Hello folks! Hope you had a nice weekend. Here I am, to review on my favourite pressure cooker.
Pressure Cooker cooks lighter, healthier meals, fast and easy! - Foods cook three to ten times faster than ordinary cooking methods. We all know that it also reduces cooking time by as much as 70% and cuts fuel use in half, when compared with conventional cookware. Flavor and nutrients are locked in, while the use of fat use is sharply reduced, allowing you to cook in a much healthier way.
Premier Pressure Cookers are manufactured in India, by Sivanesan company. I do believe that while manufacturing the pressure cooker, they have kept all the above-mentioned plus points in their mind. I can assure this for sure, as I possess a Premier cooker apart from Prestige and Hawkins pressure cookers. The Premier model I have is made of thick aluminium body. Of course, they do manufacture pressure cookers made of stainless steel too. What I have is six liter capacity, which is the standard size for cooking most recipes.
More or less, the Premier pressure cooker has the same look as Prestige. It is really strong and sturdy and can be used with all heat sources, including gas, electric, ceramic top. It is easy to clean and is dishwasher safe as well.
The heavy bottom of this cooker ensures fast heating and cooking. You have the same parts as in other typical cookers. The Weight is for placing on the vent tube. It releases steam from inside the cooker at the correct pressure.
Then there is a Safety plug. Incase of any excess pressure, this safety plug provides an escape outlet for it. I like the handles in this cooker. You have three handles in this cooker.- The Support handle, Body handle, and the Lid handle. They are made of strong heat resistant bakelite and designed for easy handling. Though I have been using it for the past four years, they are still strong and tight. I didn’t have to tighten them even once at any time! I have seen in some of my friends’ houses, pressure cookers without handles!
Then you get two specially designed Separators, to cook different foods simultaneously and more hygienically. There is a Carrier to carry separators together. You have a Trivet also provided, to use in separator cooking. It ensures that water does not get into the separators.
The Rubber gasket in this cooker is made of special rubber to ensure long life. For it’s long life, all you have to do is to separate it from the cooker after you have finished with the cooking and hang it in a safe place. That’s what I do!
For general care, for this or any other pressure cooker, you should not try to open, unless the steam inside the cooker completely cools down. You should lift the weight slowly with a spoon to ensure that the pressure has been reduced completely. Then you can remove the weight from the vent tube. Now it is easier to remove the cooker lid from the body.
Premier pressure cooker is not just a cooker with a locking lid that creates within intense steam heat to cook foods, but it is a means of keeping flavor and nutrients within, producing a tastier, healthier meal. Right from chicken curry to biryani, I do all my cooking with this Premier. Premier has never let me down any time! (If you have read my other review on cookers, you will know that my vegetarian cooking is taken care of by Hawkins Futura Pressure cooker). Premier doesn’t mash the food too much as Hawkins does. It is easier to adjust the heat to your requirement of timing to cook food.
Make Your Choice!
I would recommend you to go in for Premier, if you are seriously thinking of buying one, as it has given me trouble free service so far. For today’s fast lifestyle, if you want to finish your cooking fast, specially if you are a working person, you can buy and use this to release your tension pressure. Ha ha ha...... Premier pressure cooker is a real hi-tech wonder!