Steam cooking system

Traditional cooking is becoming increasingly passé. Now, both experts on healthy eating and encourage various shades of gourmets to convert water to steam. Because food is subjected to such heat treatment remains far more vitamins, nutrition, minerals and antioxidants. Those who cook by steaming also ensure that the foods are gaining in aroma and taste, and preparation is very simple.

What to cook together?
This method works for most vegetables, except tomatoes and leafy. Taste deliciously cooked potatoes (including uniforms), carrots, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. Vegetables retain its natural color, they also have a more distinctive taste and smell, so it does not require intense flavor.
You can cook in this way the fruit - apples, pears and plums. The meats that are suitable for fish, seafood and delicate poultry.
Besides, without water we cook rice, various types of cereal, couscous and steamed dumplings traditional.

How to cook?
Best to obtain the special device, or steamer. Equipped with a few "stories" can also prepare more dishes. Steamer cookers are also suitable, most of which are equipped with special inserts. The same is true of the wokami that can be used not only for oriental cooking.
If you do not have these dishes, you can replace them with ordinary pot, to which we put a special metal or bamboo basket.
No matter what we use, we must remember that cooked products do not come into contact with water. Therefore, it should pour just a few inches to the bottom (up to 2-3 fingers). The ingredients are placed in a basket lined with leaves of lettuce or cabbage, so you will not be clung to the vessel.
In order not to rozgotować products must comply with the time of treatment. Fish will be ready after 6-8 minutes after the 1910-1920 meat balls, chicken requires about 40 minutes, the rice - 30

To add a taste of the dish, you can sprinkle it before putting into the pot with herbs or spices, fish is good to sprinkle with lemon juice. Never add salt steamed products - you can just add a little salt on a plate.
Into boiling water, you can also add a bit of white, dry wine, which raises an additional taste.