New Delhi: Instant Pot Lemon Rice is one of the most famous dishes from South India, made as a one-pot dish in Instant Pot. Aromatic Basmati Rice flavored with lemon juice, mustard seeds, ginger, and topped with roasted peanuts. Let’s check out the ingredients for the recipe.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoon Ghee or Oil
- 1 tablespoon Split Chickpeas (Chana dal)
- 1 tablespoon Split Skinned Black Gram Lentils (Urad dal)
- 1 tablespoon Mustard Seeds (Rai)
- 1 Dried Red Chili Whole broken (optional)
- 10-12 Curry Leaves (Kadi Patta)
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida (Hing) optional, skip for gluten-free
- 1 tablespoon Ginger minced
- 1 teaspoon Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
- 1 teaspoon Salt adjust to taste
- 2 cups Basmati Rice rinsed
- 2 ¼ cups Water
- ¼ cup Lemon juice
- ¼ cup Peanuts roasted (and/or cashews)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Start the instant pot in sauté mode and heat oil in it. Add chana dal and urad dal. Sauté them for about a minute until they are slightly browned.
- Add mustard seeds, dry red chili, curry leaves, asafoetida, and ginger. Stir and saute for 30 seconds while the mustard seeds splutter.
- Add turmeric powder and salt. Stir well.
- Add rice and water. Stir in the lemon juice. Press Cancel and close lid with a vent in sealing position.
- Start the instant pot in Manual or Pressure Cook for 4 minutes at high pressure. When the instant pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes. Then quickly release the pressure manually.
- Add roasted peanuts. Gently fluff the rice with a fork while mixing the peanuts in the rice.
- Lemon Rice is ready to be enjoyed!
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