Useful tips
The actual cooking time depends on several components: the sort of food, pre-treatment
(fresh, tinned or frozen), as well as the amount and consistency of the food. Big chunks of
food, waxy potatoes or brown rice for example need longer cooking times.
Wild rice and lentils have to soak in water for 30 minutes before cooking.
• Nutrients and vitamins remain best if cutting the food shortly before consumption.
• Keeping the food warm or warming it up damages the quality of the food.
• When preparing different food place bigger chunks with longer cooking time into the
lowest steamer basket I (i.e. potatoes or carrots).
• Place finer vegetables in the middle steamer basket II for example: cauliflower or
brokkoli.
• Leafy vegetables need a short cooking time and should be placed into the top
steamer basket III.
• Do not overload the steamer baskets. The steam needs to be able to rise through the
different steamer baskets all the way up.
• Season to taste food after cooking.
• When you plan to cook food with different cooking times you can start with the bottom
steamer basket I. Place food with long cooking times into the bottom steamer basket
and add the other levels later. Do not forget to close the lid and pay attention to the
cooking times shown on the display.
• Use the provided separator when you steam two different foods in one steamer basket
and do not want the food to influence on the taste of each other.
• Some taste and flavour of food gets carried forward by the steam and condensate. Pay
attention that the food you cook match in flavour.
• There are 6 indents in the base of each steamer basket which can be used for placing
eggs. The cooking time of eggs depends on the amount of food cooked together with
the eggs, the steamer basket you use (I, II or III), the size and freshness of the eggs.
• Place rice, peas, beans or ingredients alike in the rice pan for cooking. On the base
of each steamer basket you find matching cut-outs for the feet of the rice pan.
• Cook fish or sausage in the bottom steamer basket. Run out liquids could otherwise
influence the taste of the other food.
• You can use the juice of the drip pan for soups or sauces.
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