Your Varoma® has always been pretty clever. Steam vegetables while your dinner cooks below, make perfectly fluffy rice, or cook juicy proteins without adding another pot to the stove.
But what if we told you there’s even more you can do?
With a new generation of Varoma® accessories, your Thermomix® can take on bigger portions, delicate foods, family-sized bakes, divided dishes and plenty more. Think beyond steaming vegetables and start putting every layer of your Varoma® to work.
Here are some of our favourite ways to do exactly that.
1. “Bake” it in your Varoma®
Who needs the oven?
Cake in the Varoma®? Absolutely.
The Varoma® Ceramic Steaming Dish opens up a whole new world of steam-baked possibilities, from indulgent chocolate cakes and sticky puddings to family-sized lasagne and comforting casseroles.
The gentle heat of steam helps create beautifully moist results, making the Varoma® an unexpected hero when dessert is on the menu.
Try these:
2. Make dinner a two-layer affair
One meal? Make it more.
The beauty of Varoma® cooking is that you don't have to stop at one thing. With the Varoma® Steaming Tray, you can cook different foods at the same time while keeping them separated — ideal when everyone's after something slightly different.
Think protein and vegetables, dumplings and greens, or two different sides cooking together while your Thermomix® gets on with the rest.
And when it's time to get everything out, Thermomix® Incredible Tongs make lifting, turning and serving easy.
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3. Go bigger than you thought
Whole fish. Whole chicken. Bigger cuts. Bring it on.
When you're cooking for a crowd, sometimes a few fillets just won't cut it.
The Varoma® Steaming Trivet creates more space within your Varoma® and helps maximise steam circulation, making it ideal for larger cuts of meat, whole fish, whole chicken and impressive centrepieces.
And because steam cooking helps retain moisture, you can serve up food that's beautifully tender and juicy.
Plus, you can even use the Steaming Trivet instead of chopsticks for these:
4. Steam the sticky stuff. Skip the sticky clean-up.
Because delicious shouldn't mean difficult.
Dumplings. Bao. Meatballs. Sticky chicken.
Some of our favourite foods are also the ones most likely to stick, tear or leave you scraping the Varoma® afterwards.
The Varoma® Steaming Mesh Mat provides a reusable, non-stick surface that helps prevent food from sticking while still allowing steam to circulate.
It's particularly handy for delicate foods that need a little extra care — and for anything you want to lift out without leaving half your dinner behind.
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5. Lift. Turn. Serve.
The final step just got easier.
Getting food cooked is one thing. Getting it out of your Varoma® and onto the plate without dropping, squashing or juggling it? That's another story.
Enter the Thermomix® Incredible Tongs.
With a grippy, gentle design, they're made to lift, turn and serve everything from delicate fish and dumplings to larger cuts of meat. They're also designed to reach between the Thermomix® blades, making them handy beyond the Varoma® too.
Put them to work with: