How to cook tarhonya in a pressure cooker or rice cooker
Is it possible to cook tarhonya (Hungarian egg barley) in a pressure cooker, such as an Instant Pot, to cut down on cooking time? The only pressure cooker recipe I've found neglects to mention the cooking time, and also doesn't mention sautéeing it first, which I find strange.
If pressure cooking after the sautée isn't a good idea, can I instead use a rice cooker (or the rice-cooker function of my multi-cooker)? Or is cooking tarhonya fundamentally different from cooking rice?
Best Answer
I'm not sure on pressure cooker, since tarhonya (as rice) doesn't take that much time to cook and I usually use pressure cooker on food that needs quite a long time (beef, pork, goulash, ...) when I need to cut this time.
So, how I prepare it, is quite simple - and I must admit I really like tarhonya. You need to have the tarhonya:water ratio 2:3. You need to dry roast tarhonya in hot pot until it gets nice brown (it's pasta really, so when raw it should be very fair beige yellow-y) - just be patient and stir ocassionaly. When the colour is nice brown, add oil (i'd use as many tablespoons of oil as I used cups or tarhonya) and salt, then add the water and put the lid on. When the water boils, lower the temperature and let it cook for about 10-15 mins. You should clearly see little cavities on the surface of tarhonya, that's where the water evaporated through. Take the pot off of the stove, put in on or wrap it in a kitchen towel and let sit for another 20 minutes (without opening the lid).
You should by now have beautiful, brown-y, moist side dish to meat or vegetables or anything, really.
So you can see that use of pressure cooker would be really unncessary and maybe even impossible - but if you discover some way, let me know!
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What is the difference between a pressure cooker and a rice cooker?
Pressure cookers cook all types of foods quickly, while rice cookers are typically only for cooking rice, and do not speed up cooking time. A pressure cooker and a rice cooker are both common in the modern kitchen.Can you use rice cooker instead of pressure cooker?
A rice cooker can't be used as an instant pot. Rice cookers are primarily designed to cook rice and other related dishes. Meanwhile, an instant pot is a multi-functional pressure cooker that performs many functions, including cooking rice. A rice cooker isn't designed to perform instant pot's tasks.Can you cook meat and rice at the same time in a pressure cooker?
One of my favorite things right now to do with it is cook meat on the bottom of the Instant Pot, then put the steamer rack in, and cook rice in a small bowl on top of the rack.Why we should not cook rice in pressure cooker?
It is believed that cooking rice in a pressure cooker creates a harmful chemical that can lead to a lot of diseases. Also, consuming rice prepared in a pressure cooker can cause obesity. When cooking in a pressure cooker, you don't remove the water from the rice and this leads to weight gain.Instant Pot Rice - How to Make Rice in an Instant Pot ご飯の作り方 (圧力鍋) (レシピ)
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