Steamer (discussion of models, tips and feedback)

in brown, if you remove the upper floor - the lower floor can be divided by special dividers into 2 or 3 compartments.

On Saturday I bought one too. I am very happy !!! But today this phrase caught my eye. Tell me, does everyone have such separators? I have no skills and nothing has been written about them.

On Saturday I bought one too. I am very happy !!! But today this phrase caught my eye. Tell me, does everyone have such separators? I have no skills and nothing has been written about them.

This is not important, and does not affect the operation of the steamer. Not papisano, since they are not provided for by the bundle.

It is clear that the work of the steamer is not affected. But I thought "special delimiters" should be attached. Maybe I want to cook 1 cutlet and 1 piece of fish in one basket. We'll have to put 2 baskets, otherwise it would cost one.

It is clear that the work of the steamer is not affected. But I thought "special delimiters" should be attached. Maybe I want to cook 1 cutlet and 1 piece of fish in one basket. We'll have to put 2 baskets, otherwise it would cost one.

When choosing a double boiler, you need to look at its configuration according to your passport, such things are not sold separately. Now you will separate with a homemade separator, for example, make a foil barrier or make one from a plastic bottle. The branded divider has the shape of a thick plastic plate that fits snugly across the steamer tray.

Can't you put a cutlet and fish on opposite sides of the basket? The steamer doesn't seem to mix odors ...

Can't you put a cutlet and fish on opposite sides of the basket? The steamer doesn't seem to mix odors ...

Of course you can, the smells don't mix. That's what I do.

On March 8, I was presented with a Tefal Vita Cousine steamer - I am delighted to the point of madness, the cooking is superb, I already made salmon with sauce, fillet with lemon, potatoes, broccoli ... well. in general, the whole family ate too much))))))))))) I can’t get used to it))))))) I also found good recipes here - we will cook twice more)))))))))

GIRLS URGENTLY HELP !!!
I screwed cabbage rolls, I think maybe put them in a double boiler without frying? Does anyone do that? Won't the taste of boiled cabbage dominate ???
Answer pliz quickly who knows !!!!

I think it's better to fry it all the same, then pour.

Admin, thanks for responding
I still risked without frying, right into the double boiler. It turned out very nicely. What I was afraid of (the continuous taste and smell of cabbage) - no, just gentle darlings. Pour sour cream and broth from a tray on each darling in a plate -
PS - I boiled the cabbage a little before rolling the stuffed cabbage, so as not to break at the folds.

[I put it in the rice bowl.]

My husband and I bought a Brown S20 steamer the other day. Cool stuff !!!!
We are delighted. We have already tried to boil eggs, vegetables, fish. Everything's OK!!!! And very tasty !!!! And yesterday I decided to boil potatoes. And it didn't work ... Maybe I did something wrong, tell me.
I cut into slices, smeared with sour cream, salt, did not add water. I put it in the rice bowl. It is right? And I cooked it for 55 minutes !!!!!! Tell me how to cook it (potatoes) correctly ???

[I put it in the rice bowl.]

My husband and I bought a Brown S20 steamer the other day. Cool stuff !!!!
We are delighted. We have already tried to boil eggs, vegetables, fish. Everything's OK!!!! And very tasty !!!! And yesterday I decided to boil potatoes. And it didn't work ... Maybe I did something wrong, tell me.
I cut into slices, smeared with sour cream, salt, did not add water. I put it in the rice bowl. It is right? And I cooked it for 55 minutes !!!!!! Tell me how to cook it (potatoes) correctly ???

I cook on a regular tray, and then I do what I need with it: in sour cream, and so simply, and mashed potatoes ...
And, if done in a tray, then you need to add a little water (I cooked rice for the first time ... an hour and a half: Dwithout water)

Thank you Celestina !!

Potatoes will be better if you rinse off the starch left after cutting from them before cooking.

Maybe someone is looking for: a book of recipes for an electric cooker "A tasty and healthy lunch from a double boiler" has appeared in bookstores, publishing house M .: "Eksmo", 2008, 480 pages.

