Spaghetti tossed in pesto sauce along with sun-dried tomatoes and a drizzle of lemon juice. Make this as a one-pot dish in just 20 minutes in the Instant Pot. This is my favorite way to eat spaghetti! Pesto sauce in pasta is “THE” way my family loves pasta. There was a time, when my daughter…
Instant Pot Recipes
One-Pot Brown Rice & Mushroom Pilaf – Instant Pot & Stovetop
Love Mushrooms? This is going to be your new favorite – Easy & Delicious Brown Rice and Mushroom Pilaf. A flavorful one-pot dish with just 5 main ingredients. It is perfect to make on a weeknight and enjoy as a side or even as a whole meal. Even better, make it on the stovetop or…
23 Best Instant Pot Indian Recipes
With Instant pot becoming the one kitchen gadget making cooking fast and easy, do you ever wonder what more can you cook in it? Answer is, almost everything. Whether you’re a vegan or vegetarian, egg or chicken lover, goat or pork meat lover, you can cook it in your Instant pot. Indian food has always been…
Instant Pot Misal Pav / Sprouts Curry (Pressure Cooker)
A delicious Maharashtrain breakfast, Misal Pav made as a one-pot recipe in the Instant Pot. Misal Pav is a wholesome meal, that can be enjoyed as a nutritious breakfast or brunch. Misal is a spicy sprouts curry cooked with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and coconut. This is then topped with onions, lemon juice, farsan and…
10 Delicious Instant Pot Indian Desserts
10 Delicious and Easy Indian Dessert Recipes for your Instant Pot. Vegetarian & Gluten free, with authentic Indian flavors! Instant Pot has made our lives so much easier. We love to cook in our Instant Pot and we love Desserts, so let’s see all the amazing Indian desserts you can make in your favorite pot!…
Perfect 1-minute Quinoa in Instant Pot (with Pot-in-Pot option)
Perfectly cooked Quinoa in Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot. Two ways – In the main pot and pot-in-pot. Just add quinoa and water, set the timer and come back to perfectly cooked quinoa. This Instant Pot quinoa is now our go to method for cooking quinoa. What is better than quick and hands off food? Nothing! Especially if…
Instant Pot Brown Rice (Pot-in-Pot Method)
Want to cook rice in the serving bowl or along with an entree? Instant Pot Brown Rice Pot-in-pot (PIP) is the perfect solution for you. Here is a step-by-step guide to PIP brown rice. One of the reasons to love the instant pot is perfectly cooked brown rice. I always had trouble cooking brown rice perfectly on…
Potato Curry in Yogurt Sauce / Dahi vale Aloo – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Potato Curry in Yogurt Sauce or Dahi Vale Aloo – An easy and delicious comfort food with minimal ingredients made in the Instant Pot. This curry is made with just two main ingredients, potatoes and yogurt, tempered with cumin seeds, ginger and flavorful spices. Enjoy it with puri, paratha or rice for a satisfying meal….
