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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