Instant Pot Lemon Rice
Instant Pot Lemon Rice

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, instant pot lemon rice. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Flavorful, tangy and crunchy Lemon Rice from South India, made as a one-pot dish in Instant Pot. I went to the most delicious Greek place the other day for dinner. It got me thinking about how tasty Greek food is and that I need to make more of it.

Instant Pot Lemon Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Instant Pot Lemon Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have instant pot lemon rice using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Instant Pot Lemon Rice:
  1. Take 1 1/2 cups unsoaked Basmati rice
  2. Make ready 2 cups water
  3. Prepare salt as per taste
  4. Make ready 1 bay leaf
  5. Make ready 2 lemon juice lemons
  6. Prepare 1 tsp turmeric
  7. Prepare 1 stem curry leaves
  8. Prepare 1/4 cup green peas cooked
  9. Prepare 3-4 shallots
  10. Get 2 slit green chilly
  11. Make ready 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  12. Prepare 2 tsps ghee(clarified butter) / oil
  13. Make ready 1 tbsp peanuts roasted (optional)

Enjoy it as a side or make it you base to serve your favorite proteins. Stove top to and Rice Cooker recipe available. Lemon Rice or Lemon Rice Pilaf is an extremely popular side-dish from southern India. In this simple pressure cooker recipe, I infuse long I stir in freshly squeezed lemon juice after cooking and that brings this whole dish to life.

Steps to make Instant Pot Lemon Rice:
  1. Keep the Instant Pot on saute mode and once hot,add some ghee or oil.
  2. Pop the mustard seeds and add bay leaf, curry leaves,green chilies and shallots.
  3. Add salt,turmeric powder,peanuts and saute well until shallots turn golden.
  4. Pour the lemon juice into this and saute well.
  5. Now add the washed and drained rice into the inner pot.
  6. Mix well all the ingredients until well combined.
  7. Add 2 cups water and check the salt. Now set the 'pressure cook' mode to 4 mins.
  8. Once done,open the lid using Quick Release and transfer the rice to a colander to cool.(to prevent sticking of rice)
  9. Serve hot  with pickle and salad of your choice.
  10. Tip# For cooking perfect Basmati rice in Instant Pot,the rice to water ratio is: Unsoaked Basmati - 1:1.25 ratio & Soaked Basmati Rice 1:1 ratio

Using this Instant Pot Lemon Rice recipe, you can make this flavorful. Cut the chicken into small pieces (that way it will cook at the same rate as the rice). Turn the instant pot to saute and add the oil. You can use olive oil, canola or vegetable oil. This tangy and spicy lemon rice is is a popular south Indian dish.

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