Polaris multicookers are one of the most popular today. There are several of their models, differing in power, design, and, most importantly, in the number of cooking programs for various dishes. This number ranges from 6 (Polaris PMC 0508D) to 17 (Polaris PMC0517AD).
It is known that the main parameters of cooking are temperature, pressure and time. In the products under consideration and their analogues, these parameters, depending on the selected program, are supported by the built-in microprocessor. But there is one program called "Multi-cook" where all of the above factors can be set manually, which will then be automatically maintained using the built-in microprocessor.
Temperature conditions in the Polaris multicooker depend on the selected cooking function. So, in the already mentioned program "Multipovar" the temperature regime can be set in the range of 40 - 160 degrees Celsius.
For the "Baking" program, the set temperature is 122 ° C. And for the “Soup” and “Stew” modes, it is the same - 90 ° C. The temperature range of the "Frying" algorithm is wide - 100 - 160 degrees. The program "Korochka" has a temperature of 130 °C. The Pasta program is used when cooking pasta dishes, and its working temperature is 118-120 ° C.
Some multicooker users find that 120°C is too high for Pizza mode. But heat from 38 to 40 degrees turned out to be optimal for the Yoghurt algorithm.
The "Steam cooking" mode, in addition to a temperature of 115-120 ° C, is characterized by excess pressure. This also applies to the Milk Porridge program, but already at a temperature of 90 ° C. Let's mention another common program "Krupa" with a cooking temperature of 110 ° C.
So, the temperature conditions in the Polaris multicooker range from 38 to 160 ° C.
A slow cooker is considered as a device ready to give out any dishes like a self-assembly tablecloth. Therefore, housewives are very upset when milk porridge begins to climb out of all the slots of the device. The search begins the perfect recipe and regime. One of the questions that torments housewives is what temperature is in the slow cooker?
Main Modes
Immediately make a reservation that it is not possible to adjust the temperature for all dishes. Models of devices are endowed with a certain number of modes. We list which programs in the multicooker can be found:
1. Baking. The maximum temperature in this mode reaches 120 gr. The cooking time is 50 to 60 minutes. Temperature control is not provided. The "baking" program allows you to make pizza, bake pies with various fillings.
2. Frying. This mode is quite powerful and gives temperatures up to 160 gr. The minimum figure is 100 gr. In the proposed range, it can be adjusted. To prevent the dish from burning, increase the temperature gradually. You can cook with the lid open and closed. With this program you can make excellent fried potatoes.
3. Steaming. The temperature is not higher than 120 gr. The mode allows you to independently set the cooking period. It can be from 5 min. up to 1 hour.
4. Groats. Usually in 25-30 minutes. you can get delicious crumbly porridge. The mode is programmed for a temperature of 110 gr. Time, as a rule, in this mode is not regulated.
5. Pasta. This program is not available in all models of multicookers. It allows you to quickly and efficiently produce variety of sauces and gravies. On average, the process takes about 10-20 minutes.
6. Extinguishing. The mode that is the most difficult to adapt to. The device heats up no higher than 100 gr. It takes 2 to 8 hours to prepare. Due to the long cooking period, many housewives replace this function with another one.
7. Milk porridge. It turns out tender, normal density and fragrant porridge. Approximately 30 minutes are allotted for it. This period may not be enough if you cook corn grits. We'll have to add milk and add time.
8. Yogurt. Prepared at a low temperature not higher than 40 gr. within standard 8 hours. It automatically turns off when necessary, then again continues heating.
9. Soup. The multicooker only heats up to 100 gr. and offers to cook liquid dishes up to 8 hours in time. Mode unpopular with housewives, because the temperature is very low.
10. Pizza. A complex function that needs to be approached. Raw pizza does not work, the base, as a rule, burns.
Can the temperature be adjusted?
Yes, if your model is equipped with the "Multi-cook" function. It allows you to independently set the desired temperature and time. With this feature, you can cook any dish from the cookbook. The temperature range is from 40 to 160 gr. The maximum cooking time is 12 hours, the minimum is 5 minutes.
