4
Cooking
Guide
Vegetables should be covered and cooked on HIGH power for best results. Weights given are trimmed weights.
Fresh Vegetables Chart for Time Cooking
Vegetable Varieties
Vegetable
Quantity
Cooking Procedure
Approximate
Cooking Time
(in min.)
on HIGH power
Asparagus
0 g
Covered dish with
1
/
cup water.
4 to 6
Beans (sliced)-finely
0 g
Covered dish with
1
/
4
cup water.
6 to
Beetroot
4 whole
(1 kg)
Covered with in a -litre dish.
Stand after cooking mins.
1 to 14
Broccoli
0 g
Flowerets only, in a covered dish with
1
/
4
cup water.
6 to
Brussels sprouts
00 g
Covered dish with
1
/
4
cup water.
4 to 6
Cabbage
00 g
Shredded, with
1
/
4
cup water in a covered
dish.
6 to
Carrots
4 (sliced finely)
(0 g)
With
1
/
4
cup water in a covered dish.
4 to 6
Cauliflower
00 g
In a covered dish, with
1
/
4
cup water.
6 to
Celery
6 stalks
(400 g)
Cut in 1 cm angled pieces with
1
/
4
cup
water, in a covered dish.
6 to
Corn
cobs (00 g)
4 cobs (1 kg)
Brush with melted butter and cook on a
covered dish.
4 to 6
to 10
Eggplant
1 (00 g)
Dice with
1
/
4
cup water in a covered dish.
4 to 6
Onions
3 (00 g)
Cut in quarters with
1
/
4
cup water in a
covered dish.
6 to
Mushrooms
0 g (sliced)
Cook with tablespoons butter in a
covered dish.
3 to
Peas
0 g
Shell peas and place with
1
/
4
cup water in
a covered dish.
4 to 6
Potatoes mashed
jacket
3 (00 g)
Peeled and quartered with
1
/
4
cup water.
Prick skins, on paper towel lined plate,
uncovered.
10 to 1
to 10
Pumpkin
00 g
Peeled and cut into uniform pieces with
1
/
4
cup water in a covered dish.
to 10
Spinach
0 g
Remove stem, cut leaves into small pieces.
With
1
/
4
cup water in a dish, covered.
4 to 6
Sweet potato
(Kumara)
00 g
In serving size pieces with tablespoons
butter in a covered dish.
6 to
Turnips
00 g
Peeled and sliced finely with
1
/
4
cup water
in a covered dish.
6 to
Tomatoes
(300 g)
Sliced and cooked covered with
1 tablespoon butter in a dish.
to 4
Zucchini (Courgette)
00 g
Cut in cm pieces in a covered dish.
to
