Kitchen Equipment: Kitchen Appliances

Kitchen Equipment - Appliances

Examples of kitchen appliances that are used for cooking food are listed and described below:

1. Rice Cooker

A rice cooker is a kitchen appliance dedicated to cooking rice and

to prepare dishes like Briani, Pulao

2. Electric Cooker with oven

An electric cooker is an appliance used to bake, roast, grill or even heat food using dry heat. Food normally cooked in this manner include meat, casseroles and baked goods such as bread, cake and other dessert s.

3. Presssure Cooker

Pressure cooking is a method of cooking in a sealed vessel that does not permit air or liquids to escape below a preset pressure. Because the boiling point of water increases as the pressure increases, the pressure built up inside the cooker allows the liquid in the pot to rise to a higher temperature before boiling. Foods which can be pressure cooked are vegetables, dessert, meat, pulses, cereals and soups

4. Microwave oven.

It is a kitchen appliance which uses micro radiation waves as a source of heat in order to heat, cook and defrost food. Dishes which can be cooked using the microwave oven are rice, cake, reheating leftovers, sauces, vegetables.

5. Gas stove

Gas stoves today use two basic types of ignition sources, standing pilot and electric. A stove with a standing pilot has a small, continuously burning gas flame (called apilot light) under the cooktop. The flame is between the front and back.