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…
Instant Pot Recipes
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 if 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. It can be served hot or cold. This…
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…
Quinoa & Vegetable Pilaf- Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
A quick and easy meal – Quinoa & Vegetable Pilaf made in Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. You can also call this Quinoa Pulao or Quinoa Upma. Quinoa has become a popular choice due to it’s high protein content. This is a vegan and gluten free pilaf. It is very easy to cook quinoa. It is cooked…
Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Soup
Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Soup is delicious and nutritious with lots of veggies. Made with fresh tomatoes along with carrots, celery, onion and a hint of garlic, topped with some cream and cheese. Oh so creamy…you will love it! The Instant Pot is a perfect gadget to make soups. I have made this soup many times in…
Sooji / Semolina / Rava Upma – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Vegetable Rava Upma / Rava Khichdi made in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Rava Upma is an easy and popular South Indian breakfast. Rava Upma is a thick porridge made from dry roasted semolina, cooked along with various vegetables and seasonings. This is a delicious and warm breakfast, a great way to start the day along with a hot…
Top 10 Instant Pot Recipes of 2017 – Thank you!
As the year 2017 comes to an end, I want to take the time to thank my readers and wish you all a very happy new year. This has been a wonderful and exciting year for me, with starting this blog and sharing my love for cooking. I hope that you have made some memories cooking…
Garlic Noodles – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Garlic Noodles or Hakka Noodles made in the instant pot. I used to love noodles growing up. Hakka noodles are a popular dish in India, you can get them at the many chinese restaurants and even at the street side vendors. Interestingly, hakka noodles is not really part of chinese cuisine. Indians have given it a…
Brown Rice Pudding / Kheer – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Kheer or Payasam is an Indian favorite dessert for special occasions. It is basically rice pudding made with rice and milk infused with saffron, cardamom and assorted dried fruits. This recipe is a variation to use brown rice in this favorite dessert made in the Instant Pot. As I mentioned in my (white) Rice Kheer recipe,…
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup – Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup made in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. A delicious and healthy soup with tender chicken, lots of veggies and orzo past. A perfect meal for the cold weather! Near my workplace, I used to enjoy this Lemon Chicken Orzo soup at Corner Bakery. I always wanted to make this at…
Chickpeas Pilaf / Chana Dal Pulao – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
This is a guest post from Khushboo Agarwal Murarka. This is an attempt to feature delicious home-cooked meals in everyday life. Chana Dal Pulao / Chickpeas Pilaf made in Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. This is a one-pot vegetarian dish made with split yellow chickpeas, rice along with simple spices and ghee. Enjoy with yogurt or raita. It is Monday…
Vegetable Pilaf / Pulao – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Vegetable Pilaf or Pulao is an easy one pot rice dish mixed with a variety of vegetables and mildly flavored with various spices. We will make this in the Instant Pot. You can also use the same recipe to make it in a traditional pressure cooker. As you can imagine, this is a one pot…
Goat Curry / Mutton Masala – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Goat Curry or Mutton Masala in the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Tender meat cooked in an onion tomato gravy with aromatic whole spices. Enjoy this goat curry with naan or rice. Goat meat is not as popular all over the world, but in India it is the most popular red meat. If you are not…