How is a Microwave Oven a Wonder Appliance?

When microwave first came into existence in early 70’s, its main purpose was to heat coffee, food or maybe, melt butter and make popcorns. Unfortunately, after so many years, people still use microwave oven for this very purpose. Although, microwave oven, throughout the years kept on improving and tried to break free from the stereotypical thought of just using it for heating purposes. Now, when, microwave oven has become an essential part of most kitchens it is important to know its features apart from heating. The list below exactly shows, why a microwave oven is a wonder appliance that you must have! 
• Disinfecting Sponges
Let’s start off with one non-food centric microwave oven’s use. One of the main reasons of throwing away our sponges is due to its fowl smell. You can actually get rid of this smell by simply putting your sponges in a bowl filled with water along with a little bit of vinegar or lemon and heat it for a minute into your microwave oven. Through this process, a solo microwave oven can clean and disinfect your sponges. 
  • Make peeling garlic easy
Peeling garlic can be a very tedious and boring task. First, it takes a lot of time to peal the garlic and even more in chopping it. So, the easier solution to this problem is putting the entire garlic inside the microwave oven and heating it for around 20 seconds. This will make the pealing process easy as the steam created inside the microwave makes the garlic skin come out, without even using a knife.
• Making chips
You don’t need to deep fry potatoes to make great potato chips. All you need to do is coat the potato slices with a little bit of vegetable oil and heat them in the solo microwave oven for around four to five minutes. Check, if they have turned brown, take them out and enjoy! 
  • Create your own poached egg
Making a normal egg is an easy process, but making a good poached egg can be a challenge. Microwave oven can actually help you in making a great poached egg. All you have to do is, pour boiling water in a bowl and add little vinegar to it. Crack an egg into the bowl, pierce the yolk slightly with a toothpick, and cover the bowl with cling film. Now, put the bowl in the microwave oven at full power for 30 seconds. Now, remove the bowl, turn the egg and put it into the microwave oven at full power for 20 seconds. Finally, take out the bowl and serve yourself a perfectly poached egg.
• Cooking vegetables
If you like steamed vegetables and don’t like the hassle of steaming vegetables the old fashioned way, then a solo microwave oven is the answer you have been searching for. All you need to do is take a bowl, put your vegetables in it, tightly cover it with a plastic lid and cook on high. The timing can be different for different vegetables such as tender vegetables and crunchy ones will take different times. It is recommend to check tender vegetables after 30 seconds and crunchy ones after 4 minutes.

Microwave oven has ample features that can make your kitchen life a lot easier. You can do much more creative things if you have a great microwave oven. One great range is by Panasonic, who have one of the best microwaves in India. They give the user a plethora of features along with an easy usage. Invest in a good microwave oven and start making things in a newer and simpler way!
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