Microwave Energy saving Tips
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- You can save up to 50 percent of your cooking energy costs by using a microwave oven instead of a conventional oven.
- Microwave ovens cook food faster than conventional ovens because the energy goes directly into heating the food, not the oven or utensils.
- Food cooks faster when placed at the edge of the rotary tray, as more microwaves can interact with the food there than at the center.
- Cooking in a microwave oven does not add unwanted heat to your kitchen.
- Cook food in a covered vessel instead of keeping the vessel open for cooking, this will save energy and food will get prepared faster
- Before cooking any dish that contains pulses or while cooking rice soak pulses/rice in water atleast for 15 minutes
- While preparing Idli, Dosa and roasting cook at 60% power
- Make use of Microwave Oven standing time for cooking at least 1% of energy consumed in cooking will be saved
- Use appropriate rack for cooking and grilling needs eg. Use high rack for making pizzas and sandwiches
- Use aluminium container in convection mode for baking cake/biscuits
- For fish fry use combi mode this will save both time and power.
- In a microwave oven, arrange unevenly shaped items with the thickest portion to the outside.
- Stir or turn the food over to speed up cooking time.
- Use a circular shaped vessel for cooking food uniformly and faster in microwave oven