Punjabi Kala Chana / Black Chickpeas Curry – Instant Pot & Stovetop
Kala Chana is a mildly spiced black chickpeas curry made in the instant pot or a stovetop pressure cooker. This is a simple everyday Punjabi curry, made in a onion-tomato gravy with ginger and garlic. It is so easy to prepare and yet so delicious. I was recently talking to a colleague and she mentioned that we like Indian…
Thai Pumpkin Red Curry – Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker
Vegan Thai Pumpkin Red Curry is a delicious dish to satisfy those curry cravings. Super flavorful, Vegan one-pot curry made with red curry paste, coconut milk, pumpkin and other veggies. Easy to make in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Enjoy with jasmine rice for a perfect meal! I love that this curry is packed…
Coconut Shrimp Curry – Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker
Easy and Flavorful Coconut Shrimp Curry made in the Pressure Cooker in just 20 minutes. This is the simple Indian shrimp curry made with ginger, garlic, onions, tomatoes along with flavorful spices, and finished with coconut milk. Pair this curry with rice for a perfect experience. Gluten free, Paleo and Low carb! This is one…
Orange Semolina Cake in Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker
Orange Semolina Cake / Rava Cake topped with orange syrup made in Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Let me introduce you to this semolina cake, so easy to make…so delicious. It is fluffy and moist with the gorgeous orange flavor. This is a egg free cake, perfect for vegetarians. The main ingredient in this cake is…
Instant Pot Black Chickpeas / Sookha Kala Chana
Instant Pot Black Chickpeas or Sookha Kala Chana – This is an easy Indian dish made during the festival of Navratri. It is vegan, gluten free and high protein. Enjoy it the traditional way with Halwa and puri, or make a salad with chopped veggies. It is the best combination ever – Halwa Puri and…
Instant Pot Egg Curry
Egg Curry made in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker (video). Egg curry made by adding boiled eggs to a spicy curry sauce, along with coconut milk to balance the flavors. In this Instant Pot Egg Curry, we will make the curry sauce and boil the eggs together, saving precious time. Make this quick and delicious Egg…
Carrot Halwa – Instant Pot / Stovetop
Carrot Halwa or Gajar ka halwa, is a delicious dessert made with grated carrots, milk, sugar, cardamom and almonds. This is a healthy and light dessert from North India, which we will make in the Instant Pot. This is the bright orange carrot pudding, the popular dessert you might have enjoyed at the buffet in…
Palak Paneer – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Palak Paneer is one of the most popular dish from North India. It is made with Spinach and Cottage Cheese, cooked with ginger, garlic, onions and aromatic spices. This is a simplified one-pot version of the authentic palak paneer, made in Instant Pot, which takes just 20 minutes to prepare. This is a nutritious Vegetarian,…
4 Ingredient Delicious Applesauce – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Four ingredients and just 5 minutes of preparation to make this delicious applesauce in the Instant Pot. This is a delicious cinnamon flavored Apple puree, that has a good balance of savory, sweet and tangy. Enjoy it as a snack or use it as a filling for desserts. This is the only way I have made…
Butter Chicken – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Butter chicken or murgh makhani is one of the most popular Indian chicken curry all over the world. It is the dish everyone orders when in an Indian restaurant. Butter Chicken is a flavorful dish with chicken cooked in a mildly spiced curry sauce or gravy. This is a restaurant style recipe, where you indulge with lots…
How to Boil Potatoes in Instant Pot?
How to Boil or Steam Potatoes in the Instant Pot? This is part of the Instant Pot Cooking Basics series. Potatoes are perfect to steam in a pressure cooker, and it takes less an 30 minutes to get perfectly cooked potatoes. I use boiled potatoes in many dishes, such as potato peas curry, spiced mashed potatoes….
Tamarind Date Chutney – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Tamarind & Date Chutney / Khajoor Imli ki chutney made in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. This chutney is both sweet and tangy at the time, prepared with tamarind, dates and jaggery as the main ingredients. You will find this chutney served along with samosa, vada pav or other appetizers. It is an essential…
Paneer Butter Masala – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Paneer Butter Masala, a favorite at Indian restaurants, made in the Instant Pot or a traditional Pressure Cooker. This dish is also popularly known as Paneer Makhani. Paneer Butter Masala has chunks of paneer or cottage cheese cooked in a mildly spiced onion tomato gravy. It is so smooth and creamy that you will not…
Seviyan Kheer / Vermicelli Kheer – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Seviyan Kheer / Vermicelli Kheer / Semiyan Payasam made in the Instant Pot. This is a creamy and delicious pudding made with vermicelli, milk and sugar, infused with aromatic saffron, cardamom, nuts and raisins. It is common to make this seviyan kheer on festivals in India. This is also a great addition to gatherings or…
Chicken Fajita Soup – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Chicken Fajita Soup made in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. A delicious and healthy soup with tender chicken, lots of veggies and spices. A perfect meal for the cold weather! This soup is gluten free and low carb. If you like fajitas, you will love this soup. This soup is loaded with bell peppers, onions, jalapeño, diced tomatoes,…
Saag Paneer – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Saag Paneer in Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Saag Paneer is made with cooking mustard leaves and spinach with spices and cottage cheese. It is delicious and very nutritious. The best part is with the instant pot, it is very quick to prepare as a one-pot recipe. “Sarson ka saag te makki di roti”, which means mustard saag…