If the hostess decided to cook a salad or vinaigrette, the ingredients of which are boiled root vegetables, and there is extremely little time for cooking them, then you can use the microwave. Root crops prepared in this way resemble baked to taste and are very tasty. So still, how to cook beets in the microwave, potatoes and carrots?
For cooking, rinse and dry the vegetables by wiping them with a cloth or paper towel. Since you can cook beets in a microwave in two ways - with or without added water, first let's look at a method of cooking in water. You need to use special dishes designed for this type of oven.
So, how to cook beets in the microwave? The necessary root crops should be added to the tank and add one hundred grams of water. It will be better if the vegetables are in the middle of the dishes. Do not forget to cover the container! And note the fact that the lid does not close tightly, otherwise it may burst due to pressure.
Beetroot roasting usually occurs within seven minutes. Then you need to check the readiness with a knife, and if necessary, repeat the procedure, but with less time.
Some cooks offer an anhydrous method of cooking vegetables. This method also requires special utensils. It can be a glass container for microwave ovens with a lid that does not fit snugly on the dishes. A lid is also suitable - a cap for microwave, in which a valve is provided for the exit of steam. But you can use a plastic container for microwave cooking with a lid having a special valve for releasing fumes.
It is impossible to specify the cooking time precisely, as it varies depending on whether we take large vegetables or not. A huge role is also played by the power of the microwave, the volume of dishes, and even the season. Yes Yes! It matters the time of year in the yard! Why? Yes, because in different seasons vegetables have different humidity.
For example, potatoes laid in one row rather freely are cooked in a microwave power of 1000 watts in 7-10 minutes. Carrots are cooked a little longer under the same conditions - 10 - 12 minutes. Since beets in the microwave should also be cooked longer than potatoes and carrots (this is also noticeable with ordinary cooking!), Then this process will take us about 13 - 18 minutes.
The large size of vegetables increases the baking time, and small vegetables, on the contrary, need to cook less time. However, you should not cook very few vegetables, for example, you do not need to bake one carrot.
Also, the moment of “stability” should be taken into account. That is, root crops after the end of work still continue to "reach" to readiness. Therefore, it is better to get vegetables slightly uncooked than overexposure them inside the oven. We check readiness as usual - with a match or a wooden toothpick.
Since boiling beets in the microwave for us, for example, is not enough for a vinaigrette, most often the cooks need to place additional potatoes and carrots in it. Therefore, it is worth talking more about this.
If a lot of root crops are placed in the tank, then they have to be laid not in one, but in several rows. Of course, you need to cook them longer than laid in one row. The smallest fruits should be put in the middle, since there the action of the waves is the weakest. The product category is also worth considering. That is, it is best to put the potatoes in the middle, because it requires the least time for cooking.
Having set the time on the microwave for 8 minutes, after it is turned off, you should check the vegetables for readiness. In parallel, we turn the rest over, taking out the finished ones. If necessary, you can put the microwave for another 4 minutes.
So we act: 5 minutes - check. We remove ready-made vegetables. 5 minutes again. Check again. After the container is removed from the oven, it should never be filled with cold water - it may burst. After cooking, it is recommended to place vegetables in cold water in a specially prepared dish with water in order to cool them. Now you know how to cook beets in the microwave - then good cooking to you!