pressure cooker - Class up your cooking with an all purpose built pot.

WHAT IS A PRESSURE COOKER?

A pressure cooker is essentially just a pot with a semi-sealed, lockable lid and a valve that controls the pressure inside. It works by capturing steam that, as it builds up, increases the pressure in the vessel. The pressure increase in turn raises the boiling point of water.

So pressure cookers use high pressure to cook foods, but what’s the benefit of using them? The basic way to understand it is that with the higher boiling point, the cooking temperatures are higher.

A pressure cooker cooks food about 40-50 degrees hotter than in an open pot," and higher cooking temperatures lead to faster cooking times.

As the liquid in the pressure cooker begins to boil, the vessel will allow the pressure to rise until an ideal level is reached, at which point the lid will lock into place and the cooking process will begin. With the lid locked in place, the pressure cooker traps in the steam from cooking and prevents the liquid from evaporating. Once the cooking process is done, the air vent unlocks from the lid and slowly and safely releases the steam until it is safe to open. As is the case when using any new cooking equipment, it’s important to read and fully understand how your specific pressure cooker works, because the incredibly hot steam produced from the pressure cooking can be dangerous if it’s not handled properly. 

WHAT DOES A PRESSURE COOKER DO?

A pressure cooker works on a simple principle: Steam pressure. A sealed pot, with a lot of steam inside, builds up high pressure, which helps food cook faster.

HOW DOES A PRESSURE COOKER WORK?

A pressure cooker is a sealed pot with a valve that controls the steam pressure inside. As the pot heats up, the liquid inside forms steam, which raises the pressure in the pot. This high pressure steam has two major effects:

1. Raises the boiling point of the water in the pot: When cooking something wet, like a stew or steamed vegetables, the heat of your cooking is limited to the boiling point of water. But with the steam's pressure now the boiling point can get high. This higher heat helps the food to cook faster.

2. Raises the pressure, forcing liquid into the food: The high pressure also helps force liquid and moisture into the food quickly, which helps it cook faster and also helps certain foods, like tough meat, get very tender very quickly.

WHAT CAN YOU COOK IN THE PRESSURE COOKER?

Almost everything! It cooks rice in just a few minutes, and it cooks tougher things like beans and chickpeas in much less than an hour. It is very good for foods that need to be tenderized like braised meats and roasts. But people have cooked all kinds of other things in it too. 

Kindly click the link/image below to place order

https://www.deluxe.com.ng/product-category/pressure-cooker

www.deluxe.com.ng