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In Indian kitchens, pressure cookers are often made of stainless steel, aluminum, or hard-anodized aluminum. Stainless steel is prized for its durability, non-reactive properties, and ease of cleaning. While aluminum is more budget-friendly, it may react with acidic foods. Hard-anodized(black in colour), known for its durability and scratch resistance, is gaining popularity in Indian households. However, stainless steel remains a preferred choice due to its safety and longevity, especially for diverse Indian cooking needs.
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Be careful with the size as wrong size can be problematic. Small size pressure cooker force you to cook multiple times at the same time very large pressure cooker size means so much fuel to heat the cooker and much cleaning effort. The main decision factor is the family size. If yours is small family size, then 3 liters pressure cooker size is enough. For big family or joint family 5 to 7.5 liters pressure cooker size is fine. The pressure cooker for baby food means, the right size is of 1 liter to 1.5 liter.
Pressure Cooker type | Features |
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Hard Anodized pressure cooker |
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Stainless steel pressure cooker |
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Aluminium pressure cooker |
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You don't want to buy the cooker every year. Durability is an important factor. Aluminium not much durable. Stainless steel and hard anodized pressure cookers are the right choices from the durability perspective.
Yes, aluminum pressure cookers are reactive to the food. The Aluminum can act with acids of the food and can be unhealthy. Based on reactiveness, stainless steel pressure cooker and hard anodized pressure cooker are healthy choices.
Hard Anodized pressure cooker |
Stainless steel pressure cooker |
Aluminium pressure cooker |
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Heat Conductivity | Excellent | Not good | Excellent |
Durability | Highly | Modearte | Low |
Stains free | Yes | Yes | No |
Corrosion resistant | Yes | Yes | No |
Price | Expensive | Expensive | Economical |
If you are using induction stove, make sure the pressure cooker is marked as Induction Stovetop Compatible. In the product description of the page look for induction stove compatibility. By nature hard anodized pressure cookers are not induction compatible, but the manufacture can make the bottom little differently so that it can work on induction stove as well. The usual keywords to look for in the product description - “With Induction Bottom”.
This feature is important only if you are using dishwashers for cleaning the utensils. Otherwise, it is not needed. In general, hard anodized pressure cookers are not dishwasher safe. Aluminum and stainless steel pressure cookers are good to go with dishwasher. Look for “Dishwasher-Safe” keyword if you are keen on buying the dishwasher safe cookers.
Pressure cookers come in two models with inner lid and outer lid based on the lid type. In the inner lid models, the top of the lid goes inside of the cooker. Whereas in the outer lid model, the top of the lid stays outside of the cooker container. In general the large size pressure cooker use outer lids and small cookers sizes make use of inner lids. It is considered as that inner lid types are safer compared to outer lid as they employ extra lock in mechanism to hold the build up the extra pressure.
Longer warranty means better products, so go for longer duration warranty Pressure cooker. Please read carefully the details about warranty, refunds & replacement policy.
Longer warranty means better products, so go for longer duration warranty Pressure cooker. Please read carefully the details about warranty, refunds & replacement policy.
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