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Kale Dal

We make this recipe regularly. It's one of our favorite uses for greens.

Toor dal are also known as pigeon peas.

Ingredients	Step
	Heat Instant Pot on saute until hot.
1 T. oil	Add.
2 t. mustard seeds 2 t. cumin seeds	Add. Cook until seeds start to sputter.
4 garlic cloves, chopped (1 t. powder) 1 onion, chopped (1 T. powder) ¾ t. salt ½ t. turmeric 1 c. toor dal 4 c. water 1 serrano, chopped (opt.) ½ t. cayenne (opt.)	Add. Stir to combine, scraping the bottom.
6 c. kale, chopped	Place on top.
	Cook 10NR10 on high.
juice of 1 lemon	Add. Stir well to make a smooth lentil mixture. Serve.

Source: Pavani Nandula's Vegetarian Indian Instant Pot Cookbook

A Persian zucchini frittata. Yes, it is as delicious as you expect Persian food to be -- an explosion of sour, sweet, savory, and floral flavors. A great choice for the summertime zucchini bounty, and also entirely feasible to prep ahead for a holiday meal.

Ingredients	Step
	Preheat oven to 375.
2 zucchini 2 yellow summer squash 2 t. salt	Grate, then sprinkle with salt. Toss to combine, then set in a colander over the sink. After letting it sit a bit, squeeze out as much water as possible -- first by hand, then via cheesecloth. This step is good to do slowly, while cooking the onion.
2 T. olive oil 1 onion, diced	Cook in small skillet until golden.
1 t. dried mint pinch of salt	Sprinkle on top of cooked onion and stir together.
2 garlic cloves, diced ⅓ c. dried tart cherries, chopped as needed zest of 1 small orange	In a large bowl (possibly with a lid), combine additional moist ingredients with the squash and onion. This mixture can go into the fridge overnight.
3 T. flour ¼ t. cinnamon ¼ t. turmeric ¼ t. ground dried rose petals ⅛ t. ground saffron ⅛ t. nutmeg ⅛ t. black pepper	Combine spices. This mixture can be stored overnight.
2 T. olive oil	Pour into an 8x8" pan, then use your fingers to coat up the sides of the pan.
	Toss together the vegetable and flour mixture until well-combined.
5 eggs, ideally room temperature	Whisk the eggs together, then stir them into the vegetable and flour mixture.
	Put the oiled pan in the preheated oven for 1 minute, making sure to set a timer. Then pour the batter into the hot pan and smooth it into an even layer.
1 T. olive oil	Bake in two sessions. First bake for 20 minutes, until mostly set. Remove the pan, make 3 cuts each direction to produce 16 pieces, and drizzle 1 T. olive oil into the dividing cuts. Then return to the oven for an additional 15 minutes, until fully set and crisp on top. Serve warm. (Cool or even cold leftovers are tasty too.)

Source: Eats Well With Others, originally from Naz Deravian's Bottom of the Pot

Ginger Soba Noodles

Delicious broth and flavored breadcrumbs.

This recipe is a fair amount of work and only serves 4 as a light meal as written, so doubling is worthwhile. We stretch it even further with marinated tofu dominoes, red cabbage, roasted broccoli, boy choy, soft egg, and/or peppery greens.

Prepare the chili oil first:

Ingredients	Step
2 T olive oil	Heat in a skillet over medium until quite hot but not smoking.
¼ t. sweet paprika ¼ t. smoked paprika 1½ t. red pepper flakes (optional)	Place in small heatproof bowl. Pour hot oil on top. Set aside to infuse.

And then prepare delicious crunchy gingery breadcrumbs:

Ingredients	Step
2 T. olive oil	Heat in the same skillet until hot.
2 inches ginger, finely chopped 1 shallot, finely chopped	Add ginger and shallot to the hot oil. Cook, stirring often, until starting to brown.
¼ c. panko ¼ t. salt	Add to hot oil. Cook 4-6 more minutes, stirring often, until nicely toasted. Transfer to bowl and set aside.

