MECS/CEEEZ/Zambian Kitchen: How to Cook Dry Beans in an Electric Pressure Cooker

Introduce the recipe and purpose of cooking dry beans in an electric pressure cooker.

Add dry beans to the pot without soaking them overnight.

Pour in enough water to cover the beans slightly.

Add cooking oil to the pot to thicken the beans when cooked.

Cover the pot and close the valve.

Set the electric pressure cooker to manual mode for 1 hour instead of using the beans option.

After 1 hour, depressurize the cooker and check the beans with a spoon and fork.

If the beans are not breaking, add more water and set the cooker for an additional 40 minutes.

After 40 minutes, open the pot and check the beans; they should be breaking easily.

Remove the beans from the pot to prepare the gravy.

Set the cooker to the sauté option (P05).

Add cooking oil to the pot for sautéing.

Add chopped onions to the pot and stir.

Add a little curry powder to the onions.

Add chopped tomatoes to the pot and mix.

Add salt to the mixture and cover the pot to cook the tomatoes.

Once the gravy is done, add the cooked beans back into the pot.

Set the cooker to sauté option again to let the beans simmer with the gravy.

Monitor the beans until they are ready, then switch off the unit.

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