Pressure cookers

[joesdaddy]

Hi I have just brought a pressure cooker and have looked on here and googled and got mixed results ,some love them and others hate them . I am mainly interested in stews , curries and cooking meat in them some people have said that dried beans and pulses can be messy .Has any one made any decent curries in one any advice please

[gingejbee]

Meat dishes are better with long, slow cooking (slow-cooker). If you have a "The Works" cheapo bookshop near you, pick up a pressure-cooking recipe book for 99p.

[gingejbee]

..and,yes, pulses/lentils can be awkward - you should never more than half-fill the cooker when cooking these.

[jack daniels]

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[vivandorron]

joesdaddy...It's a pity you bought a pressure cooker. I could have given you one; now that I have a slow cooker for stews, curries, meat etc. I never found that vegetables were any better when prepared in the pressure cooker and there was little difference between the time factors of straight forward boiling or simmering. In fact I would say that speeding-up cooking often spoils the end result.

Purely my opinion......Ron.