There are a lot of microwaves and OTGs available in Raipur but the most challenging question for any beginner is whether to invest in a Microwave or an OTG. Let us first understand the science behind both. Microwave has electromagnetic radiations. Through these radiations, a microwave can cook, reheat, defrost and perform other functions It can cook variety of food items while saving a lot of time. Microwave performs the following functions : 1) Cooking - Microwave has inbuilt functions of cooking food. The water molecules present in the food, evaporates when microwave is turned on, through this it causes steams with which food is cooked. Microwave can cook variety of food items like rice, vegetable, pasta and noodles. 2) Reheating- When you are in a hurry and don't have time to reheat the food on gas, then within seconds, microwave can reheat your food. 3) Defrost- Microwave is also used to defrost frozen food items like - corn, cheese, cream and much more. 4) Baking- Baking can also be done in microwave. It can bake cakes, cookies, pizza and much more through the electromagnetic radiations. 5) Grill - Microwave also performs the grilling function. On the other hand, an OTG stands for Oven, Toaster and Griller. It doesn't multitask like your microwave oven. But following are the functions of OTG: 1) Baking- OTG is the most efficient tool fro baking. An OTG has 2 heating rods, which produces the heat from both upper and lower direction, this helps the baking process. Since, heat it produced from both the directions it causes even heating which allows the baked goods to get baked properly. You can bake cakes, breads, cookies, cheesecakes, pizza, lasagnes, buns, baklavas, croissants, danish, shortcrust breads and puffs. 2) Toaster- It works as a toaster. It helps in making the food items crispier.You can also roast nuts. 3) Griller- OTG helps in grilling. It provides with the rods that are ideal for grilling.
.Now what to buy? If your purpose is to bake for family and once in a fortnight. Then you can go with microwave. But if your purpose is to bake on regular basis and if you want to start baking commercially then OTG is a better option for you.Because you can bake multiple items at a single time.You can go with an OTG with bigger capacity and a microwave oven with smaller capacity. A smaller capacity microwave will help you in functions like melting chocolate, defrosting frozen items, steaming and for warming water.