Girls, I "bought" this book a couple of weeks ago. IMHO - this book "kaka" I regret that I bought it.

Girls, I "bought" this book a couple of weeks ago. IMHO - this book "kaka" I regret that I bought it.

Why? Very affordable recipes, although the taste and color ...

Why? Very affordable recipes, although the taste and color ...

IMHO - this is some kind of awful cookbook for the usual way of cooking, only the word "double boiler" is still put everywhere. And the pictures - there are fried-refried dishes, such as from a double boiler. And what are the recipes for how to cook pasta in it.
Of course, "in taste and color", but in my opinion this is just not a completely conscientious book. And if advice is given on choosing a steamer, then you should at least check how the names of manufacturers are spelled (instead of Binatone they wrote Benaton).

IMHO - this is some kind of awful cookbook for the usual way of cooking, only the word "double boiler" is still put everywhere. And the pictures - there are fried-refried dishes, such as from a double boiler. And what are the recipes for how to cook pasta in it.
Of course, "in taste and color", but in my opinion this is just not a completely conscientious book. And if advice is given on choosing a steamer, then you should at least check how the names of manufacturers are spelled (instead of Binatone they wrote Benaton).

About the photo - I do not argue, I agree with you, but the recipes are adapted for a double boiler, and everything is collected in one book. Tired of the booklets in 6 sheets of 50 rubles. , with 2-3 recipes difference. Regarding the overwhelmed recipes: are the recipes in the multicooker not from tasty and healthy food, but in the bread maker?

Hello everyone! Until you read everything on the site! Phew! There is a steamer available, 2-level, I don't remember the manufacturer, like Kenwood ... I've only cooked rice in it lately! it's very convenient and you don't need to stir constantly, and I add oil after I put the rice in a saucepan ... I still don't dare to make an omelet and porridge ... although sometimes you want porridge in the morning ... maybe, after reading the recipes on the website, I decide ..

I still do not dare to make an omelet and porridge ...

the omelet turns out great, fluffy)))

I still have to try! but, can you tell me, if you cook porridge in a double boiler in milk, how long should you set the timer? half an hour is enough? and how much milk? as for rice, so that there was a little on top? thank you in advance!

I took out my steamer, shook off the dust and decided to use it - it's not all the time to drive the MV! But I completely forgot how to make rice in it, and the instructions were lost, of course. There is a rice cooker bowl. Girls who cook, write, pliz!

Everything is very simple, I have Tefal, I pour water into the rice compartment, fall asleep with rice and cook it for 15-20 minutes.

Once on a culinary forum I read and recorded for myself such advice on cooking rice in a double boiler, I will quote:

"Since there is a double boiler (almost like everyone else - a two-story Brown) and she knows how to cook rice, it's a sin not to use it. But it turned out to be not so simple. Several nuances emerged.

1. The instructions do not recommend salt products during cooking. And unsalted rice is ... not very good. Topping it off then normally turns out only with soy sauce, but this does not always fit into the concept.After reflecting on the physics of the process, I decided (precisely when cooking rice, when the salt is thoroughly mixed with rice and water) to score on this recommendation.
2. Proportions. This was the biggest problem. In the end, I settled on, you will not believe, 50:50 by weight. Steam appears to add a lot of moisture during cooking.
3. Rice should be thoroughly washed. 5-6 times, until it stops giving a whitish sediment.
I did not try to soak, since it is not always convenient. In order not to bother with beakers, it is very useful to have a kitchen scale at home. To minimize labor (and time :-)) costs, I do this. I pour 300 gr directly into the steaming cup. rice (a convenient portion, since rice is most often sold in packs of 900g. But you can also 225 :-)), rinse thoroughly and add water to the total weight of the contents of 600g. I mix the salt thoroughly (this is important, otherwise the bottom and top will be different in salt) and run the steamer for 25 minutes. Serving 400gr. - 30 minutes. The rice is not very sticky, elastic, but without signs of undercooking inside. And delicious. "

I myself cook rice in a microwave steamer, she also has a basket for rice, so the proportions of water and rice from these tips suited me, but of course I need less time in the microwave.

