> In Asia, there are street merchants who will throw grains into an iron vessel which is then closed and heated to create a similar pressure situation. When they release the pressure, there is an audible boom and the results is puffed grains.
Video time-stamped before the boom:
I wonder if you could do the same in an Instant Pot... I just tried the stovetop technique with wheat berries (hard white), and they just expanded very slightly. But unlike a raw wheat berry, they tasted okay!
Re:Cook whole grains like popcorn
by MisterBastahrd on Monday December 19, 2022 @03:40PM
(#34057366)
To do the same thing on an instant pot, you'd have to remove the entire lid all at once. It's the explosive decompression which fluffs up the grains.
Gotcha—so probably not going to end up in the official Instant Pot cookbook. Ha
Instant pot plus C3. It's a winner! (Well, once...)
In Asia, there are street merchants who will throw grains into an iron vessel which is then closed and heated to create a similar pressure situation. When they release the pressure, there is an audible boom and the results is puffed grains.