Smart Cooking With Pressure Cookers

Nowadays, pressure cooking is a safe and convenient way of preparing food for a family. Be it is time saving or preserving the flavour or nutrition, nothing can beat today’s smart pressure cookers. Forget about the horror stories about pressure cooking during your grandma’s kitchen, as the modern range of cookers perform extremely safe and reliable. Making healthy and delicious food takes less than an hour or so if you have this kitchen aid with you.
 
The vessel has a lid or cover in place to create a closed system at the standard pressure – 15 pounds. This pressure causes the water to boil at 257 degrees F instead of its usual temperature 212 degrees F. This increase in temperature causes the food to cook faster – approx three times faster than open top cooking method. Small potatoes cook in around 15 minutes, and all other vegetables too cook faster while retaining their colour and flavour. Nutrients too, keep trapped inside instead of losing out with steam as experienced in open top cooking.
 
Pressure cooker manufacturers offer these kitchen aids in different capacities to meet variegated family requirements. There are pans in three litre capacities, five, seven and even more. Families can make a choice depending on the number of members in their home. One thing to remember here is that the actual cooking capacity of a pressure cooker is less than its liquid capacity. This is because there has to be some space for the formation of steam.
 
Options are available in the form of stainless steel and aluminium cookers. Aluminium being a good conductor of heat is considered a good option, but stainless steel is chosen for its durability. Manufacturers now offer stainless cookers with their base made of ceramic to allow even cooking on gas, ceramic and electric induction stove tops. Stainless steel pressure cookers are also preferred by chefs for being non-reactive in nature. Also, they are easy to clean in a dishwasher saving time and efforts.
 
Modern utensils are armed with safety features to regulate the pressure formation and keep the cover locked safely while cooking food. They are now featured with heat resistance double handles to ensure safe handling of the food and pot. Pressure cooker manufacturers in India also offer warranty on their product so that you rest assured of safe cooking.
 
When it comes to making a selection, go for quality and safety features instead of looking for the cheap models. Do some research and you would definitely get a good option under your budget.