A double boiler is a convenient device for preparing healthy and tasty food. The very first double boiler was designed for cooking on fire. In Asia, traditional devices are still used, which are multi-tiered bamboo baskets mounted on pots with boiling water.
Steamed foods retain more vitamins than boiled in water and do not contain carcinogens that form when frying.
Most Europeans prefer electric steamers. These devices are made of metal and plastic and operate from the mains.
One of the most effective modern kitchen helpers is the Tefal Vitamin Plus double boiler. This multi-tiered unit allows you to quickly prepare breakfast, lunch or dinner for a family of three.
How the double boiler "Tefal" is arranged is clearly visible in the figure. In the lower part, which we will conventionally call the sole, is a water tank with a built-in heating element. Heat is controlled by sensors and microcircuits. On the outside of the control panel there is a timer, a light indicator and a Vitamin + button. If you press this button, the Tefal steam cooker will cook almost twice as fast due to more intensive steam evolution.
A turbo ring is mounted on the heating element. This element already 30 seconds after the device is turned on, steam begins to pass through itself, which rises through the special channels of the baskets with food.
The Tefal steam cooker is equipped with three baskets that are stacked on top of each other. Baskets are separated by pallets with holes. These details can be removed if you are preparing something large, such as a whole chicken.
The Tefal steamer, which can be found on numerous reviews, knows how to heat and cook fish and seafood, meat and poultry, vegetables, rice, cereals, pasta, eggs and fruits. You can find recipes for cooking borscht and dumplings in it.
All recipes are based on clear proportions in grams, therefore, along with a double boiler it is necessary to purchase compact electronic scales.
Now more specifically about how the Tefal steam boiler can feed an entire family in the morning. Given that the body has just woken up, it needs light food, for example, porridge and vegetables. If you want to make breakfast hearty, you can cook beef, pork or chicken. Our breakfast will consist of rice porridge, dietary chicken meat and three eggs.
First, fill the water tank to the maximum mark. It is desirable that the water is purified or settled. So less scale is formed.
In the largest basket, which is located below, we spread the whole chicken breasts. Before this, it is advisable to season and salt them. About 450 grams of chicken are laid out so that the breasts lie nearby and do not cover each other. This will allow the steam to evenly process the food.
In the second basket, which is installed on the first, put the rice bowl filled with 300 milliliters of boiling water. Pour 150 grams of pre-washed white long-grain rice into boiling water and add a tablespoon of salt.
Put eggs in the topmost steam bowl. And cover the double boiler.
Now set the timer for 25 minutes, turn on the "VITAMIN +" mode and quietly get ready to work. You do not need to stir the food and, in general, you can forget about the double boiler for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, hard boiled eggs are cooked . To get them, you just need to remove the upper basket, and put the lid on the middle.
After 5 minutes, remove the basket with breasts. And after another five minutes, turn off the double boiler and get the rice.
As you can see, it took only 25 minutes to prepare a simple breakfast without cooking, frying and stirring food.
Chicken breasts were cooked in 20 minutes, rice - in 25, hard-boiled eggs - in just 15.
Each model of a double boiler is completed with a recipe book in Russian. Not only will you be able to start cooking right away, but over time, create your own recipes.