Why steam?

Steaming, adored by thousands of years by the renowned wisdom of the Chinese people care is the best way to preserve the natural taste, color and consistency of products. Most importantly, this technique allows to minimize loss of vitamins and trace elements that the conventional methods of treatment are often dramatically high. We do not even often the case, as a great resource pour into the sink odcedzając vegetables and what really remains for us on a plate, in addition to calories. For example, losses of vitamin C when cooked in water reach 70%, 40% steamed.
Moreover, special overlays for pots We need not have any substance to facilitate the cooking - no oil, lard and butter dishes automatically become lighter and healthier. And if this were not enough, not want to get to the pot and stir or turn - the process is completely automatic!

Contrary to popular opinion, you can cook by steaming everything except the mushrooms, which are losing too much water. However, it is of course a few rules that we follow in order to take full advantage of beneficence couples.

Overlays must be placed min. 2.5 cm above the water, so that water does not touch the food.

The lid should be well matched, so as not to lose heat in the overlay.
Best to cook only one level, unless we know how to correctly adjust the time to individual components - the higher the less potent pair and slower processing time.
We leave gaps between pieces of food to steam to flow freely.
Vegetables and fruits are trying to cook whole or in parts as much as possible - whether or not any damage to the skin resulting in loss of valuable minerals and vitamins, so it is good to buy high-quality greens.

Spices add marynując best food before cooking (using lemon juice or olive oil) or doprawiając them the boiling water (eg stock cube)
Meat should be lean and this is not the species that require long heat treatment, the type of beef.

Ingredients must be previously frozen defrost.

Of course, a large part of our dinners are cooked by steaming at the beginning seem rather clear and dull in comparison with traditional fritter. This is the first question of taste, which give the fat and salt, and secondly just habit. However, if you truly doprawimy herb dishes, this food will be no less interesting ao sky healthier. After a few weeks we will be unable to imagine the consumption schabowego rozgotowanym mashed potatoes ...