How to use a kitchen strainer

A kitchen suite is at hand in almost every kitchen. However, even experienced housewives do not fully use this device. Someone has only a miniature strainer through which tea is filtered. And someone uses a large sieve solely to sift through flour. But this is only a small part of the possibilities.

And today's edition. "Site" They will tell you how to use it. teapot beyond its primary purpose. And larger sieves in your kitchen will not hurt and will definitely be useful, and in some cases even indispensable.





Of course, there are miniature strainers in the form of a ball, which are limited in use and in the kitchen are stored only for tea drinking. However, the sieve is more multifunctional, which many do not suspect.

1. Cooking vegetables
   A small portion of vegetables can be steamed and with a miniature sieve. It is enough just to choose the right pot to build something like a steam cooker with a sieve. The main thing is that the distance of vegetables to water was about 2 cm. Very convenient, because this cooking will take only a couple of minutes.
   
   
   
   
2. puree
   While many people use food processors or blenders to make delicious buds, someone may be surprised to find that he has nothing to grind potatoes. It is useful, especially if you need to deal with a small portion of potatoes. Although you can use a sieve and spoon to get puree even from boiled vegetables, fruits or berries.
3. Poached egg
   Cooking poached eggs is not an easy task, especially for a beginner. So you can use a strainer. Just boil the water, immerse it in a deep sieve, break the egg here and, having immersed the strainer in water, make a couple of circular movements to give the desired shape.
   
   
   
   
4. Bread.
   Hard bread can be quickly refreshed with a sieve. Just fold the thin slices into a strainer and hold them over a pot of boiling water for a couple of minutes. Soon the soft and fragrant bread will be on your table again.
5. Roasting
   When cooking, you sometimes have to roast small ingredients like garlic or chopped onions in oil. But how to make sure that these products do not burn and are not too full of oil? To do this, you can immerse them using a strainer.
   
   
   
   
6. Decorating dishes
   Beautiful design of the dish is sometimes no less important than its preparation. And if we are talking about desserts, then with the help of a strainer you can beautifully sprinkle sweets with cinnamon, powdered sugar or something else.
   
   
   
   

Of course, this is only part of the idea, because the sieve can be used, for example, to make homemade cheese. In any case, it is enough to show a little imagination, and even teapot It will be a multifunctional kitchen appliance.