Ok, right about now you’re wondering why this crazy blogger posted pictures of a pot for this week’s WanderFood Wednesday post.

Rest assured, my friends—that’s no ordinary pot.  It’s a pressure cooker.  My friends’ pressure cooker, to be exact.  They (a couple) had me and another volunteer over for a cooking lesson (vegetable biryani, yum!) and lunch.  Love that South Indian hospitality.

Pressure cookers are commonly used in Indian cuisine.  They cook food more quickly and with less fuel.  It’s also supposedly good for killing any lingering bacteria or viruses.

I’m a bit of a clutz and therefore scared to use one on my own.  But, I certainly enjoyed the demonstration.  My friends gave me fair warning that the ‘tweets’ can be quite loud.  So we anxiously sat around waiting for the 3 tweets that signalled lunch was ready.   And boy, was it delicious!