If you want your multicooker to cope with any task, then when buying it, pay attention to the functions and number of programs. If there is no “Milk porridge” mode, then you are unlikely to be able to cook tasty breakfast to kid.
The Pilaf mode is designed for cooking rice and any type of pilaf: with meat, with vegetables, with seafood, with dried fruits. The principle of its operation is the same as that of the Buckwheat mode. However, there is one caveat: in the last 5-10 minutes of cooking, the intensive frying function is activated.
First, the program boils, evaporates moisture, and then lightly fries the bottom layer (zirvak), for example, from meat and onions. Using this mode, you can cook not only pilafs from rice and its substitutes (wheat, noodles, buckwheat), but also baked potatoes, and naval pasta, and fried dumplings. In a word, a wide variety of dishes, the preparation of which combines boiling and baking (roasting). Especially tasty is pilaf cooked in a slow cooker. It even has a special mode - Pilaf.
Manual modes in multicookers appeared as a response to ever-increasing user requests to move away from standard modes and recipes. The Redmond brand became a pioneer in satisfying the wishes of the multi-ditch, and then manual modes appeared in models from other manufacturers.
Setting the parameters manually allows you to freely set the time and temperature of cooking. This mode is called differently by different manufacturers: Manual, Your choice, Your recipe, Multicook. They all have different temperature ranges and time steps.
First of all, differences in manual modes appear in the temperature range. Its lower limit for such programs is almost the same - 25-40°C. This temperature may be needed for the preparation of yoghurts, proofing of yeast dough.
But the upper limit varies greatly among different brands. It can be either 100 or 180°C. The last temperature allows deep-frying, high-quality baking of dough products. At the same time, it must be remembered that the ideal temperature for cooking varies from 35 to 160 ° C, so you should not set the temperature above 160 ° C for a long time, as this may be dangerous for the multicooker body. In addition, different models of multicookers have their own characteristics in this mode. So, there are devices with a step of 5, and there are with a step of 20 ° C.
The smaller the step and the larger the temperature range, the more possibilities.
Changes in the cooking time settings for different models of multicookers are also not the same.
The most commonly used range is from 5 minutes to 16 hours with a change step: in the range from 5 minutes to 1 hour - 1 minute; in the interval from 1 hour to 16 hours - 5 minutes.
It turns out that the manual mode allows you to cook all the dishes like on the stove. Are you used to cooking a portion of porridge in 20 minutes on the stove? The same method and recipe can be used in a slow cooker by setting the optimum temperature so that the milk does not “run away” to 70 ° C, for example. Also, the main modes of the multicooker include six built-in programs: Pilaf, Buckwheat, Baking, Steaming, Stewing and Milk porridge. The most commonly used of these are Baking and Stewing. How do modes work?
Extinguishing
The Simmer mode, by its nature, resembles conventional cooking in an oven at a low temperature. It is great for making jellied meats, broths and any cereals that need "languishing". In this mode, all dishes are whole and incredibly fragrant, which is achieved precisely due to the low temperature. The stewing time of the dish can be set from one to twelve hours. Although the manufacturers obviously overdid it over time: it would be much more convenient if the quenching time started from ten minutes. Expensive multicooker models have more flexible time settings.
Pilaf, Milk porridge and Buckwheat
These are automatic cooking modes that cook a dish using a special technology. That is, during the cooking process, the multicooker itself changes the temperature regime of operation, observing a certain technology. For example, if you decide to cook buckwheat or rice separately on the stove, then you first need to bring the water to a boil, and then reduce the heat, leaving the porridge to simmer. For a multicooker, it is enough to set the program Buckwheat or Cereal porridge and it will bring the porridge to a boil, and then lower the temperature itself. What if there is no Pilaf mode in the multicooker? The Pilaf, Milk porridge and Buckwheat modes can be replaced by the Stew mode, but then the possibility to use the timer to delay the start of cooking is excluded. Cooking in the Pilaf and Milk porridge modes takes one hour, and in the Buckwheat mode - forty minutes.