Thanks for answers! Can brown rice (unpolished) be cooked like that?

Thanks for answers! Can brown rice (unpolished) be cooked like that?

You can, of course, only need to cook it a little longer and you can add a pinch of wild for greater benefit

The proportions of water to rice - this needs to be personally empirically selected, as you like best.

I always salt after cooking, I do not find fault with the appearance, because I love wet porridge, not crumbly. And also sugar for my son, and I pour myself with pomegranate sauce.
Yesterday I liked round grain rice only with 10% cream without water, I really liked it, but this is certainly not a dish for those who are losing weight.

Thanks everyone for making some brown rice today! Of course, the liquid boiled too much, I had to strain it out and digest a little (I was waiting for the water and rice to boil). But it worked out well for the first time. Now I will improve. I wonder what else you can cook like that (I mean, in a rice container)?

From the instructions for the Brown Steamer:
(for 250g of rice)
Basmati - 300-400 ml of water (35-40 min)
Long-grain - 300-400 ml of water (35-40 min)
Unpolished - 300-400 ml of water (45-50 min)
For pudding - 750 ml of milk (60 min)
Maize - 750-1000 ml of water (20-25 minutes).

In the rice bowl, you can also cook other cereals, omelet, curd pudding, muffin.

It turns out a very interesting taste. if you mix rice with curry before cooking, and the color is beautiful, and you don't feel the characteristic rice smell ... some don't like it, but I don't care, I just won't eat the rice

I respect him very much too. Celestina, if you are also a rice beetle, maybe you have a coveted recipe for pilaf in MB. Something I get all the nonsense, but not pilaf.

Girls, tell someone the dishes for the steamer !!! We bought a double boiler, well, I’m for losing weight, and for my husband for treating the stomach, for my daughter for cooking vegetables (she’s still a baby). but I cannot find any recipes for this unit

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Title: The best steamed recipes

Year: 2008
Pages: 33 (64)
Format: pdf in archive
Size: 958 kb

This book contains both the simplest recipes for steamed dishes and delicious gourmet delicacies. The simplicity of cooking food in a double boiler is combined with the preservation of valuable nutritional qualities; steamed recipes are widely used in modern dietetics.

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Name: Steamer Recipes

Year: 2008
Pages: 33 (64)
Format: pdf in archive
Size: 618 kb

Currently, dishes cooked in a double boiler are rightly considered healthy and low-calorie. In addition, in a double boiler, any hostess will be able to prepare an exceptional and original dish that will certainly delight her family and guests.

That's it, now I also decided on BROWN) today we are going with my husband to buy, but before that I did not pay attention to this unit at all
I have another question arose, it was not in the topic yet ... By e / energy - takes on a lot, how does the counter shake?

That's it, now I also decided on BROWN) today we are going with my husband to buy, but before that I did not pay attention to this unit at all
I have another question arose, it was not in the topic yet ... By e / energy - takes on a lot, how does the counter shake?

takes less kettle, somewhere 0.8-0.85 kW, and here is the instruction for it 🔗

I have Brown. Attracted that the control is mechanical, that there are two pallets, that there is a bowl for coloring products, well, made in Germany. And in general, the combination of price and quality
Mine especially like fish cooked in it. Neither boiled nor fried .... mmm ... yummy. Moreover, salmon, chum salmon, and ordinary hake are delicious. Vegetables are also delicious.
But I didn't like the chicken cutlets.Maybe of course it was necessary to somehow get confused with them, I don't know)))

[sunny_777]

I have Brown.
But I didn't like the chicken cutlets.Maybe of course it was necessary to somehow get confused with them, I don't know)))

sunny_777
Brown is definitely not to blame here. We got hooked on steam chicken cutlets for more than 4 years, we have no complaints about the steamer. Try to cook the minced meat correctly, add other spices, herbs.

[Leska]

Leska Yes, I don’t blame my steamer for not liking the cutlets, it’s just that I probably cooked the minced meat badly, or it just didn’t work that time.

