What are the different sides of the grater for?

The grater is one of the most commonly used helpers in the modern kitchen. It turns out to shred various types of products much faster than with an ordinary knife or even an advanced food processor. In an electrical appliance, you have to replace one nozzle with another, and after work - wash the elements used, while the grater can only be washed with cold water. For many modern housewives, the purpose of the 4 sides of a classic grater is a secret, but a closer acquaintance with their purpose will help create a greater number of diverse dishes with comfort and pleasure.

The first side has large holes in the form of drops. This side of the adaptation can be called "for all kinds of cases of culinary life." She will help to grate carrots, and potatoes and boiled eggs will allow you to grind high-quality for a salad. It has the ability to transform many products into nice and even shavings. However, there is a significant but - as a result, several enlarged pieces will come out, which will not look "tasty" in all cooked dishes.

This side should be applied:

• for quick chopping of fruits or vegetables;

• for quick grinding of boiled eggs;

• for crumbling chocolates;

• for quick onion puree (for example, for future cutlets).

The second side - with much smaller holes in the form of drops. It will differ from the first active side by the much smaller size of the holes. Thus, the pieces of pulverized fruits and vegetables will be much smaller at the exit.Despite the fact that the speed of rubbing will seriously decrease when using this side, sometimes it is simply impossible to do without it in the kitchen.

How you can use this side of the universal grater:

• you can quickly and efficiently grind various products for an original decoration of dishes - it can be soft or hard cheese, chocolate, boiled eggs, fruits or vegetables;

• you can quickly grate potatoes for pancakes, you can grate zucchini to create lush pancakes;

• you can puree vegetables or fruits for children.

This side can be safely applied wherever you need beautiful medium shavings.... If, for example, your child is not very fond of boiled carrots floating in soup, you just need to gently grate them on the other side of your helper grater, then the baby will not see the carrot pieces and therefore will not feel its taste.

Agree, it is very interesting to find out why each side of the usual kitchen grater, familiar to our eyes, can be useful. The third side has sharp "eyes".

This is one of the most mysterious "prickly" sides of the kitchen grater. For a long time, the device helped many housewives to quickly rub onions and garlic before juicing them out. In fact, it is intended for completely different products:

• for high-quality grinding completely into dust any nuts, crackers, cinnamon sticks;

• to remove the zest from fruit;

• for rubbing ginger - by adding the gruel obtained after rubbing into your tea, you will not have to wait until the prepared tea is infused with high quality.

Many Soviet housewives gently rubbed any available vegetables or fruits on this side, so that afterwards they would squeeze the juice out of the resulting gruel. Or they made baby purees. In Soviet times, this was the most frequently used side, as many homes did not have juicers. Therefore, our mothers and grandmothers made mashed potatoes and juices on their own.

Side number four - with an oblong type with large holes. Of all the 4 sides available, it is the most invisible. And at the same time - completely in vain, because, using it, you can easily create many delicious dishes.

Here's what she'll allow.

• Cut neat slices of carrot or zucchini, eggplant for a delicious casserole.

• Make even potato circles for making homemade chips.

• Convert a regular onion into stylish onion rings.

• Chop the cabbage into sheets of ideal thickness.

Thus, knowing the purpose of all sides of the classic four-sided grater, you will now be able to prepare meals in your kitchen better and faster.