Content

• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Food processors are great modern gadgets. Also, if you need to cook a meal but there is no electricity, you are in the kitchen without a food processor, or your appliance is broken, you will need to cook without it.

While many of the solutions in this article are straightforward, some require the ability to handle conventional instruments differently. Taken together, these methods should mimic the actions of a food processor, and while these methods are quite slow and require more energy, they are a great experience for learning how to cook from scratch. Such appliances work without electricity - they are good for reminiscing or preparing slow meals.

Steps

1. 1 Grind food with a grater. For shredding most foods, you can use a hand grater.
   • You can also use a grater to make fresh bread crumbs.
   • Try to get a commercial food grater as it will rust less.
2. 2 Grate or cut into slices using a shredder with replaceable blades. Be careful when working with it; always use the supplied slicing handle.
3. 3 Rub into small pieces. Then cut again to make julienne-like slices, on a smaller scale.
4. 4 For very small pieces or shavings, use a vegetable knife.
5. 5 Use zesters to cut into small, thin slices for a side dish, or for a small amount of food items you need.
6. 6 Follow the advice below on how to use crushing methods:
   • Crush fresh ingredients (for example, to make pesto or pasta), place food in a sealed bag, and crush with a rolling pin or meat hammer.
   • To crumble food such as cookies or dry, stale bread into crumbs, use the same method, then sift the crumbs through a colander or sieve to filter out the small crumbs, then chop up the remaining large crumbs again.
   • An electric coffee grinder can also be used to grind dry ingredients such as herbs or grains. First, it should be thoroughly cleaned of coffee, and also after use.
7. 7 Crush hard foods such as nuts, spices or garlic with a pestle and mortar.
8. 8 Use a hand grater to puree food. Alternatively, push food through a clean fine mesh or sieve to make a paste-like food.
9. 9 Find an alternative to a lump-free dough. To make dough, like pasta, pastry, or bread, use a stiff whisk, table knife or fork. They can be used to combine ingredients to keep your hands clean. However, you still have to knead by hand to speed up the result.
10. 10 For bean soup or other similar foods, try the following solutions:
    • For a smooth / dense consistency, use a potato press.
    • For a puree soup, grind until the visible lumps dissolve, then strain through a sieve and use a spoon to squeeze the remainder through it.
11. 11 Use a crescent-shaped knife to quickly chop foods where an even consistency is not always necessary. This will allow you to cut the food quickly. A standard knife and board is suitable for most vegetables and fruits.
12. 12 Use a whisk to whisk. This is the easiest way, but you can also use a bunch of thin bamboo kebab sticks to simulate a whisk.
    • For churning foods such as butter or ice cream, use a spinning whisk, if you have one.
13. 13 For chopping food or making minced meat, use a mechanical meat grinder, if available. You will get a unique mince-like consistency that is very difficult to reproduce by hand.
    • If you do not have one, cut into thin slices, finely chop and crush with a pestle, potato press, or knead by hand until you reach the consistency of minced meat.
    • Semi-frozen meat can be rubbed to make a good mince-like product. Take all necessary hygiene measures.

Tips

• Experiment with different instruments that give the same results.
• You may need a wooden spoon to knead the bread dough.

Warnings

• The disadvantage is that these methods are slow, so maintaining hygiene is essential to avoid food poisoning.

What do you need

• Grater
• Crescent knife
• mortar and pestle
• Plastic bag and rolling pin / meat hammer
• Potato press