A pressure cooker is a cooking device that uses steam pressure to cook food quickly and efficiently. It is an airtight cooking device that cooks food quickly, thanks to the steam pressure that builds up inside. The steam makes the food moist, which is why this device is perfect for meat stews, cheesecakes, and much more. Here are some key points about pressure cookers:

• 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: it raises the boiling point of the water in the pot and shortens cooking times.

• Pressure cookers are ideal for making soups, risottos, and speeding up slow-cook dishes such as casseroles. They are economical both in the amount of power they use and are also ideal for tenderizing cheaper cuts of meat.

• Pressure cookers can reduce cooking times by up to 50% and retain nutrients well, making them a healthy cooking method.

• You can cook most food in a pressure cooker, including beans, stews, tough cuts of meat, lentils, artichokes, squash, soups, mashed potatoes, chicken, homemade stocks, and many more.

• Pressure cookers can be used to brown, boil, steam, poach, steam roast, braise, stew, or roast food. Nowadays, you can even bake in your pressure cooker.

Using a pressure cooker can be tricky, as it is a whole new way of cooking with its own language and processes. You usually need to wait for a pressure cooker to heat up, then you add the food and the lid, and let it cook for a certain amount of time, at a certain pressure level. Then you let the pressure release, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, depending on the recipe. However, many of todays greatest pressure cookers are remarkably simple to operate, and you can whip up some amazing entrees like curry and pot roast, whether youre a beginner or an experienced cook.