Kitchen appliances to simplify your life during Ramadan
Cooking the meals at home can be a difficult task. However, if you have your kitchen appliances right, you can surely make your favourite iftar and sehri meals at home without much stress and effort
It is evident that it is vital to ensure careful planning and maintenance during the month of Ramadan. requires. Furthermore, as Ramadan portrays a month of benevolence, love, care, and kindness, people usually go an extra mile to prepare and take part in diverse and abundant cooking activities for iftar. Sometimes, we also tend to go out to grab a generous bite in the restaurants.
In Bangladesh, people tend to make lavish sehri and iftar items in their homes and sometimes visit various hotels and restaurants which offer a versatile menu during this holy month.
However, nowadays the inclination towards having iftar and sehri in the restaurants has been changed dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic, which restricted our movement and thus everyone has to eat their meals at home.
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But cooking the meals at home can be a difficult task. However, if you have your kitchen appliances right, you can surely make your favourite iftar and sehri meals at home without much stress and effort.
Blender
It is one of the most vital appliances needed in the kitchen -- thanks to its diverse productivity. Starting from making juices, sauces, or grinding any herbs, blender performs multiple tasks and its usage is not unfamiliar to anyone. Furthermore, if the juice is quite heavy or the soup you just made is too thick, a blender comes as a blessing to fix these abrupt errors.
A blender is one of the most vital appliances in your kitchen, especially during Ramadan. It makes the entire preparing and cooking process very simple and timesaving. If you are looking forward to buying a blender, you can always check out Best Electronics' website as they provide multiple arrays of brands like Philips, Panasonic, and Conion.
Among Best Electronics' collection of blenders, you can go for the Panasonic Blender MX GM1011, which is priced at Tk3,000. There are other blenders to choose from with prices ranging between Tk1,990 and6,600.
Rice Cooker
Rice is unquestionably one of the staple foods in our country and it is not surprising that many people would prefer to eat rice for both iftar and sehri. Therefore, a rice cooker is another vital appliance for your kitchen. With its automated functionality, it makes cooking rice easy before both iftar and sehri.
A rice cooker is more essential during sehri as it saves time and extra effort for cooking rice and allows you extra 30 minutes for more sleep. Additionally, you can do other work without having to worry that the rice might get burnt.
Rice cookers can be purchased online from Walton's website with prices ranging between 1480-3200 BDT. There are different cookers to choose from with different colours and capacity. You can try out the Walton WRC-SGA220 (2.2L), which is priced at Tk2,250.
Refrigerator
A refrigerator, commonly known as the fridge, is another must-have appliance in our home throughout the year and especially during Ramadan. The importance of a refrigerator is quite high as it helps us to store all the groceries which are bought beforehand and the leftovers of the meals we cook.
From fresh vegetables to herbs, raw meat and dairy products, all items require preservation to last longer. Therefore, refrigerators are a must. Refrigerators can be found in all shapes and sizes to meet the required needs.
If you have 4-5 members in your family, you can rely on LG's no-frost refrigerators. Among its line of no-frost fridges, the mode; LG-2B502HXHN which comes with 431L in volume would be a good purchase. It is priced at Tk 88,715.
Microwave
A microwave oven is one of those appliances which are essential in the kitchen for making different kinds of foods. As more people are staying at home due to the coronavirus, this time can be used to cook something that they would generally eat at restaurants.
Additionally, a microwave oven helps to heat up food if you are running behind schedule for Iftar or want to grab a quick bite before or after Taraweeh prayers. It can also be used during sehri to heat up any food you would like to eat rather than cooking again at night.
Microwaves can be bought online from multiple brands like Walton, Transcom Digital, Best Electronics, etc. Among all, you could rely on Best Electronics' Panasonic Microwave Oven (NN-GT35HM) which comes at a price of Tk14,000.
You can also browse through different models of microwave ovens with prices ranging between Tk4,500-30,000.
Hand beater
Hand beaters can be used to whip up any of your favorite snacks and meals with ease. The advantage of a hand beater is that it requires less energy and time to whisk or whip anything.
To make things easier and more convenient, electric hand beaters can be used. A stand mixer can also carry out the same functions as a hand mixer but if you want to utilise your cooking station efficiently, a hand beater would be the product you should go for.
Hand beaters of various types can be found online very easily on websites of electronics sellers within a price ranging from Tk500-3,000. Among all, you could go for the Sanford Hand Mixer (SF1334HM) which is priced at Tk1,800. You can purchase it online from Transcom Digital's website.
