Modern women are very busy. In addition to household life, most of them also work. Well, how can everything be in time? When to cook, clean, check lessons, raise children? And when to rest, sleep? Well, at least household appliances began to appear that could at least partially “unload” the beautiful half of humanity. A slow cooker is
super smart electronic pan that can cook many different dishes. Moreover, human participation in the preparation is minimal. You just add products according to the recipe and set the desired mode. All. Then she works herself.
The functions of multicookers are varied, but the more there are, the more expensive the model. Before you buy this device, think about what you cook more often. Then, focusing on the functions of multicookers, select a model. And in the end, decide on the brand.
The main functions of multicookers
There are the following modes of operation of the miracle pan:
- Steaming. In this mode, you can prepare diet meals without the participation of water or fat.
- Quenching. This function is used for complex dishes with a large number of ingredients and using fats. This mode can also be used for cooking soups, you can even cook aspic.
- Milk porridge. A special cooking mode used for dishes with milk.
- Porridge / Rice / Buckwheat. This function allows you to cook a dish from any cereal. Just fold the ingredients, fill in the liquid and set the time.
- Bakery products. It makes it possible to cook not only pies and casseroles. You can even bake bread, bake chicken, fish or fry vegetables.
- Pilaf. This mode makes it possible to bake vegetables: potatoes, make sauce, pasta with meat , etc.
These are the main functions of multicookers. There are some that are quite rare: game, jam / desserts, popcorn, legumes, soup, etc. Although all these dishes can be prepared using the previous set of modes. Whether you need them or not - decide for yourself.
Convenient and often used are the functions of multicookers:
- Delayed start. You go to work, add up products, set the mode. But if cooking starts immediately, then by your arrival the dish will have cooled down.This is where a delayed start is needed. The slow cooker will start cooking only after the specified delay time.
- Automatic heating. Replacing or securing the previous mode. The cooked dish is automatically heated before your arrival.
- There are also multicookers with the "Yogurt" function. This is convenient if you have young children or you like fermented milk products. But you can prepare a fermented milk product using the "Heating" function.
If you have already decided what functions your miracle pan should have, then the choice of brand remains. This is a more difficult task. There are many manufacturers. Many of them have proven themselves well. But, as usual, products of well-known brands are more expensive with the same set of functions. And again, the choice is yours: a well-known brand, but expensive, or little-known, but cheaper. The most popular multicookers are Redmond. The functions of these devices are especially numerous, they can be up to 55.