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The microwave oven is becoming one of the most essential kitchen appliances in today's time. Thanks to its unique advantages, it has become everyone's choice to cook food in a microwave oven. It is one such kitchen appliance that saves time, quickly heats food, and is also used for cooking. But while cooking food in a microwave oven, you should take special care of a few things. So, let's know about its benefits and items related to its use.
8 Things To Keep A Tab On While Cooking
- Take a ceramic bowl to boil vegetables in the microwave oven. Add two or three tablespoons of water and cover the ceramic plate over the bowl. Let it cook in steam for 3-4 minutes.
- Adding salt while cooking absorbs the food's moisture, so it's better to avoid it. Instead, after cooking, please take out the bowl and add salt to it.
- For the utensils that you are using in the oven for cooking, first, check whether they are microwave-safe or not.
- Keep the microwave door open after cooking because the humidity inside can damage the oven.
- Use oval or round-shaped utensils in the oven because food is cooked quickly in such utensils.
- For proper functioning of the microwave oven for a long time, keep cleaning it from time to time.
- Do not cook in rectangular or square-shaped utensils, as they take more time to cook.
- When the microwave is not working, keep it switched off.
Microwave Oven: Cooking Benefits
- Automatic Switch Off: Microwave ovens' most significant advantage is setting a timer before cooking or heating food, which automatically turns off when the time is up.
- Quick Cooking: If you are in a hurry, you can use a microwave oven because it cooks food faster than other cooking methods.
- Low Heating Effect: The low heating effect in the microwave oven never lets the utensils heat up.
- Nutritious Cooking: Food cooked in a microwave oven is healthier.
What To Remember When Using A Microwave Oven?
- Always use gloves when taking food out of the microwave oven; otherwise, you may burn your hands.
- If your microwave oven is damaged, don't fix it yourself. Instead, call the service provider to repair.
- Before using the microwave oven, read all the instructions and follow the rules.
- Never use metal and plastic cookware in a microwave oven.
