In India, all of us are obsessed with lip smacking cuisines and snacks; we love to eat spicy food, at the same time we want to stay healthy as well. For leading a healthy and hygienic lifestyle and eating nutritious food, it is very important that you maintain your kitchen well. A tidy and immaculate kitchen will not only motivate you to cook healthy and tasty food but also adds beauty to your home interiors. An untidy or dirty kitchen may degrade your appetite and make the kitchen atmosphere unhealthy for you. A hardworking Indian housewife can best relate to this post that I am going to write on how to maintain your kitchen in the right way.
For a modular kitchen it is important to keep the kitchen and home appliances clean and shining. Clean grouts from faucets, ovens and stoves. Clean your tiles regularly to avoid buildups. Apart from these if you have got the right set of kitchen appliances in your kitchen you can definitely make a difference not only in the looks but also you can improve your food habits by reducing the amount of oil in foods and other healthy habits. Moreover use of certain appliances will help you to keep your kitchen clean and few of them can also encourage you to prepare and eat certain healthy items that you otherwise avoid due to the hassles of preparing them.
There are certain aspects that you must consider before choosing kitchen appliances for your modular kitchen during kitchen remodeling and furnishing and here they are;
Easy to clean
You must have the right appliances in your kitchen to ensure that the environment is comfortable for you to work in it.
Cook healthy
Everyone is health conscious now days but very few of them know the right diet and food habits one must follow to stay healthy, reducing the amount of oil intake is the first step.
Ease of use
There is no point of an appliance which you can’t operate properly.
To reduce your work
Machines are built to help human reduce their work load, but there are certain appliances that we often buy hoping that it will be the best fit for a certain work but they do not serve the purpose quite the way we want them to.
List of must to have Kitchen appliances
So now when we know what matters when choosing kitchen appliances, lets look at what sort of kitchen appliances you should have in your new modular kitchen.
Air Fryers
This is a very important kitchen appliance as it is not only easy to use but also significantly reduce the oil content in your food. The air fryer uses a unique combination of high-speed air circulation, with a top grill. The combined mechanism makes the hot air circulate very rapidly around the ingredients in the basket this heats up the ingredients in the basket from all sides at once, making it a healthy, fast and effortless method to prepare tasty food minus oil. It can make various food items such as potato fingers, chicken nuggets, chicken sausage etc deliciously crispy on the outside, without being dry on the inside and most importantly, with the minimum use of oil.
Not stick electric griddle
There are a lot of new non stick frying pans available in the market but this amazing new appliance make sure that it consume the minimum oil while retaining the taste of your food. Since it can be used dry or with just a bit of cooking spray, the food doesn’t come out greasy.
Modular chimney
A modular chimney is an essential addition to the list of kitchen appliances. It helps in driving the hot air and smoke outside your kitchen and proper ventilation. It also ensures that the oily and stickiness from the fumes do not stick to the walls or other places in the kitchen; it completely absorbs the oil and protects the wall and other places.
Gas ovens, burners and stoves
Chimney and gas ovens are available in combo offers too. The new ones even have spark powered knobs that do not require you to light the burner with matchsticks or sparkers. These advanced ovens are also easy to clean and maintain.
Microwave Oven
Your modular kitchen is incomplete with a microwave oven. This is a very useful appliance with a variety of utilities like heating, grilling, baking, toasting etc.
It is super easy to use (even your children can use it with your guidance), saves a lot of time, easy to heat food (with the use of proper utensils fit for microwave), easy to clean, less human intervention required, it retains nutrients and vitamins in the food.
There are a variety of other utilities too, like poaching eggs, making potato chips, froth milk for your latte, quick bowl of Mac and cheese (from scratch), toast nuts, make cakes, dry herbs, make pizzas and tacos, make popcorn without using bags etc.
Tandoor oven
If you are fond of tandoori foods, then you can also go for a tandoor oven, it not only helps you to make tandoori food effortlessly but also extract extra oil from your food so you can eat a healthy diet without compromising on taste. It is super fast and cooks in a jiffy, saving your precious time during your daily rush.
Blenders
Most home makers will prefer a electronic blender over traditional techniques of blending spices and other ingredients. A blender is a very useful appliance without which you are bound to face a lot of troubles while making smoothies, cream soups, sauces and gravy and anything that requires food to be blended, pureed. Its container is made of whipped glass or stainless steel jar with a tight-fitting lid. It is mounted on top of a small motor that spins a rotary blade inside the jar which runs the rotor at a variety of speeds to blend the content inside it.
Food Processors
Well if you have trouble in chopping and dicing your vegetables and fruits you can go for a food processor, it is a very essential appliance for your kitchen as it significantly reduces your efforts to chop, dice and mince the food during preparation for cooking or making juice or spice pastes. It is a high-powered appliance with in-built motor. The machine comes various different blades that can cut food in a variety of ways for different utilities. The blades and calibrated speed control allow you to chop heavy or light foods with perfection.
Slow cookers
Are you familiar with the aroma of roasted chicken or stew cooked slowly to perfection? Yes! You have got that right it is a slow cooker, it is made of a ceramic vat that rests inside a metal shell. Heating coils in the insulated shell heats slowly and stays at a low, uniform heat. It is used to make stews and roast meats and vegetables. It is safe to leave a slow cooker running while you are not in the house so a meal can cook while you are away.
Steam cookers
They are your best friend if you are a rookie in making rice, a steam cooker can help you to do it effortlessly, just stick to your mom’s advice and you will do just fine. It is also useful in preparing boiled egg, preparing dal, vegetables, meat etc. You can even make idli and cake with the help of a steam cooker.
