Life Journal

Instant Pot Butter Chicken Ingredients 600g diced chicken breast/thighs (no skin or bone) (to serve four people) 2 table spoons ghee, butter or fat of choice 1 chopped onion 5 crushed garlic gloves 1 chopped green pepper 1 inch slice of crushed ginger 1 tea spoon garam masala 1 tea spoon paprika 1 tea spoon … Read more

Instant Pot Beef Stew Simple and effective! Ingredients 500g of lean diced beef Chopped onion Chopped garlic 5 medium sized potatoes (cut into large chunks or they’ll disappear!!! each medium potato = 6 chunks) 1 large carrot and any other root vegetables sliced/cubed. Salt, pepper and any herbs/spices you may fancy (in a stew context … Read more

Instant Pot Lamb Biryani – This is a firm favourite! Ingredients 1 table spoon oil 5 gloves crushed/chopped garlic 1 inch grated ginger 1 chilli (add to taste, really, 1 is enough for me) 1 tea spoon turmeric 1 tea spoon ground cinnamon 1 tea spoon ground coriander 1/2 tea spoon ground cumin 1 table … Read more

Instant Pot Lentil Chilli This was my very fist attempt at using the IP, this recipe came with the Instant Pot book of recipes. I’m using half the quantities in the recipe here as I ended up with too much. The quantities below will serve 4 people easily. TIP: Use hot water, otherwise it takes … Read more

This is taken from the Instant Pot Community welcome page, I’m copying this here for my own reference. There’s a bit of a steep learning curve at first, just like with anything that has a bit of complexity, but once you get it, life gets easier and cooking gets quicker and more energy efficient. MANUALS: … Read more