Recipe: Appetizing Instant Pot Lemon Rice

Instant Pot Lemon Rice. Instant Pot Lemon Rice—Greek-inspired lemon rice is perfect to serve as a side dish or with chicken. It's flavor is subtle, but delicious. I went to the most delicious Greek place the other day for dinner.

Flavorful, tangy and crunchy Lemon Rice from South India, made as a one-pot dish in Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Aromatic Basmati Rice flavored with lemon juice, mustard seeds, ginger and topped with roasted peanuts. This tangy and spicy lemon rice is is a popular south Indian dish. You can cook Instant Pot Lemon Rice using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Lemon Rice

1. You need 1 1/2 cups of unsoaked Basmati rice.
2. You need 2 cups of water.
3. You need of salt as per taste.
4. You need 1 of bay leaf.
5. You need 2 of lemon juice lemons.
6. You need 1 tsp of turmeric.
7. Prepare 1 of stem curry leaves.
8. It's 1/4 cup of green peas cooked.
9. Prepare 3-4 of shallots.
10. Prepare 2 of slit green chilly.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp of mustard seeds.
12. You need 2 of tsps ghee(clarified butter) / oil.
13. Prepare 1 tbsp of peanuts roasted (optional).

It makes for a perfect side or or a light meal. 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, is bursting with lemony flavors and is incredible versatile and easy to make.

Instant Pot Lemon Rice step by step

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.

Enjoy it as a side or make it you base to serve your favorite proteins. Stove top to and Rice Cooker recipe available. 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.