An electric pressure cooker is one of the technology products specially designed to make our lives much easier and more comfortable when preparing food. This device is made of aluminum or stainless steel and is more technologically advanced compared to traditional kitchen devices like pots, pans and kettles mainly for two reasons. The first is that it uses electricity to function, the second is that it incorporates the principle or concept of pressure for its primary use of cooking and heating food.
Since it uses electricity to function, it does not require any other heat sources, such as electric cookers or stoves, unlike most traditional cooking methods. It can be used anytime, anywhere at your convenience, as long as electricity is available. Food is conveniently placed inside, and after a short period of time, the meal is served.
The electric pressure cooker is specifically designed to use the pressure built up when cooking food. Is that how it works. When the heat begins to distribute evenly, the internal temperature rises. The increase in temperature in turn causes an increase in internal pressure, but since the structure of the device does not allow air or liquid to escape, the pressure builds up even more and this is where air cooking comes into play. Pressure. Pressure is directly proportional to the boiling point of water; that is, as the pressure inside the device increases, it takes less time for the water inside to reach a very high temperature even before it boils.
With this, cooking time can be achieved two to three times faster compared to conventional cooking methods. For example, beans can be cooked in 10 minutes compared to 45 minutes in a regular pan. Not only that, it requires less water, the minimum amount as stated in the recipe is all that is needed. It also saves up to 70% less energy, thus conserving these valuable resources.
More importantly, it kills more microorganisms found in the food being prepared because the cooking temperature exceeds the normal boiling point of water. In this connection, it can also be used as an effective sterilizer for baby bottles and eating utensils, for example. And since less water is needed for cooking, there is less incidence of nutrients dissolving or leaching from food, promoting the consumption of highly nutritious foods.
Today, modern electric pressure cookers are already available with additional useful features, such as multifunctional automatic pressure cookers. For example, some products have one-touch operation buttons for the most common kitchen tasks, including preparing soup, rice, meat, beans, and the like. They also have automatic programming that serves to make their use much more comfortable, since there will be no need to monitor it; more pleasant, because there will be no steam and unwanted sounds; and safer for cooking, since it has protective accessories such as protection against leaks and excess pressure.