Perfect Instant Pot Lemon Rice Recipes

Instant Pot Lemon Rice. Instant Pot Lemon Rice is a super delicious, lemon flavored rice. It is so easy to make! Instant Pot Lemon Rice—Greek-inspired lemon rice is perfect to serve as a side dish or with chicken.

The ingredients for Instant Pot lemon rice are: Rice - I use long grain white rice and the instructions reflect that. If you are using a different type of rice see the rice chart below for modifications.; Onion - It takes only a few minutes to add a little sauteed onion to the rice, and it adds a lot of flavor.; Broth - I use chicken broth but vegetable broth would work too. 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 achieve it.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Lemon Rice

1. You need 1 1/2 cups of unsoaked Basmati rice.
2. It's 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. It's 1 tsp of turmeric.
7. It's 1 of stem curry leaves.
8. It's 1/4 cup of green peas cooked.
9. It's 3-4 of shallots.
10. You need 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. Turn your Instant pot (or other multicooker) to the "Saute" setting.

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.

Add the butter to the pot and let it melt. Add the lemon zest & juice, and the thyme, rosemary, and salt. 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.