A good housewife knows that cooking a couple of food, it retains almost the full composition of all the useful substances that are laid in the products of nature. The peculiarity of cooking for steaming is that when cooking, the products do not come into contact with water, which ishes out a part of the nutrients. Prepared food does not lose structure, color and smell. And one more important factor - when cooking food for steam, it is practically impossible to feed vegetable or animal fats to a pan. Using different pots, you can simultaneously cook two or three dishes. For those who follow their diet, the steamer is an extremely necessary kitchen tool, since it does not burn food, does not dry, does not digest.

What you need to know when choosing a double boiler.

In specialized stores and on the Internet you can find a lot of steamers of different designs and different manufacturers. But to choose a specific device you need to know:.

power;.

management system;.

the number of steam baskets;.

pallet structure.

Power.

The power of the steam cooker determines the speed of cooking. And if before steamers were of a specific power, now such units are equipped with power controllers. The power itself is limited to an interval of 600-2000 W. Now all the steamers are only available with regulators, so that you can choose the appropriate cooking mode.

Control systems.

The simpler the management system, the cheaper it is. The simplest control systems are mechanical. They perform only one function - set the time of work. Electronic control systems have many functions, from selecting the cooking mode to cooking time. You can set the start time, the time of constant heating. The best models are equipped with chips, LCD screens and are able to work as minicomputers on specially designed programs. It is clear that systems with mechanical control are more durable and easy to manage, therefore their cost is much lower.

Baskets.

Modern steamers are available with several steam baskets, one to three. What exactly to choose, the owner herself decides. You need to know that, since the baskets are set one on top of the other, the cooking time in them is different - the lower ones are faster, the upper ones are slower, but in three you can immediately prepare three dishes.

It is advisable to look for a steamer with baskets of special plastic, as the glass models still get fogged up during operation.

Pallets.

The tray is designed to collect condensate during cooking. The depth of the pallet should be at least 25 mm, and preferably with handles. For those who do not like that individual dishes soaked in the smells of others, steamers are produced in which each basket has its own pallet.

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