| Experts say that a number of cases of irritable bowel | | | | all the parts of the pieces so no germs or bacteria is |
| syndrome, food poison and other illnesses bred by | | | | left. Avoid higher degree of heat. Use 45-55 percent |
| food products are caused by our faulty cooking habits | | | | of the maximum. |
| on microwaves ovens, once supposed to be one of | | | | A microwave oven is supposed to be a good |
| the safest kitchen appliances. | | | | preserver of the taste and flavor of the food too. So |
| However, a microwave oven is still the safest and | | | | use salt and other herbs etc only half the actual |
| user-friendly kitchen appliance. So how these ailments | | | | amount you use while cooking in a conventional oven. |
| arise? Definitely, it is not our microwave oven itself, but | | | | Many times we use microwave ovens and electric |
| it is our faulty method of cooking which has to be | | | | grills both to make a dish. Thus we cook it for |
| blamed. So next time when you switch on your oven | | | | moments only in an oven. Do your grill work quickly as |
| to cook something delicious, kindly, for your tummy's | | | | soon as you pull out the half-cooked meat, otherwise |
| sake, do the following. Otherwise you will run for your | | | | the germs go more destructive. Never let the |
| life holding your potbelly in both hands towards a | | | | half-cooked pieces cool down. |
| doctor's clinic. | | | | For better and faster cooking you can consider using |
| Remember, our goal is to ensure that no part of the | | | | liquid in the food. You save almost 30 percent of |
| food should remain 'uncooked.' It is these uncooked | | | | energy and time too. Fatty meat too cooks fast. A |
| portions of a dish which carry living germs and bacteria | | | | pound of meat takes no more than six minutes to |
| which cause trouble inside the stomach once you eat | | | | cook. Thus you keep adding six more minutes for |
| up the food, most importantly no-veg dishes. | | | | each pound of meat you add. |
| The first and foremost comes the proper cleaning of | | | | If you don't prefer to cook in a cooking bag, then keep |
| the oven. A dirty microwave oven, even partially, may | | | | the pieces of the meat in a mid-size bowl and use a lid |
| hamper the cooking process. How a germ-ridden thing | | | | to cover it. However, avoid an airtight covering. Allow |
| can cook something healthy? | | | | the steam to billow out. Stir the food once or twice |
| Cooking meat on low heat is the real formula. First | | | | giving intervals before you finally switch off. Stirring |
| chop it into small pieces and cook them giving no more | | | | distributes the heat evenly. |
| than 30-40 percent of heat. This way the pieces are | | | | To cover the bowl, plastic wrap can be another |
| easily and safely cooked and the heat reaches the | | | | suitable option instead of a lid. However, refrain from |
| innermost part. Thus all the harmful organisms are killed | | | | using metallic foils. They may spoil the food. Also while |
| in the oven. | | | | cooking pieces of various sizes, keep the bigger |
| If cooking some bigger pieces of the meat is important, | | | | pieces beneath the smaller ones. Cooking becomes |
| then cooking in a cooking bag is helpful. It generates | | | | easy. |
| enough heat and steam and distributes them evenly to | | | | |