And then prepare a delightfully tangy broth:

Ingredients	Step
2¼ c. broth 4 inches ginger, roughly chopped 1 shallot, roughly chopped 1 small head of garlic, halved crosswise ¾ c. water 1 t. salt	Bring to simmer in medium lidded saucepan, then cover and cook for 25 minutes.
	Drain through a sieve set over a bowl, discarding solids.
strained broth 1¼ c. hot water	Return to saucepan and keep warm until ready to serve.

And finally prepare the noodles:

Ingredients	Step
7-9 oz. soba noodles	Boil according to package instructions, drain then run under cold water. Return to saucepan.
2 T. lime juice 2 T. soy sauce ⅓ c. cilantro, roughly chopped	Toss noodles with seasoning.

Source: Yotam Ottolenghi (NYT Cooking)

Deconstructed Falafel

Like falafel, but much less messy and much less work.

Ingredients	Step
3 c. chickpeas (2 cans, 1 c. from dry)	Pat dry.
2 T. oil	Heat in a large frying pan, then add chickpeas and saute for 10 minutes.
2 t. cumin powder 2 t. paprika (part smoked) ¼ t. cayenne ¼ t. salt	Combine, then toss with fried chickpeas.
1 T. lemon 1 T. oil ¼ t. black pepper	Blitz dressing together.
8 c. arugula	Toss with dressing.
3-6 pitas	Serve chickpeas in pita with dressed arugula, tomato, tzatziki, peperoncini, etc.

Source: Cooking Light (May 2013), as "Fried Chickpea and Arugula Pita Sandwiches with Lime Tzatziki"

Shreddable Beef Seitan

Slather in BBQ sauce like a brisket, serve as a pot roast simmered with vegetables and rosemary in a roux-based gravy, or pull it apart to make tacos or beef barley soup.

Cheap Worcestershire sauce tends to be vegetarian (but check it for anchovies). Browning sauce can be found in the gravy aisle.

I think we should add some yellow mustard powder next time. Maybe in the dry rub?

This seitan recipe uses the Instant Pot, and its results are more consistently good than I've gotten from baking, boiling or steaming.

Ingredients	Step
180 g (1½ c.) vital wheat gluten	Measure into large bowl. Set aside.
140 g (5 oz.) tofu, wrung dry ½ c. dark beer or water ½ c. water 3 T. tamari 2 T. olive oil 2 T. miso paste 4 t. onion powder 2 t. garlic powder 2 t. Worcestershire sauce 2 t. browning sauce	Whiz together in food processor until smooth and creamy, scraping down as needed.
	Scrape tofu mixture into gluten. Stir together until dough forms. Let rest 15 minutes to hydrate.
	Process in food processor for 2-4 minutes, until the dough is sticky, stretchy, glossy, and slightly warm.
2 t. smoked paprika 2 t. sweet paprika 2 t. onion powder 1 t. celery salt 1 t. black pepper 1 t. thyme yellow mustard powder?	Lay down a 18-inch-long sheet of heavy-duty foil on the counter. Top it with a similarly sized sheet of parchment (just so the aluminum doesn't touch the acidic food for hours). Measure the ~3 T. of dry rub spices onto the parchment, then stir the spices together.
	Form the dough into a loaf-like shape that will fit in your pressure cooker, then plop it on top of the spices and roll it around so all sides are covered in the dry rub.
	Tightly wrap the dough in parchment and then in foil, locking the ends tight. Then use a second 18-inch sheet of aluminum foil to wrap the loaf even more securely.
	Place trivet in the bottom of the Instant Pot. Add water to just underneath the height of the trivet. Place the package on top of the trivet, and pressure cook on high for 90 minutes, then natural release the pressure for 30 minutes.
	Remove the package from the Instant Pot after 90 NR 30, and let it cool on the counter until it can be handled comfortably. Refrigerate overnight as a loaf if you want to use it whole, or shred it immediately (shredding warm is easier).

Source: Skye Michael Conroy's Crafting Seitan: Creating Homemade Plant-Based Meats

Pamela Toman

Kale Dal

Kookoo Kadoo

Ginger Soba Noodles

Deconstructed Falafel

Shreddable Beef Seitan

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