: "Pot, boil!And he took it and boiled it.

Ridiculously? And nothing funny, by the way, no. That's what most men think, which are very far from the kitchen. Definitely, and you have repeatedly heard reasoning in style: "But my wife does almost nothing around the house! Washes for her - washing machine, prepares - multicooker, cleans - vacuum cleaner ".

And I want to hit, something difficult for such theorists, honest word! But, by and large, they are not guilty. These are all tricks of cunning advertisers.

In fact, before, how to close the lid of the "magic pot", you need to do exactly the same manipulations with the products, as for bookmarks in an ordinary pan:

• wash
• clean
• Rinse again
• cut
• fry
• Put in a multicooker
• Add salt, pepper

And then the "miracle" begins. So, as you understand, advantages of a multicooker, not at all, that she cooks on her own and it will be faster. The advantages are quite different.

For example, what …

• The food in it is healthier, thanks to that, that cooking takes place at low temperatures. That is, do not cook the product, and just get bored, while maintaining maximum taste and vitamins.
• The dish does not boil, did not run away. And this is a plus, agree. Again, the stove does not need to be washed.
• You can cook the dish and leave it on the heating mode for many hours. This is better, than to wrap a saucepan in five blankets, keeping warm until the right time. This is especially convenient, when you go for a walk with children. Put to boil, returned, and you are already waiting for a ready meal of dust, from the heat.

And on this, apparently, pros are over. Frankly, of these three benefits, only the first is really attractive. Really, destruction of vitamins in it is a little less, than at boiling temperature 100 ° C. The multicooker cooks when heated to 60 degrees in most of their modes.

And plus that, it can use much less oil, thanks to the coating, which does not burn. And yet, cooking is without access to oxygen, which oxidizes fat. And fat oxidation is a very useful thing. In the process of frying on a regular, hot and open pan, fats are converted into aldehydes and lipid peroxide. And they promote the development of cancer cells and the development of cardiovascular disease…

So, if you are a fan of healthy eating, then you can buy such a thing. Moreover, those, who cares about their health, always eat a lot of cereal dishes. And porridge - a grasshopper of multicookers! In them, they turn out just amazing. But, this is described below, in a separate block.

And are there any disadvantages?

Of course? There are not so few of them, frankly. But, for the sake of justice, as for the cooking process itself, then these disadvantages are felt only by that, who deftly handles this meal on a regular stove. But for children or very young housewives, use a multicooker - that's it.

But, back to our sheep, that is, cons:

• The fattest minus is that, that dish, cooked in a multicooker, it cannot be left in it, cool and refrigerate. Be sure to pour it out of the bowl. And that, pleasure still that. The food is not very easy to remove, especially, if hot.
• Again, the multicooker consumes electricity, moreover, not weak at all. If, you had an electric stove before that, then you have nothing to lose. A, if, you used gas, what is the point? Gas will be cheaper.
• It is very inconvenient to wash it. The bowl is quite fragile, and damaging or dropping it, you fly in for a big penny, it needs to be changed urgently. In addition to the bowl, you need to wash the silicone ring, cover, valve. And all this - does not understand much. Of course, there are models with a removable cover, but still, more trouble, than washing smooth, metal pans.
• She looks, to put it mildly, uncomfortable in the kitchen. Some kind of mini-vacuum cleaner, not a saucepan. Even the food in it does not look so appetizing, as in ordinary utensils. And our visual perception is everything, as they say…
• If the process is already running, then it is impossible to influence the result. A, opening the lid, to try, you are only prolonging the cooking process, so, sketch extra watts or two of electricity consumption.
• Food is cooked much faster on the stove, than in a multicooker! Twice exactly. That's why, that the temperature there is low.
• Baking in a multicooker does not have a ruddy crust, no matter how hard you try.
• The taste of the dishes is quite specific. And not everyone will like the food from the multicooker.
• Inability to cook a large amount of food. That is, for a large family, this device is completely useless.
• Also, the downside is that, that she needs to allocate a separate place in the kitchen. For convenience of preparation the multicooker should have a stationary place, since, it is not very convenient to get and hide it. This is not a small blender for you.

Here are some things to do, dear hostess. Let's say so: if you have antediluvian, electric stove, which heats up for a long time, cools down for a long time and "eats" electricity, then it makes sense to buy a multicooker. If, things are different for you, then, we would not advise you to have a fever. Moreover, you haven't read the next block yet…

For a snack: counterfeit "minus" against the facts "plus"

• If you want to cook healthy food, at low temperatures, then nothing prevents you from using an ordinary oven and utensils, with a tight-fitting lid.
• If you do not want to consume aldehydes, formed during frying, then you do not need to choose the right fats and close the lid on a regular stove. Google about the right fats, because this is a topic for a separate article and here it is inappropriate.
• If you want food straight from the oven, nothing prevents you from heating it up 3 minutes in the microwave. Again, electricity will cost much less. Or three minutes of warming up, or an hour-two-three-five. Is it worth it?
• If you want to, so as not to run away, just watch the process! No, well if, you still have multiple sclerosis, then the multicooker in your kitchen is an indispensable item, you do not argue here.
• If you want to use less fat, then buy a regular one, ceramic or Teflon utensils, there are not many needed.

How to use it after all?

It is necessary to use, according to the instructions. Generally, all multicookers are arranged almost identically and there are no special differences.

How to turn on the multicooker? To do this, there is a "start" mode, "Heating" and several programs with certain, the set temperature modes for these or those dishes: pilaf, soup, buckwheat porridge, hot, baking and more.

There are absolutely no secrets here. The only thing, strictly follow the dosage of water, specified in the recipes, which come as an appendix to the instructions, and which are different for all models of multicookers.

But, and that, Of course, not a panacea. All one, water may be much or little. Everything is known experimentally, otherwise - no way.