The New Nation - Internet Edition

Farizaa Sabreen

With the advancement in technology, our lives have become more luxurious. We seek comfort and style with great efficacy. Our homes are the place where we seek comfort, and today, technology offers great gadgets and appliances, which can permit us to have comfortable and lavish lifestyles. Those days are gone when you needed to use that contemporary cooking gas to cook your food, switch to a microwave, which can help you, cook sumptuous meals within minutes, without any hassle.

Nowadays, you don't need to clean your utensils by hand, because a dishwasher can clean all those messed up dirty utensils, the latest refrigerator keep our food fresh and nutritious and a microwave oven offers fat free cooking. These smart gadgets have great efficiency and can complete those daily tiresome chores easily without leaving you exhausted.

Today, women want well equipped convenient cooking spaces and they don't mind to invest money on good things. These appliances come in varied shapes, sizes and styles to give a stylish look to the kitchen. They are cost-effective as well as give a well-organised look to the kitchen.

Kitchen appliances of the new generation offer great ease and comfort for all those people who love cooking great food. They add style and utility to our kitchen if we desire. Choose and avail these great appliances that will make your kitchen comfortable and give a life full of style and magnificence.

Microwave oven

One of the most popular gadgets in this category is the one touch microwave oven. A microwave oven is a device that is used to cook food by passing electromagnetic radiations through the food substance from all directions and thus cooking it. The microwave oven can also be used to reheat the food, which is already cooked. Philips Microwave oven is available at Tk. 7500-19500,

Washing machine

A washing machine is a machine that reduces the time, effort and energy spent in washing and designed to clean laundry. Today's washing machines offer services like hot wash, pre-programmed wash cycles, delay timers and warning sounds. Such features not only allow you to select different wash programs for different types (silks, wool) of clothes; but also help to minimize the monitoring required during washing.

The wash load of the washing machine is expressed in terms of the weight of clothes it can wash. Washing machines range in capacity from 4-8 kg. A 4 kg washing machine can meet the washing requirements of one or two persons. For a family of 4 or 5 you would need a machine that can handle a load of 6-8 kg. Singer 5 kg semi auto washing machine is at Tk.12,700, 6 kg is Tk.18,500. Philips is available at Tk.14,000-26,500. Besides, there are machines in Sanyo, Whirlpool, Daewoo, Siemens, etc.

Food processor

The food processor is another useful gadget that promises to be highly practical and useful. It will chop, slice, shred, grate, grind, and puree a variety of foods. Additional attachments will knead, juice, whisk, and cut custom-sized and -shaped pieces of food for various cooking styles. Philips is at Tk. 5,400-6500

Sandwich maker

A sandwich maker not only makes fast grilled cheese sandwiches, but can also cook pastries, pancakes, omelets and more. Older kids and teens love this fast snack maker.

Electric kettle

It makes the simple and common task of boiling water easier, faster and more energy efficient. The kettle quickly brings water to a boil for use in hot beverages like tea, coffee and hot chocolate, as well as a variety of other favorites like hot cereal and instant soup, pasta and rice. The one-touch on/off switch is simple to operate - just depress the switch until a click is heard to start the boiling process. An indicator light illuminates when the kettle is on.

Coffee maker

The various brewing techniques (boiling, gravity, steeping, or pressure) give the consumer many choices. Despite their differences, all coffee makers are essentially one of three types: percolators, filters and "pod" systems. The automatic drip coffee maker is probably the most popular of modern coffee makers. Espresso makers are also very popular today, and there is actually a stovetop brewer, or if you are a real espresso connoisseur, you can opt for one of the very expensive electric makers.

Kitchen hood

You shouldn't be able to smell dinner from every room in your house; that's where a residential range hood enters your life, freeing you from such concerns.

It reduces greasy build-up that can accumulate on cabinets and kitchen appliances, and strong enough to pull out contaminants that occur naturally while cooking. There are different options that can accommodate the style, function and size specifications of your kitchen. They are- under cabinet hoods, liner insert vent hoods, island or peninsula vent hoods, wall mount hoods and downdraft models.

Such handy gadgets surely prove to be a boon in the household. You not only save a lot of time and energy while performing the routine household tasks, but also make your life much more convenient.