How To Boil Potatoes in Pressure Cooker Recipe

Boil potatoes in pressure cooker with skin in just 2 whistles. 10 minute recipe and you only need enough water to get the potato completely submerged.

Written by Maahi Gupta
  Maahi Gupta    Updated  13 Jul, 22

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Poke knife in one of the potato

How To Boil Potatoes in Pressure Cooker Recipe

Boil potatoes in pressure cooker with skin in just 2 whistles. 10 minute recipe and you only need enough water to get the potato completely submerged.
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Prep Time 1 min
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 11 mins
Cuisine Indian
Servings 750 Gms
Calories 1 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 750 Gms Potato
  • 1 Liter Water Enough Water so that all the Potatoes are submerged completely in Water

Instructions
 

Preparing Pressure cooker Prep Time – 1 Minute

  • Ingredients to boil Potatoes in a pressure cooker.
    Ingredients for boiling potatoes
  • Add the Potatoes and 1 liter of water to a pressure cooker. Make sure that all potatoes are completely submerged in water. If required, add more water. Also, the cooker should be big enough to hold all potatoes. The total water level with potatoes should not be more than 75% of the cooker depth.
    Add the Potatoes and 1 liter of Water in a pressure cooker.

Boiling Potato Cook time – 10 Minute

  • Cover the lid of the pressure cooker and keep it on high flame
    Cover the lid of the cooker.
  • One of the questions that we are asked most is about the number of whistles for boiling potatoes in a pressure cooker. Here is the answer: After 2 whistles on a high flame, switch OFF the stove. Do not open the lid of the cooker till it has pressure in it. Let all the steam go OFF on its own.
  • Once the steam has vanished, open the lid of the cooker and check whether Potatoes are properly boiled or not.
    Open the lid
  • To check: Poke the knife in one of the Potato, if it goes in easily, it means your job is done. Else, they might need some more time on the stove. You can safely keep them again on high flame and wait for another whistle and then switch off the stove. Don’t forget to wait for steam to vanish again.
  • In normal conditions, you would not need more than 2 whistles as mentioned in the above step. But, in case the potatoes are really hard or the pressure cooker has old rubber or something else is not working, you may need this one more step of the whistle.
  • Boiled Potatoes are ready to use. Peel their skin and they are now ready to be used in potato-based recipes. Enjoy.
    Peel Potato skin

Notes

How To Boil Baby Potatoes In Pressure Cooker?

Well, there is no difference between the way we can boil normal potatoes or for that matter any other type of Potato. Hence, you can certainly boil the baby potatoes also using the recipe mentioned above.

Boil Potatoes With Skin?

As you already know by this time, this recipe talks about boiling potatoes with skin. So, you can follow it easily.

Boil Potatoes For Mashed Potatoes or Salad?

Boiling potatoes is a common process for varying recipes including Aloo Tikki, Mashed Potatoes, or Salad. The only consideration that might come up although very rare, in some specific recipes is the level of boiling of Potatoes. This can be controlled by increasing and decreasing the boiling time appropriately.

Boil Potatoes For Home Fries?

Generally, you do not need to boil potatoes to make home fries. Fries can be made straight from non-boiled or raw potatoes. But, if your recipe specifically requires the boiled potato, you can use the above recipe with no doubt.
Let us know your questions if any in the comments below.

Nutrition

Calories: 1kcalCarbohydrates: 0.2gProtein: 0.02gFat: 0.001gSaturated Fat: 0.0003gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.0004gMonounsaturated Fat: 2.0E-5gSodium: 0.1mgPotassium: 4mgFiber: 0.02gSugar: 0.01gVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 0.1mgIron: 0mg
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Written by Maahi Gupta
  Maahi Gupta