Hand blenders handle lighter jobs blending together liquids, making purees,
extracting soup, chopping a few vegetables and creating smooth uniform pastes.
However, most hand blenders can only handle about 1litre of liquid at a time at
max. These are perfect for making spinach gravies, blending soups and dals,
making batter for cakes and other savouries and chopping the basic onions and
tomato that go in to your vegetable. These are better than electric food
processors because they handle smaller quantities a lot better. However,
remember that hand food blenders will pulverize vegetables, not uniformly chop
them to a specific size. Also, they cannot really handle a large quantity with
ease, and are ideal for everyday use but not when you are doing bulk cooking.
Also, though many hand blenders come with a juicer attachment and a cup, these
can only make one glass of juice at a time and not juice for the entire
family.
About electric food processors:
Expensive kitchen appliance, food
processors are worth the money you pay because they can do so much in the
kitchen. They can chop, grate, knead, blend, makes juices, whisk and slice. They
can save more time, even if you are bulk cooking and come in a large variety to
suit your daily needs. Fact is that quality doesn’t come cheap; therefore the
best food processors are those that offer you more features. This is especially
true if you entertain a lot and already have electric hand blenders for everyday
small chores. When you buy food processors, you take care of lengthy tedious
jobs like slicing vegetables and fruits in neat even slices, grating cheeses,
vegetables and coconut, mixing and pureeing, kneading dough for chapattis and
pizzas, making juices, whisking batter for dosas and cakes and much
more.
Checklist when buying blenders and food processors:
Before you buy
blenders and food processors, you need to ascertain what features your chosen
appliance will offer. Different sizes and models will have different attachments
and you need to ensure that the machine you are buying will help you save time
and effort in the kitchen. Another important consideration is the space it
occupies. Having a food processor that sits in a cupboard will make you turn to
the hand blender a lot more often, for you don’t want to set up and then start.
However, a blender that can stay plugged in at all times because you have ample
counter space will remove the need to invest in the hand held blender. Ensure
that with both electric food processors and electric hand blenders, you buy
models that come with sturdy Stainless steel blades. Also, the blade for hand
blenders must be low lying when put in to a jar or a bowl, or the ingredients
will not be mixed evenly. Electric food processors by Philips, Morphy Richards
and Glen are great and similarly, Philips, Morphy Richards and Inalsa hand
blenders mixers are a good buy.
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