When my father's home was sold, I inherited the family pressure cooker. Tried to use it. Problem: the rubber seal on the inner ring is gone. Cooking didn't work. Ordered one on the internet. Installed it. So today I decided to try it out on brown rice.

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 5 cloves of garlic, minced

I filled the pressure cooker with just a bit of water, barely less than the height of the trivet that fills it. Made aluminum foil handles to pick up the dish. Filled a glass dish with two cups of chicken broth and one cup of brown rice. Placed the dish in the pressure cooker and sealed it. Put it on the stove without the rocker on top until I saw steam coming out. Put the rocker on. Set the timer for 15 minutes.

In the meantime I browned some onions in some olive oil. When the onions were starting to turn brown, I threw some cumin over the top and mixed it in. Then I threw in 5 cloves of minced garlic. Let them cook about a minute. Removed from heat.

When the timer rang, I removed the rice and drained it in a collander. Mixed the rice with the onion mixture. This tasted okay. I like the texture a lot more than regular rice.

For next time:

• Next time I'll let the rice cook 20 minutes.
• I used the natural release method. When you do that, you really need to allow all the pressure to release by itself. I let it open a bit too early, and some steam & rice splattered.
• Next time I'll brown the onions a bit more.
• Next time I'll add serranos to the onion mixture.