[sunny_777A lot depends on the meat itself. If our cat refuses to eat chicken or turkey (and this), then in the minced meat I must add chopped greens (dill, parsley, celery, cilantro - everything that is available), spices and milk (cream), fry diluted with Soda water. Cutlets are obtained]

sunny_777

A lot depends on the meat itself. If our cat refuses to eat chicken or turkey (and this), then in the minced meat I must add chopped greens (dill, parsley, celery, cilantro - everything that is available), spices and milk (cream), fry diluted with Soda water. Cutlets are obtained

Thanks for the interesting recipes, I cook the first day in a double boiler today. I boiled potatoes and made cottage cheese. And the vegetable casserole was not ready for me, it was damp, but we already ate it at lunch.

[Aunt Besya]

I also want to say thank you very much for the ideas. We bought a double boiler with the advent of our second son, 3 years ago. But for more than a year now, it has been almost idle for me. Today, inspired by the topic, I made nutria meat rolls.



It turned out very cool. And the most important thing is not fried, but children eat with pleasure. Moreover, it is not troublesome and not hot. I don't want to turn on the oven at all because of the heat.

Aunt Besya, I will definitely try to sterilize the next preservation in a double boiler.

(and my husband is just delighted! And then he sawed and sawed, that they say that one more unnecessary thing in the kitchen takes a place)

Today I will make Tilapia in a steamer)))))
I will wash 6 files a bit from the ice crust and dry them a little. I put lettuce leaves on the tiers of a double boiler at the very bottom and Tilapia on top ... (I have brown so that there are 3 files per tier). Sprinkle with spices for the fish and for 20 minutes. in a double boiler. Taste it deliciously!
Bon Appetit)

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I have such a double boiler. I also chose for a long time, between electric and this one, I was tormented. In the end, I took it mainly for mantas. But she turned out to be such an assistant, just super. First, the pan is not weak. Secondly, nothing sticks and a lot of products are placed. For my family's vinaigrette, everything fits in one pallet. I cook vegetables in it for 25 minutes. And beets are 35-40. Without even checking. Beets and carrots (like everyone else) have such a taste that you would not believe that they were so sweet and fragrant! I can easily eat boiled beets)))))))
And any fish, trout, pelengas, pollock or salmon is simply not conveyed! Steam outlet is regulated by turning the valve. On minimal heat and an almost closed valve, there is practically no steam at all. The transparent lid becomes transparent when cooking, without droplets. Like sterilization. And if you cook chicken, fish or meat, you can use delicious broth afterwards. Boil the soup right in the bottom pan! Its volume is 4 liters.

The Tefal VS 4001 steamer settled in my kitchen, but I have never cooked in a non-multi-tiered steamer and the recipes in the attached book can’t afford me any recommendations for mastering this technique?

Tell me, how do you cook vegetables in a double boiler (beets, carrots) with skin or without. And do you cut them into pieces before sending them to the steamer

Tell me, how do you cook vegetables in a double boiler (beets, carrots) with skin or without. And do you cut them into pieces before sending them to the steamer

It depends on what they will be needed later. If for a vinaigrette or a side dish, then you can immediately peel and cut. If for any other needs, for example in a salad, rub it on a grater, then whole with a peel. In general, at will. I also do it entirely for vinaigrette.

How long does it take to cook potatoes, beets and carrots, if they are cooked whole and in their skins?

For insurance, set the time for an hour, and then check the readiness with a knitting needle.
It is better to cut beets in large slices.

do we have the wrong beets or am I cooking the wrong way? vegetables from local gardens, I don't buy in supermarkets. whole beetroot (with skin) the size of a good fist is cooked for at least an hour. Usually one and a half, or even 2. however, in late summer and early autumn, the same beets are cooked in 30-40 minutes. potatoes - 20 to 40 minutes. carrots - 20 to 60 minutes. All whole, in a peel. chunks - for speed, or the beets are too large (the lid does not close) or the carrots are too long (cannot be put whole in the basket).

If from village gardens, perhaps fodder varieties. They grow both themselves and the cattle the same thing. They are "oak", not readily boiled. I have sweet beets from the garden, almost no juice and boil quickly.