Indian dishes in Secura 6 quart 6-in-one pressure cooker

I chose Secura over InstaPot as I wanted one that I could use to steam veggies and Secura sells steamer kit ( a hole tray with a stand both made of steel) that I am not aware of one existing for Instapot (though many claimed on Amazon that they could use this steamer kit for Instapot too). I also opted for Secura for its height which will help me stack steel cooker trays that I brought from India and cook much more all at once.

I am not going to re-iterate how Secura works but I will list tidbits and points to remember in this blog post. I had a bit of trouble understanding how the Secura pressure option works. There is nothing like a button that pops up on release of pressure. The black holed pressure notch should be turned to set “release” or “pressure” options on it to align with the black notch on it in the front. It is very loose and you should be able to turn it easily and it will be going to stay loose that way when you turn on. Only when the pressure builds up, that pressure notch starts to tighten. I do not hear any whistles like in the regular pressure cooker unless I turn from the “pressure” to “release” at which point the steam pushes up outward from that pressure notch whistling.

I cook Asian Indian dishes all the time and it helps me steam vegetables ( I set to steam and set the pressure notch to “pressure” for 4 minutes) and it does steam if under pressure very fast! Setting the black notch in “release” mode will steam it without pressure which obviously takes a longer time. Remember to pour lot of water while steaming into the huge steel tub (unlike less water we pour in the indian pressure cooker)

I have also tried the brown option. It basically heats up and you can fry all the veggies and onions, then add the rice and water and set to cook. This is a great feature for me to cook Vegetable Biryani in that one huge steel tub and set to pressure at the end for the rice and vegetables to cook in water. Just add 1:2 ratio of rice to water rather 1:3 for Basmati rice. A great Anniversary Gift! :- )

Note: This is purchased by our family with our own money and this post is just solely my opinion.