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World over heart disease is the leading cause of death today. One person dies every 30 seconds from heart disease all over the world. In India probably 25% of population suffers from heart problems. Poor nutrition and food habits are one of the most important reasons for high risks of heart diseases. So healthy eating is one way to keep a healthy heart and for that one should try to use microwave oven to facilitate oil free or low fat cooking and that too in minutes. So now bake, cook, boil, steam, grill or roast in your microwave oven to save your heart.

Interesting uses of Microwave

Microwave is an interesting and muti utility gadget of a kitchen. Here are list of various interesting useage of Miceowave Oven: Sterilizing container, jars etc for preserving home made jams and pickles etc. Boiling potatoes. After washing thoroughly make 2-3 deep cuts and put them in a polythene bag and microwave at high for 4-5 minutes. Similarly you can boil sweet potaoes and boil other vegetables. Preseving herbs like dill (soya), coriander (dhaniya), mint (pudeena), fenugreek leaves (methi) etc. All these herbs can be dried using microwave and preserved for later use without any change in colour. Crisping stale chips, papad, biscuits or cornflakes. Place it in a paper napkin uncovered and microwave it for a minute or two. Let it cool down and it will become crisp. Softening too hard butter, cheese or ice creams. Sterilizing and warming baby's milk. Melting Ghee, butter, honey. chocolates etc. Making Ghee is also very easy in microwave. The best part is that you don...

Microwave- a modern gadget in our kitchen

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Microwave oven is a cooking device used in millions of homes worldwide and is one of the greatest invention of 20th century. It has changed the way of cooking. It is not only used for re-heating food but also used for cooking boiling , grilling , roasting and baking . It is capable of preparing variety of delicacies in a faster and simpler manner, saving more time to spend in other important work. Cooking in microwave is simpler as the food does not stick or burn and hence does not need stirring. Cooking in Microwave oven is different from conventional cooking. Microwaves use microwave energy to cook food. Microwave are Radiowaves which have a very interesting property. When radiowaves emmited in a frequency of 2500 megahertz they are absorbed by water, fats and sugars. When they are absorbed they are converted directly into atomic motion-heat. Microwave in 2500 mgz range also has one more interesting property, they are not absorbed by most of the plastics, glass and ceramic mater...