How we love our pressure cooker when it cooks our food very quickly! A godsend for time constraints and tiring days, a cooker is indeed a prized possession in the kitchen. It prepares our favorite food in minutes and the pleasure of eating good food with minimum effort is unmatched. But the short-lived joy vanishes as soon as we return to the kitchen to find our precious cooker smoldering with black stains.
“How do you remove black spots and burn marks from a pressure cooker?” You are surprised.
Burnt marks are common on pressure cookers but it breaks our hearts every single time. Not to mention the thought of endlessly trying to clean it! But this is about to change now. The following tips will make it very easy for you to remove dark burnt stains from your pressure cooker.
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Burnt stains are common on utensils.
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How to clean a burnt cooker? Here are 5 easy tips to clean the pressure cooker:
1. Warm up with water
Hot water is known to scrub away dirt and grime, and in this case, stuck-on burnt-on food. Fill the cooker with water and let it boil and let it boil for about 15 minutes. The food residue will loosen and can be easily removed when washing the cooker later.
2. Use Baking Soda
If the scum in your pressure cooker is not from a previous cooking session but has been sitting for a long time, add baking soda to the water and then put it on the stove and boil for at least an hour. Wash it after it cools down.
3. As a substitute for onions
If you’ve run out of baking soda, use onion peels for tough stains. Throw some onion peels in the water and cover the place to clean the inside of the cooker. Boil for half an hour on high flame and then wash the cooker.
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4. Vinegar for white marks
If white marks of mineral deposits are bothering you instead of black marks, then get rid of them with the help of vinegar. Vinegar is acidic and will help dissolve hardened crud. Add 1 cup of white vinegar to the water and fill the pressure cooker with water. Leave it overnight and wash it the next morning.
5. Liquid Detergent Can Do the Trick
If the stain is not too tough, add some warm water and liquid detergent to the cooker and leave it for two hours. Then scrub and wash with warm water as usual.
Let your pressure cooker ‘shine’ like the star of your kitchen again.
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