
The water added to the cooking pot determines the cooking/steaming time (see the chart below). Following is a guideline that you may use for steaming a variety of foods. Use this chart as a guide only in deciding the time needed for steaming foods. The time can be adjusted by adding or deducting the amount of water added to the cooking pot. Since vegetables can only absorb a very small amount of water in the steaming process, it is not necessary to change the amount of water for steaming differe