Easy Instant Pot Pilau Rice

Ingredients

• 1 tbs Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 Onion
• 1 tsp Turmeric
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
• 5 Cardamom pods
• 200 g Basmati Rice
• 240 ml Vegetable Stock or Broth
• 2 Bay leaves

Instructions

1. 1

   Sauté the spices - Pour the oil into the bottom of the Instant Pot cooking pot. Set the machine onto the low sauté function. Crack the cardamom pod in a pestle and mortar or on a chopping board with the side of a heavy knife. Add the cardamom, turmeric and cumin to the oil and fry for a minute until fragrant.

2. 2

   Sauté the onion - Add the finely chopped onion to the spices and cook until soft.

3. 3

   Add the rice - Add the rice and stir until it is coated with the spice and oil mixture

4. 4

   Add the rest of the ingredients - Pour over the stock, add the bay leaves and cinnamon stick and give a quick stir. Add a little salt.

5. 5

   Cook - Programme the Instant Pot to cook on high pressure for 3 minutes with the keep warm function switched on.

6. 6

   NPR - Once cooked allow a natural pressure release (NPR) for 18 minutes. The rice will have absorbed all the liquid.

7. 7

   Serve - Fluff with a fork before serving.