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Make your Gas Cylinder Last for Double the Time

Smart cooking habits can reduce your gas consumption substantially. One way to do so is to switch to a reliable pressure cooker.

The Hawkins R&D Centre did some scientific cooking trials (supervised and certified by the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Mumbai) to establish on a scientific basis, just how much fuel is saved by switching from regularly cooking in an open pot to pressure cooking


Fuel Saving
Pressure Cooker vs. Open Pot:
Results of certified Trials

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Item Cooked Qty. (Kg) Fuel Used (Litres) Fuel Saved (Litres) Fuel Saved (%)
Open Pot Pressure Cooker
Mutton 1.8 37 13 24 65%
Tuvar Dal 0.5 39 16 23 60%
Channa 1.0 51 29 22 44%
Potatoes 2.0 22 14 7 34%
Average 5.2 147 71 76 52%

So, we see that about 52% fuel is saved just by switching from Open Pot cooking to Pressure Cooking.

For an average family using one gas cylinder a month, this can mean that, under such usage conditions, that one month of usage can extend up to two months.

Pressure cooking can reduce normal cooking times by as much as half. Foods which take a long time to cook such as dal, pulses, dried peas, beans and tough cuts of meat can be cooked well in a fraction of the normal time. Because food cooks faster in a pressure cooker, you save time, fuel and therefore money.


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