Americium Dream Distractions: lentil cooking time in a pressure cooker

2023.1.29: web.cook/lentil/cooking time in a pressure cooker:

I reduce cooking time in 3 ways:

. soak the lentils in boiling water to soften them.

. puree the soaked lentils in a vitamixer;

and, that way some of the heat that was needed for

breaking up the lentils

can then instead be used for immediately

attacking anti-nutrients.

. use a high temperature by using an

InstantPot pressure cooker;

it adds 11.6 psi for a temperature of about 242F

(compare to other pressure cookers

at 15 psi for 250°F). [Ariel Knutson 2019]

. with the 242F applied for 15 minutes,

keep the cooker lid closed,

and it continues to cook for perhaps 30 minutes

as the temperature slowly comes down

because the InstantPot is insulated.

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