After cooking pasta, I use a mesh-type kitchen sieve (aka colander, mesh strainer).
- Immediately after getting the pasta out of the water, I run tap water onto the sieve for a few seconds to remove the starchy water.
- After eating, I clean the sieve with a nylon-mesh-covered sponge and dishwashing liquid.
- I let it dry.
Problem: The sieve is never perfectly clean. There are always places where dried starch can be seen in the grid.
Question: How to wash my sieve perfectly, with spending too much time or money on it?