Say what you may but air fryers are now becoming an integral part of modern Indian cooking scenes. They offer the ease of cooking without oil and allow you to cook different kinds of ingredients, including baking bread.
An air fryer is compact in comparison to a microwave yet it performs many tasks that the bigger appliance does. Sure, you have to cook your dish in smaller batches, but if an appliance facilitates cooking samosa and pizza, you can’t complain. Below mentioned are the top five choices for air fryers in India priced under Rs 5000.
Usha Air Fryer
Usha’s smart air fryer comes with 10 predefined functions including baking, thawing, braising, roasting, toasting, and air frying. With just a click of a button, you can cook your ingredients to perfection without the hassle of oil and managing the flame of a burner. It is perfect for making small cakes, vegetarian snacks, fish fry, and chicken delights, and dehydrating fresh ingredients to prolong their shelf life. It is priced at Rs 3,999, but at this budget-friendly cost, it will make cooking easy and risk-free.
Inalsa Air Fryer
Priced at Rs 3,295, Inalsa’s air fryer has four built-in features - frying, roasting, grilling, and baking. With a capacity of 3.5 litre, it is perfect for cooking mushrooms, potatoes, chicken, shrimp, fish, cookies, and steak. It has air crispy technology that allows you to cook food with no oil, and it possesses the risk of burning. Its eight cooking presets and touchscreen make cooking fun and hassle-free.
Pigeon Air Fryer
This air fryer from the collection of Pigeon comes with 8 pre-set menus allowing you to cook paneer tikka, French fries, cakes, roasted vegetables, pizza, samosa, cutlets, and chips. You can make your regular snack in this with 96% less oil than the original method. Its digital display facilitates quick selection of the menu, temperature, and timing. You can also set the timer in this appliance to work as per your requirement. It will cost you around Rs 3,000.
Usha Air Fryer
With a 4.5 litre capacity, Usha’s another high-end air fryer is here to make cooking fun instead of boring. You can toast, slow-cook, air fry, roast, thaw, bake, barbecue, braise, air dry, and grill. It has turbo air circulation that helps you achieve a crispy texture on the outside without burning the insides. It comes with a non-stick food-grade bowl that reduces the chances of chemicals leaching into your food. It is priced at Rs 3,633.
Prestige Air Fryer
Next is the air fryer by Prestige in which you can bake pizza, cook samosas, defrost meat, and make chicken delicacies. It has a touch panel using which you can set the temperature and time. You can also select from its preset menu - bake, grill, air fry, toast, reheat, and roast. You can also choose to warm your food so that you can enjoy the dish hot. It will cost you around Rs 3,800.