I bought frozen pre cooked shrimp from the store. Can I use them for this recipe? If yes, how?

Every pressure cooker is different but you can say approx 1 minute of continuous whistle for one whistle. Again, it is just a guideline and you will have to test your cooker to see if it follows this rule.

I just bought a new pressure cooker 2 months ago and have been using it religiously cuz its such a time safer and is a healthier way to cook food – I love it so much that I called it Linda =D

The only thing that I’m concerned about is that my pressure cooker is different than yours – while your cooker is the kind that whistle-stop-whistle-stop , mine is the type that whistles all the time, meaning that once the pressure builds up, it releases the steam and the valve dances in circle and does not stop like yours does (it continuously whistles). I thought that there were something wrong with mine, but according to the manufacturer’s guide, the thing is made to whistle continuously. My momma told me that pressure cookers in general, cut down your cooking time by about 70% (I know right? It’s craaaaaaaaazy *Oprah style*) so I kinda rely on that.

So when you said, “cook this daal for a whistle” or in this case, the biryani, I’m having a hard time gauging the, well, time required to cook this stomach grumbling, mouth watering, shrimp biryani in my pressure cooker.

Do you happen to have any idea how would my baby of a pressure cooker synchronize with yours in terms of cooking time? Please, I’m going bananas for not being able to cook this scrumptious dish xS

Thank you so very much =D

Yours Truly,
Blahnik

Ps: anyway, is Hetal a vegetarian?

It depends on how spicy your green chillies are and how spicy you want the dish to be. You can crush the ginger, garlic and the green chili together in a mortar pestle or a small chopper.