With busy lifestyles and long working hours, people don't have enough time for anything. In order to do tasks more quickly, we find the means through technology. One such technological innovation that saves time and energy is a Microwave Oven. They are efficient, cost effective and convenient. They gained popularity for heating food and they have become one of the most important kitchen appliances.
These are used to reheat food and some have additional features and functions to cook, grill and bake. High frequency electromagnetic waves are emitted when food is cooked in the it. These produce the heat and cook each and every particle of the food. Microwave ovens provide a lot of benefits, they are:
- Saves Time: Microwave ovens are time efficient, they cook dishes faster and more efficiently than the traditional means of cooking. They also have an adjustable timer that lets you to set time depending on the food that is to be cooked. The timer automatically turns off once the set time is reached.
- Easy to heat dishes: Microwave ovens became famous because they could reheat food. Tasks like heating dishes, defrosting meat, heating packaged food are easy by using a microwave when compared to the regular oven.
- Retains nutrients in the food: Cooking reduces the amount of nutrients in the food due to the chemical changes that take place. Microwaves takes comparatively less time to cook, therefore preserving more nutrients in the food. It retains minerals and vitamins in the food.
- Easy to clean: Microwave ovens are easy to clean and maintain. A little detergent and sponge is enough to clean the interiors of the microwave oven.
- Conserves energy: By using a microwave oven, you can reduce energy consumption to a large extent and save upto 50% of energy cost. They are also eco-friendly and does not produce indoor air pollution.
- Easy to operate: Microwave ovens are not complicated to use, they have a single push start button. They do not produce flames, and it is easy for kids to operate as well.
- No supervision required: Cooking food using a microwave is easy, time-to-time supervision is not required. The microwave automatically turns off once the set time is reached. You can also do other tasks while cooking food using a microwave, as constant supervision is not required.
- Can make variety of delicious foods: Using a microwave, we can make delicious foods in a short span of time. We can bake cakes and cookies and make roasted delicious fast foods like chicken grills, masala peanuts, halwa, pizza's etc.
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