Instant Pot Lemon Rice
Instant Pot Lemon Rice

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, instant pot lemon rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to 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. Get 2 cups water
  3. Get salt as per taste
  4. Take 1 bay leaf
  5. Get 2 lemon juice lemons
  6. Take 1 tsp turmeric
  7. Get 1 stem curry leaves
  8. Take 1/4 cup green peas cooked
  9. Take 3-4 shallots
  10. Make ready 2 slit green chilly
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  12. Prepare 2 tsps ghee(clarified butter) / oil
  13. Take 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. This tangy and spicy lemon rice is is a popular south Indian dish. It makes for a perfect side or or a light meal.

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

Lemon juice and zest make this rice both tart and bright! Adding a serrano pepper (or two if you're like my husband) gives it some heat and the dal and peanuts. Instant Pot Lemon Rice practically cooks itself and comes out of the pot perfectly delicious. Making rice in an Instant Pot vs. stove top is much simpler because you don't have to watch or worry about the rice. Just push the "RICE" button and the pot cooks the rice to perfection every time.

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