We tried a Skinnytaste adaptation of chicken dal curry from the Burmese Superstar cookbook: https://www.skinnytaste.com/burma-superstar-chicken-dal-curry/. The Skinnytaste author omitted fish sauce, which we added back in. We also incorporated some tips from her blogpost comments. Our modifications: first, instead of an Instant Pot, we used a stovetop pressure cooker. (We prefer a stovetop over an…… Continue reading Burmese-style chicken and split yellow pea stew (instant pot / pressure cooker)
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Mixed vegetable khichdi
We had a craving for a hearty vegetable khichdi that utilized many type of legumes. We tried this recipe: https://ministryofcurry.com/khichdi-instant-pot/ This was a mild, but slightly over seasoned khichdi. Our modifications: first, for the 4 cups of vegetables, we used 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables. We also used about 2 oz of fresh baby spinach,…… Continue reading Mixed vegetable khichdi
Split pea and ham soup, Instant Pot style
We had a craving for split pea soup and were intrigued by this recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/pea-and-ham-soup/ As a child, I first had split pea soup with ham at a family friend’s house, and I remember being astonished that it took several hours of simmering on the stovetop. This recipe offers a great way to make this…… Continue reading Split pea and ham soup, Instant Pot style
Pasta e fagioli, pressure cooker style
We love pasta e fagioli, and we tried this Instant Pot version: https://inquiringchef.com/instant-pot-pasta-e-fagioli/ Our modifications: first, we used diced center-cut bacon strips (about 2 inches, cut into three sets of match sticks) instead of pancetta. For the beans, we used 8 oz dried cannelini beans that we had reconstituted using this 1 hour quick soak…… Continue reading Pasta e fagioli, pressure cooker style
Mung bean kichidi
We had to follow a soft food diet this evening, so we tried this kichidi recipe: https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/dal-khichdi-recipe/ Our modifications: first, we used a medium shallot instead of a small onion. Second, for the optimal vegetables, we used 1 thin carrot and 5 green beans, each diced. We found that these, along with the diced, seeded…… Continue reading Mung bean kichidi
Indian black-eyed pea curry, Instant Pot style
As very late converts, we recently purchased an Instant Pot. For our first attempt with this new device, we tried one of our favorite stovetop recipes, Shubhra Ramineni’s black-eyed pea curry. We followed the Instant Pot instructions here: https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-black-eyed-peas-curry-lobhia/ but we used the ingredients from Shubhra’s recipe. Our only prinary modifications were to use uncooked…… Continue reading Indian black-eyed pea curry, Instant Pot style
Indian mung bean dal (moong dal)
We made this recipe as a side dish: https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/moong-dal-recipe/ We used a pressure cooker, and we followed the blogger's tip about adding a bit (1/2 tsp) of red lentil to the 1/2 cup of moong dal to reduce stickiness. We found the instructions confusing and imprecise (for ex, it is vague about the amount and… Continue reading Indian mung bean dal (moong dal)
Vietnamese ginger onion chicken broth, pressure cooker style
This simple pressure cooker recipe yields a fragrant broth in about an hour. It's loosely based on the stovetop broth component of this chicken and celery rice recipe by Andrea Nguyen: https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2015/04/chicken-back-and-celery-rice-recipe-com-ga.html. First, place 3 large (or 4 small) skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs and 1 skinless boneless chicken breast (see Note 2 below) in the… Continue reading Vietnamese ginger onion chicken broth, pressure cooker style
Kichidi (Indian savory rice and legume porridge), version 2 and our favorite recipe
After a few days of heavy, rich meals, we made this masala kichidi recipe to cleanse a bit: https://www.funfoodfrolic.com/masala-khichdi-recipe/ This is our favorite kichidi recipe to date. Our modifications: first, we used 1/2 cup white jasmine rice and 1/4 cup pink masoor dal (i.e., red lentil), soaked in water for 15 mins; and 1/4 cup… Continue reading Kichidi (Indian savory rice and legume porridge), version 2 and our favorite recipe
Pressure cooker gumbo
We tried this recipe: https://www.upstateramblings.com/pressure-cooker-gumbo/ Our modifications: first, due to our pantry, we omitted okra and fresh shrimp. Instead, we added one chopped poblano pepper and about 2 Tbsp dried pink shrimp (which we rinsed in water to remove some salt). Second, to make a dark roux, we followed this microwave roux recipe: https://www.food.com/recipe/microwave-roux-60992 (using… Continue reading Pressure cooker gumbo
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