When cooking daal in the pressure cooker, every time the 'whistle' blows, wet daal sprays out of the top. I always rinse the daal well and only put haldi and salt in the cooker with the daal. After the daal sprays out, inside the cooker there's a slimy goo on top. Especially with split daals (maa, channa, toor).
2007-03-03 07:54:31 · 8 answers · asked by MudHen 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Are you adding too much water? Also, how long are you cooking the daal? How many "whistles"? Also, cook your daal by itself with only pani (add haldi & namak afterwards). But sometimes this happens anyway.
You can actually buy stainless steel lids or covers that should fit the vessels that are covering the daal. It's also how women in India can cook multiple things in a pressure cooker at once: rice in the bottom vessel, cover, daal in the next vessel, cover and a few potatoes on top. Bas, all done in one round!
If you have access to an Indian store, they should have them. They really save alot of clean up work & are inexpensive.
Check the internet if you dont have a good Indian store nearby.
Toor daal and masoor daal cook very quickly, you could even do it on the stovetop with no pressure cooker. Maa ki daal, rajma, channa, lobia... are you soaking them overnight?
PS: Indians ALWAYS use a pressure cooker for daals, cant live without it!
2007-03-03 08:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by Desi Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not supposed to cook daal in the pressure cooker! Use a regular pot and you won't have a problem.
2007-03-03 12:18:51 · answer #2 · answered by bedhead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you really need a pressure cooker to cook Daal?
I think you're overfilling your pressure cooker.
2007-03-03 08:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by Dave C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't cook dal in the pressure cooker. I never have.
You might be adding too much water.
2007-03-03 17:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rosy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 08:07:26 · answer #5 · answered by cavallo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cook stovetop. not with pressure cooker
2007-03-03 13:29:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Step 1- DO NOT COOK THAT CRAP
Step 2- SEE STEP 1
2007-03-03 11:33:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not certain, but it sounds like
1/ Too much water.
2/ Cooking for too long.
2007-03-03 10:12:01 · answer #8 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