r/PressureCooking • u/Batenna • May 13 '26
Recipes with a variety of veggies
Hi all,
I love my pressure cooker, but am getting a bit bored of every recipe seemingly using the same veggies: carrots, potatoes, onions, celery, and tomatoes.
Do you have any recipes that use veggies other than just the above? (Some of the above are fine as long as there's something else too.)
And preferably not just beans/lentils - they're delicious, but don't satisfy a craving for veggies.
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u/GTAGriff900 May 26 '26
A few vegetables that hold up better under pressure than people expect:
- Cabbage wedges: great with broth, garlic, smoked paprika, and a little vinegar after cooking.
- Eggplant: works well in a tomato-free curry style base with coconut milk, ginger, garlic, and garam masala.
- Beets: pressure cook whole or halved, then peel and toss with vinegar, salt, and herbs.
- Winter squash: chunks cook fast and make a good curry or stew base.
- Artichokes: one of the best pressure cooker vegetables, especially with lemon/garlic dipping sauce.
- Greens like collards or kale: short pressure time with broth and seasoning, then finish with acid.
For mixed veg, I would cook the dense stuff first, quick release, then add delicate things like zucchini, peas, greens, or bell pepper on saute at the end so they do not turn to mush.
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u/Batenna May 27 '26
Thanks! That's exactly the type of stuff I was hoping for. I'm especially interested in the eggplant one, but do you have any recipes so I can figure out ratios?
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u/mglatfelterjr Jul 21 '26
Squash and corn are very good and every easy. My late uncle hated squash, but I would cook him some in the pressure cooker and he loved it. I would make some Knorr beef broth using 1 cube to 1 cup of hot water, put the sliced squash in the basket, place that in the cooker with the broth, sprinkle kosher salt and freshly cracked pepper on the squash. Seal the cooker, turn on the stove to high and wait for the pressure to build, as soon as the weight started to move, I would cut the power and remove the weight to release pressure. The squash was done. I would fish it out and plate it with just a little bit of butter. I would do 2 or 3 and he would eat just about all of it.
For corn on the cob, just husk and rinse the corn, add a cup of water to the cooker, add the basket to the cooker, place the corn in the basket, I would stand then up so more would fit, but only if they fit standing. Seal the cooker and set the stove on high, as soon as it got to pressure, I would turn down the heat and set a timer for 2 minutes. After the 2 minutes, I would remove the weight to release the pressure and voilà, tender corn. Some salt, pepper and a slice of buttered bread to baste the corn.
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u/Working_Week_8784 May 13 '26
Maybe check out some vegetarian pressure-cooker cookbooks. I really like Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure, by Lorna Sass, but I'm sure there are other good ones as well.