Questions tagged [steaming]
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How is starch content of some vegetables reduced by cooking?
How is starch content reduced by cooking vegetables? Are the starch molecules simply broken apart?
For example, this study showed a reduction in starch in sweet potato by cooking.
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Xmas Pudding put in microwave by mistake for 5 minutes
I put the wrong bowl in the microwave and cooked my raw xmas pudding mix for 4 mins. It was meant to be steamed for 8 hours tomorrow. It’s now pale and semi cooked. What shall I do?
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Preparing large cherrystone clams
I was tempted last week-end by Cherrystone clams.
They were large and with heavy shells.
Reading about them, there were supposed to eaten raw; I tried to open one of them with an oyster knife, and failed miserably.
So I tried steaming them, a bit…
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How to infuse flavors into steamed vegetables?
Tried to put 5 smashed garlic cloves in boiling water in a hope to get the spanich flavoured but failed. Spanich was being steamed in that vessel.
I intend to steam cook mushrooms, spanich, green onions, and cauliflower.
What is the way to infuse…
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Steamed chicken soup
I just made some steamed chicken breasts in a multicooker. Naturally, I still have water used for steaming in the bowl. It smells like and even looks like chicken soup. I'm not sure if it's good to eat, but wouldn't want to just throw it away.
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Steaming and seasoning veggies in a pressure pot?
I am an extreme novice when it comes to food prep. My daughter bought me a pressure pot. I have the Aozita brochure for steaming veggies. When do I season , before? during? or after steaming? What is meant by drizzle?
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Can I pasteurize milk in a jam jar?
The InstantPot manual says that I can use a bottle or container to make yogurt. It says to first pasteurize the milk (using the steam function to heat it to at least 180F/83C) then cool to 115F/46C and add starter. Can I use a jam jar for this?
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Can you get sick from milk that's been heated at a high temperature?
If you have pasteurized milk that is steamed for lattes, could that end up making you sick?
The steaming seems to occur at a high temperature.
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Steaming vegetables in microwave
I made a short research on steaming vegetables in microwave to compare it to steaming on stove top. An interesting discovery I made is that steaming in microwave is more energy efficient when cooking in small portions. Large portions, on the other…
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How to store a Christmas pudding to make it drier?
I have prepared a Christmas pudding but it came out too wet to our taste. What is the best way to store it to make it drier but without spoiling it?
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How to know (without a thermometer) whether an egg is cooked when we put a lid on the top of it?
Last time I tried to cook sunny side up eggs on a metal skillet. I put butter on the skillet, allowed it to heat and then I cracked two eggs on it. Immediately I placed a glass lid with a hole on the eggs.
I found that the eggs did NOT turn "brown"…
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How do you tell whether a lobster is cooked?
"When boiling lobster, how do you tell when it's done? Is there a rough estimate of cooking time (eg: time/ounce, etc...)?
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How long does it take to steam brown rice?
I would like to know how long it takes to steam brown rice.
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La Classico Stainless Steel Stock Pot and Multi purpose steamer
Has anyone seen steamer without holes on the bottom but the holes are the side instead of the steam trays? The side of the trays is double layer to accommodate for the steam holes. I’m looking for instructions. Thanks.
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How does the idli or dosa preparation process help in ensuring it is cooked and the bacteria+yeast are killed?
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If I use two or three cups of rice to prepare rice in a pressure cooker, I have to add plenty of water, pressure-cook it until one whistle and wait for around 1.5 hours until I open the pressure cooker. However, for idli or dosa, the raw…
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