Steam cooking mode.
As a rule, in this mode they prepare low calorie foods steamed (it is important for those who follow a diet): vegetables, meat, fish, steamed dumplings, manti, eggs in a steam basket, various side dishes. Also handy for reheating food. "Steam cooking" is also preferred by those who have small children. Children under 3 years of age are not recommended to eat fried foods. There is no alternative to this mode, only partly it can be replaced by the “Cooking” mode.
Multicook mode.
A rather rare mode, but it has very wide cooking possibilities. With the help of the Multicook you can make dishes that need to be cooked at high temperatures and for a very long time. It works at temperatures from 40 to 160 degrees, and the operating time of the mode is from 5 to 12 hours. Includes 18 different modes.
Paste mode.
Using this multicooker mode, you can cook dough dishes: pasta, spaghetti, pasta, dumplings, dumplings. "Pasta" can be replaced by the "Cooking", "Buckwheat", "Porridge" or "Rice" modes.
As a rule, the number of modes or built-in cooking programs that are provided by manufacturers in a multicooker can vary from 5-6 to 20 or more. Thanks to the design of the device, within certain limits, the user can independently control the cooking process by changing the time and set temperature.
In almost any multicooker, there are a number of basic and additional modes. In particular, the first type includes such multicooker modes as Cooking, Stewing, Frying / Baking, Rice / Buckwheat, Pilaf and Yoghurt.
The Cooking mode in a multicooker provides for heating the contents of the bowl to the boiling temperature and then maintaining it for a specified time. This mode is intended for cooking dishes of a liquid consistency: broths, soups (heated to boiling point) and milk porridges from small cereals (semolina, millet). To bookmark products, variations of the Cooking mode in a multicooker are possible with one or more stops during the cooking process.
Some modern multicookers also have a Pasta Cooking mode, in which the liquid is heated to the boiling temperature, followed by a signal and a pause when the user puts the necessary products into the boiling medium. After the bookmark and pressing the button on the multicooker panel, the liquid is brought to a boil again and the boiling temperature is maintained for the specified time. This multicooker mode is used not only for cooking pasta, but also dumplings, dumplings, khinkali and many other products, the recipes for which require laying in boiling water.
In the Quenching mode in the multicooker, heating is carried out to the boiling point, after which the products are simmered for a long time at a slightly more low temperatures. This mode is suitable for cooking stewed vegetables or meat, and also allows you to make homemade baked milk or cook a transparent jellied meat.
The so-called Frying / Baking mode in a multicooker provides for heating the appliance to a predetermined temperature, which is maintained for a specified time. We can say that this program is similar to the Cooking mode in a slow cooker, but with the difference that the first one is characterized by a higher temperature, designed for thermal processing of food products without a large amount of liquid. You can fry in a slow cooker with both open and closed lids.
Coarse-grained cereals, which absorb a lot of liquid during cooking, are recommended to cook on the Rice / Buckwheat mode in a slow cooker. This is not only rice and buckwheat, but also peas, beans and some others. This program heats to a boil with excess power while maintaining the boil until the water evaporates and is absorbed by the food.
A combination of the Rice and Baking programs is the Pilaf mode in the multicooker, at the beginning of which it is necessary to maintain a strong boil, and after its completion, an additional baking step takes place. The latter is characterized by an increase in temperature, due to which the contents are intensively roasted for five to ten minutes.
The Yogurt mode in the slow cooker is great for cooking homemade yogurt, curdled milk and others fermented milk products. This program provides for a weak and long-term (up to eight hours) temperature effect on food raw materials.
In addition to the basic multicooker modes, it is also possible to use some additional programs, thanks to which users can not only cook, but also reheat food. In addition, these useful electrical appliances are equipped with a Cooking Delay function.
