Automatic cooking programs for the desired dish.
A wide variety of programs are found in modern multicookers:
porridge / soup,
oatmeal,
sauté,
pilaf,
meat,
poultry,
fish,
rice / buckwheat,
milk porridge , baby food,
pasta / pasta, scrambled eggs,
dumplings,
vegetables,
legumes,
fondue,
bread,
jam / jam,
yogurt,
cottage cheese,
dessert,
aspic,
pizza,
sauce. Here are the features of each of these modes:
- Porridge/Soup. The program for cooking soups and thin porridges uses rather intensive cooking in a large amount of liquid.
- Oatmeal. Program for making oatmeal. Features of this mode in different models may vary; it also does not hurt to cl
...arify what kind of porridge it is designed for - in milk or in water. However, in any case, cooking oatmeal involves quickly heating to a high temperature, then cooking on a “slow fire” and infusing under the lid for several minutes after turning off the heat.
— Saute. The classic sauté is made by briefly sautéing in fat, usually vegetables, but other ingredients such as meat or fish are also possible. However, in multicookers, the method of cooking this dish may differ from the traditional one.
- Pilaf. Classic pilaf is cooked over low heat in a cast-iron cauldron, ducklings or other similar thick-walled dishes; the program simulates the heating characteristic of such cooking.
- Meat. Various programs for cooking meat. Most often we are talking about frying and / or baking, but other processing methods are possible; these details should be clarified separately.
- Poultry. Program for cooking chicken, turkey, goose and fowl. First, poultry is intensively fried until golden brown, then the heating intensity is automatically reduced, transferring the multi cooker to the extinguishing mode. The poultry cooking program allows you to get a well-done, juicy, tasty and aromatic dish.
- Fish. Various programs for cooking fish. Usually this mode is closest to baking, there are practically no other options.
- Rice / Buckwheat. In this case, it means a program for making crumbly cereals, primarily from rice or buckwheat (hence the name). The device works in this mode as long as there is "excess" water in the working tank; when all the water has evaporated, the heating is turned off.
- Milk porridge. Cooking cereals with milk requires caution: even with a slight increase in temperature, the product may burn. Accordingly, a special program for this provides for "delicate" heating.
- Baby food. Cooking mode for young children. It is often a type of steam cooking (see the relevant paragraph) - it is this method that is considered the healthiest and safest.
— Macaroni / Pasta. When cooking, it is advisable to pour pasta or pasta with hot water and stir occasionally in order to avoid sticking together; they cook relatively quickly. Programs for cooking, as a rule, take into account these features.
- Omelette. A program that allows you to cook the so-called melange - a mixture of squirrel and yolk. Heating in the multicooker bowl is supplied immediately from all sides, which provides the omelet with a delicious golden crust.
- Dumplings. Special mode for cooking dumplings. During cooking, it is highly desirable to stir the dumplings so that they do not stick together; this is taken into account in the program. In addition, some multicookers can also cook dumplings by frying / baking, according to specific recipes.
- Vegetables. This program allows you to cook both stews and whole vegetables. Its main feature is the use of moderate temperature - vegetables are slowly heated, as when stewing. In this mode, you can cook potatoes, carrots, zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, cabbage, etc. Also, the program can be used to prepare both simple side dishes and complex dishes or soup dressings.
- Beans. A feature of legumes (peas, beans, chickpeas, etc.) is that they can take quite a long time to cook, which is reflected in specialized programs.
— Fondue. Most often, cheese fondue is prepared in multicookers. When using this program, the cheese mass melts at a fairly high temperature - about 110 ° C. So that the melt does not thicken, after melting the cheese, the temperature decreases slightly - somewhere up to 100 ° C. There are also chocolate and caramel melts. But chocolate, cheese, and caramel have different melting points, which is why a cheese fondue slow cooker will most likely not be able to cook chocolate or caramel melts.
- Bread. The presence of this program allows you to use the multicooker also as a bread machine. As a rule, this is a special baking mode, designed specifically for bread. However, unlike a full-fledged bread machine, in this case, the dough for bread usually has to be kneaded by hand.
- Jam / Jam. The preparation of some types of jams and jams requires boiling for several hours - so that the product is “boiled down” and excess moisture evaporates from it. The temperature should also not be too high. All this requires a separate program with the appropriate parameters.
- Yogurt. For the preparation of yogurt, it is necessary to maintain a low temperature in containers with sourdough for the optimal functioning of lactic acid bacteria - about 38-40 ° C.
- Cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is made from sour milk or kefir, and the process requires gentle heating in order for the curd mass to separate from the whey. Traditionally, a water bath was used for such heating, modern multicookers can simulate it using the appropriate program.
- Dessert. Program for cooking a wide range of sweets - from jam and marmalade to pudding and bird's milk. It assumes the use of many temperature regimes with alternating heating and holding. Those. heating is switched on and off, which allows you to protect the ingredients from burning. It is often necessary for the user to independently set the optimum temperature, although it is also usually possible to use the standard "universal" temperature mode, which is set by default.
- Aspic. Programs for jelly are also distinguished by a low degree of heating and a long duration - in order for the product to solidify normally, it must be “boiled”.
- Pizza. Pizza is a type of pastry, so the temperature for its preparation must be quite high. In fact, such a program turns the multicooker into an oven.
- Sauce. Program for cooking dishes of the sauce group. Its characteristic feature is the use of multi-stage heating. At first, the slow cooker provides intense heat, which is ideal for quickly frying ingredients, then the heat weakens, making it possible to stew broth-filled or other liquid-filled frying.
This list is not exhaustive, modern devices may also provide other modes of operation - for example, for making pies, barbecue, etc.— Bowl with handles.
The presence of handles on the bowl makes the multicooker more practical and convenient to use, providing a more convenient and reliable grip on the container. Handles for large-volume bowls are especially relevant. Most often, the working surface of the handles has a heat-resistant coating that quickly dissipates heat; other models can be equipped with bakelite or Teflon-coated handles — thanks to this, the bowl can be freely removed, even if it is still hot.
— Grill. A special
grill that is installed in the multicooker bowl, and products for grilling are placed on it. In this mode it is possible to cook meat, fish and vegetables with an appetizing crispy crust. The cooking temperature is usually around 220 – 240 °C.
— Steamer stand.
Multicooker bowl stand with characteristic perforations for steaming healthy food. As a rule, it is equipped with small legs and is placed above some water at the bottom of the multicooker bowl. Boiling water turns into steam, and passing through the holes in the stand this steam cooks the food. Steaming is considered one of the most gentle cooking modes and is widely used in dietary nutrition, including children's nutrition.
— Steamer basket.
The steamer basket is a hanging container with a perforated bottom, installed in the upper part of the multicooker bowl. Wat
...er is poured directly into the bowl, which boils and turns into steam. This steam is forced through the holes in the container and cooks healthy food.
— Deep-frying basket. The deep-frying basket typically features a metal mesh structure, primarily employed for frying foods in a deep layer of heated oil or fat. It proves useful for preparing items like French fries, battered foods (vegetables, mushrooms, fish, etc.), chips, and similar dishes. Many deep-frying baskets come equipped with handles or a lifting mechanism for easy immersion and removal of food from the oil.
— Frying pan. Availability of own frying pan included in the delivery of the device. Multicookers with a frying pan, as a rule, have a movable heater that can be raised and the frying pan placed on it, and at the end of cooking, lowered to the standard position.
— Yogurt jars. The delivery set includes special jars for making yogurt (for more details, see “Programmes”). For a number of reasons, it is considered optimal for this product to use several small jars instead of one large container.
