What is the common use of a pressure cooker in Indian cooking?

Correct answer: To cook food faster

The direct answer is A: a pressure cooker is commonly used to cook food faster. A pressure cooker is a sealed vessel. When water is heated inside it, steam is trapped and the pressure rises. The higher pressure raises the boiling temperature of water, so foods such as dal, rice, beans, and some vegetables soften in less time than they usually would in an open pot. Option A is correct because faster cooking is the ordinary kitchen use of this appliance. It can also help save fuel, but the question asks for its common use, and cooking quickly is the best answer. Option B, drying clothes, is unrelated to the function of a cooker. Option C, grinding spices, is done with a grinder, mixer, or mortar and pestle, not a pressure cooker. Option D, cooling water, is the opposite of what heating and pressure cooking do. The cooker must be used carefully: do not overfill it, block its valve, or open it before pressure is released. Memory cue: pressure cooker means “steam pressure, faster softening, quicker cooking.”