Anyone use a microwave pressure cooker?

savingforoz

Just wondering if anyone had one of these and how they find it?

I use a lot of pulses and am considering getting a microwave pressure cooker so that I can cook dried pulses quickly. They seem much cheaper than a normal pressure cooker, and easier to use, and the fact that they're not that big wouldn't be a problem for me as I'm just cooking for me and I'd probably use it mainly for pulses, at least initially.

Any thoughts/comments?

savingforoz

Nobody? Oh well, I've taken the plunge and ordered one anyway - the reviews on Amazon US were very good (none on Amazon UK). Only £8.75 from Ebay anyway.

It should work out so much cheaper for pulses - if an 88p bag = 5 tins, then I'll quickly recoup the cost anyway :T. And no tins to go into recycling either :j.

Penelope_Penguin

Could you give a link, please? My understanding is that pressure vessels need to be very strong, so must be made from metal, which is incomaptible with a microwave I'm intrigued now

Penny. x

geordie_joe

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Could you give a link, please? My understanding is that pressure vessels need to be very strong, so must be made from metal, which is incomaptible with a microwave I'm intrigued now

Penny. x

Me too, but here's one

http://www.amazon.com/Maxi-Aids-Micro-Magic-Microwave-Pressure-Cooker/dp/B000186XI4

Penelope_Penguin

geordie_joe wrote: »

Me too, but here's one

http://www.amazon.com/Maxi-Aids-Micro-Magic-Microwave-Pressure-Cooker/dp/B000186XI4

Oh. That's not really a "pressure cooker" though, is it, however it describes itself It's a pot with a lid on to cook in a microwave

Penny. x

savingforoz

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MICROWAVE-PRESSURE-COOKER-213-COOKING/dp/B00193AMF0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1239444214&sr=8-1

Here's the one I've bought - from ebay though - will let you know how I get on! If it cooks pulses quickly then I shall be well pleased.

pmorrisjones

Hope all goes well. I cook my pulses in microwave anyway. I soak overnight then put in microwave for up to 1 hour (according to how cooked you want them). They are great and you don't get thet yukky cooking pulses smell (until you open microwave door then if you clean it quickly it goes). I learned this from Sarah Brown's vegetarian microwave cook book. I got rid of my pressure cooker afterwards as only keeping it for pulses. As I have a small kitchen it saved space. I'm sure the microwave pressure cooker will be fab anyway.:T

ellawood

I want one now! please let us know how you get on

savingforoz

Will do, ellawood! Hopefully it will arrive by next weekend. I'll let you know how long it takes for the pulses to cook, inclduing good old kidney beans.

If pmorrisjones (thanks for the post by the way) needs 1 hour for the microwave with a normal cooking pot, then say if it gets cuts down to 1/2 hr, then that would be good. No more tin opening and a reduced grocery bill :j- I have my fingers crossed!

The sales blurb mentions cooking beans and hopefully any leaflet will give cooking times - otherwise I'll just have to experiment!

daska

Actually my mum has had one for a while now and loved it enough that she ordered a 'better' one and offered me her old one.

(I turned it down, I have enough junk in my kitchen! Now, a proper metal one on the hob, that's a different matter... I'd make space for that!)

kittykat500

I had a microwave pressure cooker years ago ('bout 10) which I found to be great for stews - didn't try it with pulses tho' I would imagine it would be great for those too. Nowadays I try not to use the microwave as I'm not convinced they are that healthy but I do have a normal pressure cooker which is great for pulses and these days not at all dangerous as some claim they might be!

Microwave one was from Betterware I seem to remember - not sure they still do them now.