• 2 cups of white flour
• 2 cups of whole flour
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 spoon of baking powder
• half spoon of sea salt
• half spoon of brown sugar

Mix the water, salt, sugar and baking powder in lukewarm water. Add the flour and mix the dough thoroughly.
Let it rise on the bowl (as shown in picture) covered with a cloth until it almost doubles its size.
Pre heat the pressure cooker (valve always open) and set it on low flame.
Use some Canola oil so the dough doesn't stick to the bottom.
Let it cook for about 1 and 1/2 hours at very low flame. Then turn around the bread until baking is completed (use a knife to tap it). A hollow sound means it is ready.


(if you wish white bread only,subtitute the whole cups for white ones)

This may be my most handy recipe when there is not much time and a hot dish is needed. The canned octopus I look for in the supermarket is imported from Galicia, Spain and sold under the Goya or Coloso brands.

• brown rice (white jasmine rice works as well)
• olive oil
• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tomato (New Jersey tomatoes are a plus!!!!)
• 1 or 2 cans of calamari or octopus.(That's when fresh is not available)

Place half a cup of rice in a cooking pot. Pour a little olive oil into the pot and with a medium flame stir until rice is toasted (takes about one minute). When hot, fill pot with water until water level is half an inch above rice. Cover pot and cook until rice is ready. Remove cover and set aside.

Chop onion and garlic and place in a pan with olive oil. Stir until onion is brown. Add chopped tomato and stir together. Add calamary and mix. Serve with rice.