Pregnancy, Parenting and Beyond

Pregnancy, Parenting and Beyond: The Rave... Instant Pot... My new kitchen toy

Its all over the internet... and among the mom's. A new programmable electric pressure cooker for safe and convenient cooking. With its delayed start function, stainless steel interior for healthy and nutritious cooking and energy efficient, I couldn't resist the urge to jump on the IP bandwagon. So here goes... Ordered it on black friday and still awaiting delivery.... What do I do in the mean time....Learn the basic functioning...  Try to get a hold on recipes... and Share the word among my friends for the same. A great review and awesome video for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6-6nnbLJmM Getting to know your instant pot ~courtesy IP Youtube Click here if you need a video to follow for the Water Test. If you are a member on Facebook...there are several groups for Instant pot cooking and Instant pot for indian cooking where the members are very helpful with tips, recipes, reviews and more. If you are a member of Amazon Kindle...you dont need a Kindle

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1- 14 oz pack of Paneer - cut into bite size cubes or smaller 1 cup frozen green peas 1-2 medium red onions - finely chopped 1-2 medium tomatoes - chopped 1-2 hot green chillies 2-4 cloves of garlic 1 in pc of ginger or use 1 tsp of ginger/garlic paste 1tsp lemon juice Take 1-2 tbsp Olive/Vegetable oil. Saute the Onions until brown, Tomatoes, G.chilli, ginger and garlic. Let it cool. Blend it into a paste. Pour back in to pan with 1tsp oil. Let it cook until the paste changes color. (from red of the tomatoes to brownish) Add 2tbsp of the East Indian Masala powder. Add 1/2 cup water and cook. Now add the chopped cubes of paneer. 1cup of g.peas. add water according to consistency of gravy required. Add salt to taste. Simmer until the oil floats. Garnish with a squeeze of lemon and chopped cilantro leaves. Serve over steamed white rice, Naan bread or whole wheat buns. PS>self wrote recipe for a friend. Substitute the Paneer and Peas with Chicken and potatoes. Beef an