No more over or under cooked food as the built-in intelligent timer controls the cooking of each chamber individually, and ensures your food is cooked so it all finishes at precisely the same time. Traditionally buns and dumplings would be cooked in a bamboo steamer as these are designed to keep the buns dry during steaming. I was following a Phil Vickery gluten free sponge pudding recipe – probably I should use more syup than he said as the surface area of my container here is far greater than a pudding basin.

Assembling and disassembling the device for cleaning is really straightforward and the parts are easy to rinse and/or wipe out. With the inconvenience of getting the Intellisteam out of the cupboard I’m more likely to use my microwave for vegetables. I am happy that it is still available as it’s a brilliant little blender, and a lot cheaper than the Nutribullet I had that broke after a few months. This Morphy Richards Intellisteam steamer review is my latest in a series of Morphy Richards product reviews. The Inellisteam Plastic Food Steamer from Morphy Richards is a great addition to your kitchen for healthier eating and keeps food crisp and full of flavour.With 3 separate compartments and the novel Intellisteam mode, you can have your complete meal finished at the same time. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a division of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. It works by filling a central chamber with water (quite a lot) where several elements heat up underneath each section. It’s perfect so glad I made the purchase - holds a good amount of food and comes with a little booklet with some recipes in Love this steamer!

The disadvantage of this method is restrictive size and the Intellisteam, like the larger steam oven does allow you to cook larger quantities at once whilst leaving your cooker hobs free for other tasks. It is very versitile being able to steam complete meals and compact when comparing to other steamers. The horizontal design not only locks in nutrients and flavour, but also means no contamination between compartments. Sadly it wasn’t practical to hump it up the stairs full of (hot) water to drain and the microwave, with zero washing up beyond wiping its interior has been serving us instead.It livevs on top of the kitchen cupboards, and is used far far more in the summer than in the winter. PayPal Credit and PayPal Pay in 3 are trading names of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. I also find that steamed vegetables retain more of their fresh flavour and have a better texture as the cell walls don’t get broken down as aggressively.