With more and more people reverting towards boiled food and healthy eating, the steamers are gaining importance on the kitchen shelves.
These steamers provide hassle free, cooking of the vegetables without the danger of getting them burnt when forgotten for a few minutes. Also the nutrient value of the product is restored. The slow and steady cooking enables equal heat distribution and hence an even cooking of all the ingredients placed in the steamers.
Steamers were never popular in the olden days Indian kitchens. In southern parts of the country some dishes were steam boiled but that was also restricted to only few specific dishes.
With more and more people getting inclined to boiled food like soups, pastas, sea-food, dhoklas, idlis, boiled vegetables with sauces, etc the importance of steamers is increasing day by day.
Inalsa, Morphy Richards and many other appliances’ manufacturing companies are offering specialized easy to use Multi steam Cookers and Food-Steamers that are convenient to use, easy to clean and maintain the nutrient value of the boiled food. These contain plastic, see-through containers.
Steamers are of varying types like stainless steel steamers with stockpots. These are ideal for even cooking of vegetables. Also they are easy to use and clean. The grip handles provide better holding of the vessel. These stainless steel steamers include stockpots with vented lids, riveted handles of Bakelite and perforated baskets. They are good for household purposes and can solve the purpose of commercial use also.
Some stainless steel steamers are layered with aluminum coating at the base of the vessel. This enables even and faster distribution of heat – superb heat conductivity and even cooking. To gauge the progress while cooking, some steamers have glass lids and ergonomic handles.
Another combo offer is of steamer stockpot that is used for boiling seafood, soups and southern dishes. This is complemented with boil basket and vented lid.
To capture all the flavor and nutrient value, opt for a heavy-gauge stainless steel and mirror finish steamers. These are designed for heavy heating of the product.
Pasta, noodles, and spaghetti lovers have special steamer set with quart stock pot with lid, a full sized pasta rinser and steamer basket. It facilitates self draining of the used water. These are readily available at shopping store at the maximum discounts possible.