HAWKINS Pressure Cooker Stainless Steel, Silver, S

Have four Hawkins pressure cookers and have to say they are excellent value for money! Significantly cheaper than comparable brands and with one unique safety feature that no others I have seen. (The lid seals from inside the cooker instead of on the outside. So the greater the pressure the safer the lid seal!. Makes superb rice, Dahl, soups and casseroles. (to name but a few dishes that can be made super quickly with a pressure cooker.

I am surprised that pressure cooker of this great quality can be available at this price. This has made my life easier by saving my time needed for cooking.

It takes time to get used to using this product and the initial hiss it gives out is enough to be a shock, but once you get used to this product it's great. Learning to fit the lid also takes time, but there's some good youtube videos and the benefits of this product along with the good price make it worthwhile. The steel is excellent quality and comes with a great recipe book. It's so good I purchased another in a smaller size.

You need to get used to getting the lid in position but once you’re used to it no problem. Great size for our campervan. Steam release can be a shock at first but don’t panic - it’s normal to check pressure.

I find this pan quite scary to use. It makes a very loud sound, and I feel like the lid can explode if you let it go for more than 10 minutes in low temperatures. I bought it because of its compact size to cook beans and soups, but the material isn't sturdy enough. I don't use it as often as I wish because I find it too dangerous and end up having to wait for a longer time for meals to be cooked, which makes me lose the purpose of having a pressure pan to speed up the cooking time.

Excellent product BUT when cooking, the cheap black rubber o-ring provided made the internal metal black ! (we are eating this black). Does not sound hygenic. So I bought myself a food grade silicone o-ring and it is now a proper pressure cooker. polymax item-code: 145X4SR70 description: O-ring ID:145mm thick:4mm CS Silicone (VMQ) best way: call them (not email)

Love it!!! I used to cook chicken cartilage (which is full of collagen), but it usually took long time for the chicken cartilage to become soft. Once I tried this pressure cooker, the chicken cartilage become soft like jelly within 10 minutes! Also, I feel it is easier to use and time control on stove rather than other brand electric one. And its tall size is good fit to prevent from leakage.

I contacted the seller because the pressure cooker only holds 2.5 liters( full) and not 3 liters as stated in the advertisement.