Cooking
Spray mechanism is the new entrant in the cooking world developed with the
purpose of bringing a change in the lifestyle of people. Essentially, cooking
spray is just oil in a spray can, which when sprayed on the pan prevents from
the food from sticking on it and helps in cooking it in comparatively less oil.
Convenience
The
main advantage of cooking spray can is it is very easy to handle and use,
unlike other oil containers from which oil gets spilled very often. Spray cans ensure
that the oil doesn’t stick to the pan while cooking or sautéing the food. While
a pat of butter or tablespoon of oil does the same job, these add more fat and
calories than you might want in your dish.
Health Benefits
Replacing
the traditional cooking oil can with cooking spray can help in cutting down
calories immensely. Whether it is cooking your every day meal or baking or
grilling, the calorie count is reduced by almost half of that of the
traditional cooking oil cans. Reduced calorie count further helps in
maintaining your weight and also helps in keeping the blood sugar levels,
cholesterol and diabetes under control. Thus, you can maintain a healthier
lifestyle without actually cutting down anything from your diet.
Variants
Most
of the cooking sprays come in different variants like Canola, Olive Oil, Rice bran
etc. Out of which Olive Oil is the most heart healthy option having high smoke
point as compared to the rest of the variants. This is beneficial when it comes
to cooking Indian Cuisine as most of the dishes are cooked at high temperature
and for long durations due to which most oils reach their smoke point and
release carcinogenic compounds in the food which are very harmful for the
health. Canola oil is another heart healthy option. However there are some
controversial claims indicating that it’s highly processed oil and the crop
being genetically modified.
Can cook different types of food
Apart
from cooking the main course meals, cooking sprays are also useful in preparing
variety of dishes such as appetizers, small time snacks. It can also be used
for air frying purposes, as it requires very less amount of oil. Also, Olive
Oil spray can also help in the salad dressing purposes.
To
summarize, cooking sprays for example, Ray cooking spray definitely helps in reducing the oil intake and the
subsequent calories consumption. However it is necessary to give a glance at
the ingredients before zeroing on any particular brand and it’s variant.
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