Steaming is the cooking of food by the application of . This way of cooking was used by the Chinese, Indians, Africans and it now used everywhere in the world.In this cooking process, the food is put into a , which is a cooking utensil that consists of a vessel with a perforated bottom placed over one containing water. As the boils, steam rises and cooks the in the upper, or perforated, vessel.
Steaming is a healthy, easy way to fresh vegetables and it also a special way of preparing food which allows the steamed products to keep their shape, color, taste juice.Steam cooking retains the original color, taste, the juice and the freshness of food and you can add spices in the water used for steam cooking and thus give the food special . The technique requires no added fat, and vitamins remain in the vegetables instead of loseing into the water, as can happen with .