What alternatives are there to a steamer?
Basically, there are three main alternatives to a steamer. Since not everyone can afford or wants to buy a steamer, we present three alternatives below:
Steam cooking in a pot
For this, you use a standard household saucepan and a sieve. The cooking pot is filled with water and heated. The food is placed in the sieve above.
Here it is important to pay attention to both the temperature and the size of the food being cooked. If the portion is cut too large, it cannot be cooked evenly.
It is also important to pay attention to the seasoning, as this method preserves the ingredients and thus the flavour very well. Too much seasoning could make the food inedible.
Steam cooking in the microwave
The second option is steam cooking in the microwave. Since with pots the heat has to reach the inside from the outside for the first time, these variants need much more time than the microwave.
Because of this, the microwave is still very popular with all sections of the population.