We love to have lentils and vegetables during the week for dinner. This is one of the dishes we make often enough but today was the first time I tried it in my Instant Pot and it worked like a charm. It was one pot and cut my cooking time in half. Lets look at my version of masoor pulao instant pot

Ingredients

• 1 Tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 green cube (Will post the recipe later, its basically ginger, garlic, cilantro and green chillies blended together and frozen)
•  1 medium onion
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• 2-3 cloves 
• 1 bayleaf
• 2 green cardamom
• 2-3 medium tomatoes
• red chilli powder (as per taste, I use 1 tsp)
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1 cup brown lentils
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 2-3 potatoes diced
• 3 cup water
• cilantro for garnic
• boiled egg for garnish

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Method

• Turn Instant pot on Saute mode, Once hot throw in the cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf and cardamom
• Once fragrant add the onions and the ginger garlic paste and let it cook till onions are translucent
• Add tomatoes and all the powdered spices
• Add lentils, rice, diced potatoes and water and give it a stir
• Cancel the Saute function, close the lid and set the vent to sealing
• Cook on HP for 6 minutes followed by Natural pressure release
• Garnish with cilantro and boiled eggs and Enjoy!

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