Experiments in Cooking

Author: meera

Chuck roast chili

Chuck roast chili

I recently borrowed a Paleo cookbook Against All Grain by Danielle Walker, from the library. The first recipe I tried out from it was a red curry short rib, which was spectacular. Next up, I made the chuck chili, and loved it too. Thankfully, this […]

Seeded bread

Seeded bread

My family has been hooked on Whole Food’s Seeduction Bread for a long time. I decided to try a copycat recipe which I’ve further modified over the years to suit our tastes. I like to proof my yeast first. I add half the flour on […]

Poha, carb lovers’ breakfast

Poha, carb lovers’ breakfast

Poha is the comfort food of my undergrad days spent in Northwestern India. It was something I hadn’t tasted till then, which suddenly become my breakfast staple for the four years I spent in Rajasthan. Poha is flattened rice that can be cooked quickly, and […]

Kalua Pork in Instant Pot

Kalua Pork in Instant Pot

A friend of mine shared her recipe for slow cooked Kalua Pork. Since I was on an instant pot spree, I researched IP Kalua Pork recipes to figure out how to take my recipe to the IP. I combined the original recipe (thanks Stephanie!) as […]

Chettinad chicken

Chettinad chicken

Chettinad food comes from a south-Indian cooking style with warm aromas, and a non-overwhelming heat index which can easily be adjusted to taste. It typically does not involve yogurt marination, though I have added that step to make my chicken more tender. It also often […]

Korean-ish chicken stew with noodles

Korean-ish chicken stew with noodles

I like following recipes faithfully. Mostly. But, I will find often myself without one or two essential ingredients, necessitating a quick hack. This was one such event, and I was rather happy with how my version turned out. The original recipe is from here. I […]

Indian-ish quick chicken curry

I like having options for quickly tossing things together and pressure cooking them for dinner. This is my quick chicken curry, which is a crowd pleaser at home. I wrote the quantities for a conventional pressure cooker, and in general I find that I need […]

Sous vide steak

Sous vide steak

Update: I made this recipe again, but cooked at 145 for 4 hours. The 4 hours did the magic, and the steak was very evenly cooked. I recommend using the longer cooking time, specially for less than medium doneness. The very first thing I cooked […]

She does what?

She does what?

The idea for this site came about a few days after I purchased my Instant Pot and started adapting my recipes for it. My friends wanted to use some of my recipes, and messaging them over social media was getting to be tedious. I clearly […]