For example, the additional Steam Cooking mode in the multicooker can be combined with any Cooking or Simmering program (provided that the food itself contains a sufficient amount of liquid and the temperature is not higher than 100 ° C). To use this mode, the set of accessories of the device has a special grate inserted into the main bowl, on which products are placed on top. So you can cook vegetables, meat, meatballs, steamed fish, as well as boil eggs in a steam bowl.
The Keep warm mode in the multicooker turns on automatically after working out some programs and ensures that the finished dish is kept hot for several hours. However, this mode is used only for those products whose quality does not deteriorate from prolonged heating (buckwheat, rice, soups, cereals). By the way, to prevent the development of harmful bacteria in food, the temperature should be maintained at least 60 ° C. Meanwhile, the heating of the cold product takes place in the Reheat mode when the temperature is 50-60 °C.
As an addition to the embedded modes, the multicooker may also have a manual control program, which has the marketing name Multicook. Thanks to this mode, the user can independently create their own cooking programs by setting the time, temperature and other parameters. However, the specific features of the Multi-Cook mode vary from model to model, and are both quite wide and extremely limited.
It is necessary to understand what temperature to choose for cooking. Redmond in the instructions for his multicookers gives a table of temperatures for the multicooker. You can focus on it when you use a multi-cooker and in other multi-cookers. See the table at the bottom of the article.
General recommendations are
Redmond also suggests making vinegar at 35 degrees. This is the right temperature for making vinegar, but it's not really clear how you can actually use a slow cooker to make vinegar, since it takes several days to cook. It is difficult to imagine a hostess who will take a slow cooker for vinegar for several days, however, such a theoretical possibility of cooking vinegar in a slow cooker exists.
At temperatures above 50 degrees it is convenient to cook all sorts of confectionery- melt chocolate, make fudge
Temperatures of 70 - 80 degrees are good for making drinks from wine - such as punch, mulled wine
Redmond also suggests brewing tea at these temperatures. Of course, under normal conditions, when you have an electric kettle, it makes more sense to use it to heat water. However, a multicooker for making tea can be used in semi-camping conditions - for example, in the country.
The same temperatures are suitable for pasteurization. We remind you that pasteurization is a way of destroying harmful microbes by heating liquids (wine, beer, milk, marinades, sour compotes for canning) to temperatures below 100 degrees, which allows you to save useful substances.
At temperatures of 85-95 degrees, products are prepared according to the principle of slow languor, that is, the temperature is high, but below the boiling point of water. A temperature of almost 100 degrees is good for milk porridges. But, as a rule, in modern multicookers, porridge is cooked on special milk porridge programs, and not on a multicooker. See the list of programs for multicookers
Jam is prepared at 100 degrees - that is, at a constant boil, and for baking, a temperature of 100-110 degrees is good for making meringues.
Temperatures above 100 degrees are baking and frying temperatures. That is, the preparation of solid foods. If you want to cook soups, stew vegetables or meat at temperatures above 100 degrees, then your slow cooker should be a pressure cooker. That is, work under pressure. It is the pressure that can ensure the boiling of the liquid at temperatures above 100 degrees, and thus speed up cooking. And such cooking takes place with a blocked lid.
If you do not have a pressure cooker function in your slow cooker, then use temperatures above 100 degrees only for baking and frying.
At a temperature of 130 degrees - it is good to fry foods - for example, to make frying for soup
At a temperature of about 160 degrees - fry steaks, poultry. Cakes are baked at the same temperature.
A temperature of 170-180 degrees is used for deep frying when it is necessary to boil the vegetable oil.
dough proofing, vinegar preparation |
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making yogurt |
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leaven |
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fermentation |
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making fudge |
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making green tea or baby food |
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cooking meat in vacuum packed |
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punch making |
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pasteurization, cooking white tea |
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making mulled wine |
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cooking cottage cheese or dishes that require a long cooking time |
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making red tea |
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making milk porridge |
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making meringue or jam |
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cooking jelly |
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sterilization |
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making sugar syrup |
