Hello, I really want to do a beef vindaloo, is it a 15 psi pressure cooker you use chewy?
It's just that my one is 15 psi (Fagor 12 quart, imported the beast from usa ) and I don't want to over do the cooking.
Many thanks Spook 

Crikey, 12 quart that is a beast.
How much Beef you going to do in that?

Anyhoo, my recipes are for 15psi, but like all pressure cooker recipes
You've got to trial and error your own kit.

I've also used 13psi cookers with no notable difference in performance.

I also think theres a lot of duff info on the web about psi difference, just to sell more pots.
cheers Chewy

Gonna be doing 700g, on offer at Tesco, being delivered this morning.

Yeah I know what ya mean about all the blurb about pressure cookers, I got mine form America via ebay after always watching the same lady use a pressure cooker.I wanted one you can get a nice family size chicken in and it was cheaper to buy from usa than uk.

I know its big but I use it to adapt the Taz base, and I think an hour in there under pressure traps in the onion flavour giving me loads of base to play with.

Thanks Spook

Cheers Chewy, 15 minutes at pressure and the lamb turned out melt in your mouth tender, better than expected.  Pressure cookers are the way forward, why doesn't everyone have one??!

Nice one Mattie, the wonders of old technology.

(why doesn't everyone have one??!)

"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead" ;D

cheers chewy

brilliant idea, thanks!

Not being PC myself has anyone suggestion on doing beef (e.g. braising) on the hob? Cheers! Sometimes there's nothing like CHUNKS OF MEAT, never mind that chicken business