Drew&Cole CleverChef 14-in-1 Intelligent Digital Multi Cooker, Aluminium, 860 W, 5 Litre, Charcoal

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When she’s not working, Helen can be found enjoying the local countryside or dreaming about her next house renovation project. Having completely renovated her current house, Helen reviews kitchen appliances from her open plan kitchen at home in a beautiful Berkshire village.

After completing a Home Economics degree, Helen went on to work for the Good Housekeeping Institute and has been reviewing home appliances ever since. Each pre-set program has a default time and temperature, but these can easily be adjusted if necessary and you can also add a delay timer at this stage. After starting her career in the food industry, she moved into home appliance reviews, utilising her cooking skills and experience to put all kinds of products to the test, and over the years has reviewed hundreds of home and kitchen appliances for a variety of publications.The recipe uses brown basmati and I selected the brown rice pre-set program which takes just 20 minutes, although there was an additional six minutes to heat up. The result was a fiery curry with very tender chicken, a great result for what felt like minimal effort.

The lid slots effortlessly into place and there’s a padlock symbol to indicate when it’s in the locked or unlocked position.The lid can be submerged in water for easy cleaning and the base doesn’t get dirty but is easy to wipe over should you need to. It’s easy to use, doesn’t take up too much space, and offers the same functions as many of the best multi-cooker. I still had to run the broccoli steam program twice to get perfectly cooked al dente broccoli, but the result was much better with less water in the pot. The multicooker market is flooded with big names like Instant Pot and Ninja, so you may be wondering whether this lesser-known brand is worth a shot. Then I added the rice, water and spices to the clean pot, locking the lid into position with the pressure valve closed and selecting the pressure cook function.