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Cooking Guide
Vegetable Varieties
Fresh Vegetables Chart for Time Cooking
Vegetable
Asparagus
Beans (sliced)-finely
Beetroot
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn
Eggplant
Onions
Mushrooms
Peas
Potatoes mashed
jacket
Pumpkin
Spinach
Sweet potato
(Kumara)
Turnips
Tomatoes
Zucchini (Courgette)
Quantity
250 g
250 g
4 whole
(1 kg)
500 g
500 g
500 g
4 (sliced finely)
(225 g)
500 g
6 stalks
(400 g)
2 cobs (500 g)
4 cobs (1 kg)
1 (500 g)
3 (200 g)
250 g (sliced)
250 g
5 (500 g)
500 g
250 g
500 g
500 g
2 (300 g)
500 g
Vegetables should be covered and cooked on HIGH power for best results. Weights given are trimmed weights.
Cooking Procedure
Covered dish with
1
/
2
cup water.
Covered dish with
1
/
4
cup water.
Covered with 2 cups water in a 4-litre dish.
Stand after cooking 5 mins.
Flowerets only, in a covered dish with 1/4
cup water.
Covered dish with
1
/
4
cup water.
Shredded, with
1
/
4
cup water in a covered
dish.
With
1
/
4
cup water in a covered dish.
In a covered dish, with
1
/
4
cup water.
Cut in 1 cm angled pieces with
1
/
4
cup
water, in a covered dish.
Brush with melted butter and cook on a
covered dish.
Dice with
1
/
4
cup water in a covered dish.
Cut in quarters with
1
/
4
cup water in a
covered dish.
Cook with 2 tablespoons butter in a
covered dish.
Shell peas and place with
1
/
4
cup water in a
covered dish.
Peeled and quartered with
1
/
4
cup water.
Prick skins, on paper towel lined plate,
uncovered.
Peeled and cut into uniform pieces with
1
/
4
cup water in a covered dish.
Remove stem, cut leaves into small pieces.
With
1
/
4
cup water in a dish, covered.
In serving size pieces with 2 tablespoons
butter in a covered dish.
Peeled and sliced finely with
1
/
4
cup water
in a covered dish.
Sliced and cooked covered with 1
tablespoon butter in a dish.
Cut in 2 cm pieces in a covered dish.
Approximate
Cooking Time
(in min.)
on HIGH power
4 to 6
6 to 8
15 to 20
6 to 8
4 to 6
6 to 8
4 to 6
6 to 8
6 to 8
4 to 6
8 to 10
4 to 6
6 to 8
3 to 5
4 to 6
10 to 12
8 to 10
8 to 10
4 to 6
6 to 8
6 to 8
2 to 4
5 to 7