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Why is food cooked faster in pressure cooker?

Water boils at 100°C at normal pressure of 1 arm or 100000 Pascal. Boiling temperature increases  with the increase in pressure above the liquid surface. When we cook food in pressure cooker, the pressure increases due the retention of vapour and hence the boiling temperature increases in the pressure cooker upto 125°C As food is cooked at higher temperature than 100°C , it is cooked faster in the pressure cooker.

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