All about baking

[Minni]

g's mom,
Honey, milk, butter, eggs make the bread more tender. So if you can substitute honey for sugar and milk for water(butter for other fat- if you are comfortable) the likely end results are lot more softer and tender.

Minni

[honeydew]

hi minni the all the recipe u have given , can i try it in microwave convection oven , i have not tried anything yet pls help
regds
honey

[Minni]

honeydew,
The recipes that are posted here so far cannot be made in microwave.
Microwave follows and inside-out heating process which is instigated due to the energy dissipation(in the form of heating the food, i.e., converting radiation into motion of molecules which generates the heat) caused by the microwaves(radio waves of frequency 2.5ghz where the radio waves have this property.
Normal conventional oven follows an outside-in conduction heating process. So the crust or the texture are no longer imitable like in a conventional oven.

The 4 page article at howstuffworks.com explains this further...if interested visist the following link:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm

There are specific microwave friendly recipes made just for microwave baking. I haven't tried any but you can find a good collection on http://www.bawarchi.com


Minni

[deepali128]

Hi Minni

i think i got confused abt broil and bake. in my oven there is no different option for baking.it has broil,preheat,self clean. so i want to know if i am baking a cake which option shall i choose and so do for biryani and tandoori.
i know i am bugging u with my questions so no hurry take ur time.
thanks

[Minni]

Deepali,

What make and model do you have ?
When the oven has a broil option it should have an option to bake.
I am almost sure you need to use the preheat option. But is there a way to control the temperature to which your oven can be pre-heated to ?

Let me know.

Minni

[kavithasenthil]

broil means,heat comes from top coil of the oven
bake means,heats comes from bottom coil of the oven.

Hope this clears little.

[deepali128]

thanx Minni,

yes it has temperature control. make is "Hotpoint".i assume it's GE an "automatic oven" with timer but no bake option seperate. but has broil,preheated auto self clean.

kavita: thanx

[honeydew]

hi minni,
mine is sharp microwave convection oven , means i can bake also ,so can i make ur using convection mode in my oven.sorry for asking these question.thanks in advace

regds
honey

[tomato]

Hello Honeydew,
I too have a sharp double grill microwave convection oven. U can bake in it on convetion mode. You can also preheat it. U can also use metal bakeware as long as u r using it under convection mode. Just be careful not to press microwave mode while baking in metal though. I have made cake, cookies and pizza in it.
Hope this helps.

[ziaxxxxx]

hey tomato,
u say u have made cookies in microwave...cud u PLEASE give me a choc chip cookie recipe which can be made in microwave ( if u have ever tried it out ) ?? do specify temperature also...