What do you cook in Instant Pot first?

When it comes to breaking your Instant Pot in, it's a good idea to start with some basic foods and simple meals you're already familiar with, then slowly expand your Instant Pot repertoire from there. Try making staples like eggs, sweet potatoes, rice, or lentils using just the pressure cooker function.

Is it better to steam or roast sweet potatoes?

Steaming was efficient and hands-off and didn't create a lot of messy pots and pans, and sweet potatoes cooked that way became moist and fluffy and could be easily pureed . (Roasted sweet potatoes might be great as an alt-fry, but they can also become dry and fibrous.)

Does cooking a sweet potato longer make it softer?

The potato pulled at 1 hour reached about 180 degrees, the 2-hour potato reached about 190 degrees, and the 3-hour potato reached about 200 degrees. Only the potato that cooked for the full 3 hours boasted the creamy, soft consistency and caramelized sweetness I wanted.

How to can sweet potatoes with a pressure cooker?

Place the jars in a pressure canner and lock the canner lid and bring to a boil on high heat. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and process quarts for 90 minutes and pints for 65 minutes at 10 PSI for a weighted gauge canner/11 PSI for a dial gauge canner according to your canner type and your elevation.

What is the ratio of instant potatoes to water?

Then, prepare the potatoes: Bring 1¼ cups water to boil in a small saucepan. Once bubbling away, remove from heat, add 1 cup instant mashed potatoes (2 oz.), and gently fluff with a fork.

Do sweet potatoes cook at the same time as regular potatoes?

Sweet Potatoes: Sweet potatoes tend to have a higher moisture content than regular potatoes. This can result in a slightly faster baking time . When baked at the same temperature, a medium-sized sweet potato might take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour at 425°F (220°C) to become fully tender.

Instant Pot Sweet Potato Lentil Curry Recipe

An easy recipe for instant pot sweet potato lentil curry. This comfort food is the perfect weeknight dinner for anyone who loves sweet potatoes, curry or lentils.

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This pressure cooker sweet potato lentil curry requires little preparation. You could almost call it a drop and go recipe!

It’s a quick and easy Instant Pot recipe that does not disappoint – 10-minute prep + 10-minute cooking time (including sautéing and 4-minute pressure cooking). If you add the time needed for the pot come to the pressure and a few minutes waiting time to release its pressure, your dinner will be ready in 30 minutes.

This easy vegetarian Instant Pot dinner recipe can be also turned into vegan if you use vegan curry paste (this easy red curry paste recipe from Minimalist Baker sounds delicious).

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What to serve Instant Pot sweet potato lentil curry with?

Rice is typically served with curry dishes. Naan bread (Have you ever tried making homemade naan bread), Sweet Potato Flatbread (on the pictures) or quinoa are also delicious options.

The optional add-ons can vary but my favorites are avocados, sweetcorn, chilies and parsley.

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How to make sweet potato lentil curry in Instant Pot

Turn on the saute function on your Instant Pot and pour in the olive oil. Add finely chopped onion and saute until translucent. Throw in minced garlic and stir for a minute.

At this stage, you can turn off the saute function. Now it’s time to add the rest of the ingredients: lentils, coconut milk, water, curry paste, turmeric, cumin, salt, ginger, tomato pasatta and concentrated tomato paste (some might call it tomato puree) & sweet potato.

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It does not matter in what order you decide to add these ingredients as long as you give everything a good stir before locking the lid in its position.

Instant Pot sweet potato lentil curry is cooked under pressure for 4 minutes only! But remember, there is also time that the pot needs to build the pressure and then release its pressure. Check the recipe notes in the recipe card for more information.

Instant Pot lovers! I have more Easy Instant Pot Recipes on my blog. Here is a few you might also like:

Instant Pot Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Instant Pot Chicken Lentil Soup
Instant Pot Chicken Curry with Pineapple
Instant Pot Zucchini Mushroom Risotto
Instant Pot Pasta with Spinach and Mushrooms

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Tips for making Instant Pot sweet potato lentil curry

If you want to add more protein to this dish, I recommend using cooked and drained chickpea. The chickpeas should keep their shape and should not turn mushy (they did when I added them to mine).
Sweet potato will turn mushy so it is important that you cut it into large chunks. If you don’t like turning the sweet potatoes mushy, I recommend cooking them separately on a stove top and adding them to your at the very end.
I use extra virgin olive oil in cooking a lot. Now in this recipe, it can be easily substituted with cooking olive oil, vegetable or sunflower oil.
This Instant Pot sweet potato lentil curry is delicious on its own but I like adding some toppings, if I have some in the pantry. These include sweetcorn (cooked/grilled corn on the cob would work well too), avocado, a few chilies, cooked quinoa, parsley or cilantro. These toppings are completely optional and don’t need to be used at all. Like I have already mentioned, you will fall in love with this Instant Pot sweet potato lentil curry with or without them!
Lentils – I normally use brown lentils to make this recipe. Green lentils can also be used. I don’t have experience with French green lentils though. As for red lentils, I don’t usually use them in cooking as they are expensive. They also lose the nice color after cooking so I go for the cheaper option – the brown ones. I don’t recommend using split lentils, neither fast-cook lentils.

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Want to see how to make Instant Pot Sweet Potato Curry? Watch the video!

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