Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cook in a pressure cooker.
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- verb cook in a pressure cooker
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Examples
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FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming:
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Put the dal in the cooker to pressure-cook for 2-3 whistles.
Puran Poli 2007
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Put the dal in the cooker to pressure-cook for 2-3 whistles.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Rendering the Limper was a good idea but you'll have to pressure-cook him for days.
The Silver Spike Cook, Glen 1989
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You can pressure-cook it; turn the flame off after two whistles.
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'' 'We don't have to pressure-cook them or slow-cook them.'
Post-Journal 2010
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Served with deep-fried brussels sprouts, cranberry fluid gel, and stuffing puree (make some stuffing, using the traditional out-of-the-bird method, pressure-cook it with some extra chicken stock, puree it while adding extra stock as necessary to get it to spin smoothly, and finally pass it through a chinois).
Eat Foo 2010
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I’ve got a big stock pot I use for soups and stews and steamed vegetables, and it’s not as if you HAVE to clamp it down and pressure-cook everything, But when it is time to cook rice, brown or white, or stir-free risotto, or barley or faro or dried beans — watch out!
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Regarding the 20-year implementation period, he said: "We are not going to pressure-cook it ... otherwise it will compound the misery of the pupils.
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