Questions tagged [steaming]
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What's the effect of steam in cake baking?
I have been using my combi oven that is a fan oven with a steam function, where steam is pumped into the oven and the fan blows it around.
It works well for bread, but oddly when I bake cakes, the ...
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How can I make light, fluffy, couscous?
The instant couscous we get in Western supermarkets is a pale substitute for the light, fluffy, separate dish served in Moroccan and Algerian restaurants. It is heavy, claggy and stodgy - nowhere near ...
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Can bread absorb smells (e.g. when steaming cabbage)?
My grandmother told me she's always used bread (white bread, or bread crumbs) in a pressure cooker to absorb odors from steaming vegetables such as cabbage. I've also seen some websites mentioning ...
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Super-heated steamer vs. air fryer for replacing deep frying
I am considering a replacement for deep frying. I have deep fried small fish into crispy protein sticks and chicken in a typical pot. I heard a tip that professional deep fryers do not heat the bottom ...
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Can you cook tomatoes in water without leaking/bursting them?
I want to fully cook tomatoes to their center without causing the internal gel or seeds to be leaked.
I have noticed that if you try to cook a tomato to its center by grilling you will burn the ...
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Can you steam liquid food in deli, takeaway or microwave containers?
I use an electric steamer with a steaming basket with 1cm diameter holes to reheat frozen dishes such as lasagne, biryani etc. I remove the meal from the container and place it directly on the ...
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Fry and steam - which first?
Consider potato OR pork cubes of 1-2cm size. I find both delicious when they have steamed inside but a brown crisp outside. I achieve that by frying(in 5mm oil) them but use a lid for a part of the ...
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Does poaching or steaming oily fish cause it to loose most of its oils like boiling?
I imagine something like boiling causes most of the oil in oily fish to be released into water.
What about steaming and poaching? I would imagine it is the same because by the time the entire fish is ...
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Are high-starch potatoes hard (low-starch soft)?
As the season progresses a potato changes e.g. an Ilam Hardy early in the season (October) is quite waxy. A mid season Ilam Hardy is a good general purpose potato, while towards the end of the season ...
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How high do you stack mussels in the pot, and how much liquid if any?
I sometimes make clams for appetisers, but they are hard to find where I live, while blue mussels are easier to find and very cheap. The only problem is they are only sold in 1kg quantities, and last ...
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Does the dum cooking process truly impact taste and texture, or is it merely a longstanding tradition?
While making biryani I find a lot of hype surrounding the "dum" cooking process. This involves:
Pre-cooking the meat and rice separately.
Mixing them together at the last minute into a ...
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Can I steam Kao Fu in a steam oven?
I recently made kao fu from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwFhvy3ug3M. From what I can tell it's just seitan with added yeast for the rise
I steamed it in the largest sauce pan I have, ...
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Is it possible to find an above-pot steamer that's as efficient as an inside-pot steamer?
My experience with steaming vegetables is that a no-name
insert, such as the one in the left of the image, inside a nice-brand covered pot steams vegetables very quickly (carrots in 5 min, green beans ...
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How to properly season or marinate steamed potatoes?
When boiling potatoes, most guidance is to heavily salt the water which in turn internally seasons the potatoes.
When it comes to steamed potatoes, I’ve achieved fine results salting after they’ve ...
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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 ...
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