steaming

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | 238 words | Copyright

steaming Method of cooking food in the steam above boiling water; there is less loss of nutrients into the cooking water than with boiling. Steaming is also carried out above 100 °C by means of pressure cookers, see autoclave.

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