Simply Beauty: Recipe/New Cookware Chef Eric Teo demonstrates how easy it is to prepare healthy food using Tupperchef Inspire

If cooking is an art you've yet to achieve, Chef Eric Teo demonstrates how easy it is to prepare healthy food with less oil and water using Tupperchef Inspire cookware. After watching him work, I'm sure you'll feel that you can conquer this simple recipe too. Watch the videos for a clearer picture:

RECIPE

Pan Fried Lotus Root with two Treasures

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Portion Size: 2 pax

INGREDIENTS

Lotus roots, sliced 8 slices

Mushrooms, diced 2 pieces

Scallop, minced 120g

Shrimps, whole 30g

Chye Sim, sliced 60g

Corn starch Appropriate amount

Cooking oil ½ tsp

Chinese parsley to garnish

Spring onions to garnish

Seasoning A

Salt 1/3 tsp

Sugar 1/3 tsp

Chicken Essence powder ½ tsp

Corn starch ½ tsp

Seasoning B (sauce)

Chicken broth ½ cup

Oyster sauce 1 tbsp

Sugar 1/3 tsp

Chicken essence powder ½ tsp

Corn starch ½ tsp

PREPARATION & METHOD

1. Mince scallop and add mushroom bits with Seasoning (A). Mix ingredients together to make stuffing.

2. Add a little corn starch to each lotus slice then fill it iwht stuffing an place a few shrimps on it.

3. Pre-heat Tuperchef Inspire Fryer over high heat for 1 minute.

4. Add cooking oil to Fryer and pan-fry lotus root patties. Place Chye Sim around patties to cook with the lotus root.

5. Cover Fryer with glass lid and close valve. Reduce heat and cook for 7 minutes.

6. Remove stuffed lotus and pour Seasoning (B), the sauce into Fryer. Thicken sauce with corn starch.

7. Garnish dish with Chinese parsley and spring onion.

For a clearer picture, check out these tapings:

4. Photo of lotus root slices with toppings

5. Photo of lotus root and Chye Sim cooking in the pan (note how he places the vegetables next to the lotus root slices)

6. Photo of cooked lotus root with toppings

Now to understand what Chef Eric Teo says about understanding the cookware:

Designed to retain 98% nutrients in vegetables and meat, Tupperchef Inspire cookware uses the natural juices in the meat or vegetables in the cooking instead of requiring water to be added during the cooking process, thus retaining their nutritional value as well as the natural flavours. It is important to note that the pot has a special seal and rim geometry that keeps steam from escaping during the cooking, thus keeping the moisture within the pot.

What makes Tupperchef Inspire Cookware Collection Great:

1. Quality Stainless Steel: There are different types of stainless steel. One that is not so good would rust and is thin. Tupperchef uses the highest grade with 18% stainless steel and 10% nickel to offer anti-rust, anti-corrosion and quick distribution of heat so that the pot heats up fast.

2. The pots can be used on all heating hobs including ceramic stove, hot plate, induction or gas stove.

3. And the six features indicated in the chart below:

“The moisture-lock glass lid allows for vapour-cover water-less cooking and combi-oven cooking technique. Food is cooked using its own natural juices. You can make a delicious, healthy meal everytime. It’s so easy to use! It leaves no mess, and my kitchen is clean and grease-free after cooking.”

Chef Eric Teo, ET Culinary Arts (ETCA) Ambassador of TupperChef Inspire Cookware

Notes about cooking in normal pots that reduces nutritional value of food cooked with them:

1. The addition of water while cooking a dish reduces about 50% of nutritional value in the dish.

2. Vegetables have a built-in natural supply of vital vitamins, minerals and digestive enzymes. These nutrients are reduced when these vegetables are peeled and boiled.

3. When vegetables are boiled in an uncovered pot, oxidation occurs, which also causes a good amount of healthy nutrients to be lost through evaporation.

Elements of food prepared in a healthy way:

1. Choose a pan with at least 2/3 full of food to be cooked.

2. Use very little or no oil.

3. Keep cover on pot and close the valve while cooking to preserve nutrients.

4. Cook on low heat.