Pressure Cooked Wheat Berry and Chickpea Stew
2 tablespoons butter or oil 1 large onion -- coarsely chopped 3 stalks celery, cut into 4-5 chunks 1 1/2 cups whole wheat berries -- picked over & rinsed 6 cups vegetable stock -- ...
Ingredients
- 2tablespoonbutter or oil
- 1large onion -- coarsely chopped
- 3stalks celery, cut into 4-5 chunks
- 11/2 cups whole wheat berries -- picked over & rinsed
- 6cupvegetable stock -- or
- 3/4cupdried chickpeas -- picked over & rinsed
- 1/3cuploosely packed dried mustrooms
- 2bay leaves
Directions
- 1
2 tablespoons butter or oil 1 large onion -- coarsely chopped 3 stalks celery, cut into 4-5 chunks 1 1/2 cups whole wheat berries -- picked
- 2
Saute the onion until soft, about 3 minutes
- 3
S tir in the celery and wheat berries
- 4
Add the stock (watch for sputtering oil), parsnips, chickpeas, mushrooms, bay leaves, and caraway seeds
- 5
Lock the lid i n place and over high heat bring to high pressure
- 6
Adjust the heat to maintain high pressure, and cook for 50 miutes
- 7
Let the pressure drop naturally, or us a quick release method
- 8
Remove the lid, tilting it away from you to allow any excess steam to escape