My favourite PEPC snack

i do have the Primada recipe book sitting on the bench. I haven't tried many recipes from it though...

(i did do the cake with great success, blogged previously), cos making stuff with it (without any recipe) is so easy!
just put the stuff in, make sure there is moisture, close the lid, lock and press the button... done

i always make this "goji berries and snow fungus dessert/snack/soup" - it is nice to eat when kept in the fridge in summer and warming to have in the dead of winter...
goji berries are good for the eyes, and snow fungus is full of protein & good for the skin...
i like my dessert soup thick and gooey, a small pack of snow fungus (yellow, non bleached type) will do, plus a handful of goji berries...
goji berries need to be washed in cold water, they are usually dried in the open (may be on the road side some where in China, you never know, and thus full of dust)... remember don't buy these in health food shops, instead get them at the asian groceries - heaps more affordable!
snow fungus needs to be washed in cold water too and soaked - they expand 1-2 times at least
once they have expanded, they can be torn into smaller, more managable pieces...
plonk them in the pressure cooker pot...
fill with water, leaving 1-2 inches of space from the brim of the inner cooker...
close the lid, twist in position and make sure the top blowing hole is tuned to the "closed" position (the middle one on the dial of 3)
then just press the "soup button"...
the display will still show "000", until...

the inner pot heats up and the steam inside builds up until the pressure of the steam closes the airvent on the lid, then the "P00" comes on
"P" means the pressure cooker has reached its desired pressure and it is holding the pressure to cook the stuff... it doesn't show how many minutes it is going to hold the pressure though... i guess it uses fuzzy logic to sense whether the food inside is cooked or not...
when the stuff is cooked and ready, a "beeeeeep" sound is heard, adn the yellow light will shift from "soup" to "keep warm"...
all the hot steam and pressure is still trapped inside the pressure cooker... if you are in a hurry to eat right away, you'll have to release the x-s steam out from the pressure dial at the top - but becareful! this can be v dangerous! i usually just wait for the cooker to cool by itself (1/2 hr, an hour or overnight)...
or cover the top pressure dial with a wet cloth and v v v slowly turn the dial to release air/steam... the release of steam can take ages - mintues and minutes b4 the lid can be twisted and opened...
but with my goji berries and snow fungus dessert, i usaully leave the pot overnight b4 eating - the snow fungus will go more gooey... i do try and add sugar when the lid could be opened that night while the "soup" is hot (1-2 cups depending on taste, for the entire pot)...
then i enjoy it the next day and put it in the fridge (the whole inner pot with glass lid) to enjoy the rest fo the week...
yum!