Hawkins Contura Hard Anodised Aluminium Pressure Cooker with Inner Lid, 5 litres

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It's a good cooker with a good capacity for family/party cooking. Earlier I had brought a hawkins 5Lt cooker from More store, that doesnt work properly i.e. the whistle starts blowing and doesnt come down unless I hit it down. The liquid in the dal etc leaks out. These problems dont exist in this one, works fine.

Ye mene 2 saal pehle liya tha Aaj bhi mast use kar Raha hoo

Thickness only time will tell, but the cooker is great and simple to use. Handling is good too with the broader base. Loved it!

Value for money

ProsGenuineHeavily builtLooks better than traditional pressure cooker.Efficient cooking so energy efficient in terms of investment returnsConsCheaper price available on other e commerce sites while on sale . Amazon should offer at a discounted or on an offer price.

Product is fine. Handle gets slightly hot. Looks are good. But a bit expensive.

Product is very good but one doubt is there ,why it's handle heats up this much ,its very difficult to put it down after cooking food .

Amazing product and great price

Highly recommend. Cooks meat in a flash. Better than regular pressure cookers and easy clean up. I have two.

Hawkins has always been our favorite pressure cooker for smaller capacity (up to 6 lit).The black ones look sleeker in the kitchen and cook within the expected time.No pressure leak as you may sometimes find in the kinds that lock from outside.

I bought this when I got sick of my electric pressure cooker, that would mysteriously fail to reach pressure with increasing frequency. I intentionally went low tech, and I love it. The 6.5L size is perfect for cooking a whole chicken (18 minutes with natural pressure release) which makes several cups of cooked chicken and a few cups of chicken broth for recipes. I used to buy a rotisserie chicken once a week or so for use in recipes, but the meat was often too dry to work well. In the pressure cooker, the chicken comes out moist.The steam release during cooking is a bit annoying, but not too bad now that I've figured out the right stove setting. The manual is clear. The recipe book is written for Indian tastes, and has a few more recipes for mutton than I will ever need, but I get most of my recipes off the internet anyway.I like the anodized aluminum - looks nice and is easy to clean. The pot is easy to use, and the lid goes on easily once you see that the lid is oval shaped. Just hold the handle on the lid at a right angle to the handle on the pot. I have also made apple sauce, stew and bean soup. Unsoaked beans take 35 minutes and cook beautifully. I have a 3L size that makes wonderful rice and fast potatoes for mashed potatoes.

Good quality and very well made