Pressure Cooking Rice

To cook rice in a pressure cooker, the water needed is a little less (since very little moisture
escapes). The secret is timing. After you put the rice with water in a vessel, which is placed in the
pressure cooker on HIGH flame, close the lid, wait till the steam escapes steadily from the nozzle.
Place the weight.

Within 4-5 minutes the hissing steam lifts the weight to make a steady sizzle, reduce the flame to the
minimum. From this stage the timing counts, it is 2 minutes for rice, about 10 minutes for most hard
lentils, and 20 minutes for hard fibrous vegetables. After this time, switch off and allow the pressure
cooker to cool off. In about 10 minutes the steam settles, check this by slightly touching off the
weight. If there is no steam left, remove the weight, open the lid and your stuff is fine and ready.