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Instant Pot Dal Makhani With Brown Rice

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup black gram beans ((adzuki beans or whole brown lentils) \*\*)
  • ⅓ cup red kidney beans (\*\*)
  • 1 tablespoon oil ((ghee or butter))
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 medium yellow onion (finely diced)
  • 1 tablespoon ginger (paste)
  • 1 tablespoon garlic (paste )
  • ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 2 teaspoons Kashmiri red chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 cups tomatoes (diced )
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup light cream (\*\*)
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • ¼ cup cilantro (chopped )
  • 1 tablespoons dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
  • 1 cup brown rice (rinsed and drained )
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. 1
    Rinse and soak black gram beans and red kidney beans in 3 cups of water. Overnight or 6-8 hours. Drain the water after soaking and keep the beans aside.
  2. 2
    Set Instant Pot to sauté mode and heat oil. Add cumin seeds to the oil and allow them to sizzle. Add onions and mix well.
  3. 3
    Add ginger, garlic, turmeric, red chili powder, salt, tomatoes and beans. Add water and mix well.
  4. 4
    To make pot-in-pot brown rice (optional step)- Add rice, water, and salt to a stainless steel container. Put a tall trivet over the beans. Place the rice container on the trivet.
  5. 5
    Close Instant Pot with pressure valve to sealing. Pressure Cook (Hi) for 30 minutes followed by Natural Pressure Release. See notes for stove top method.
  6. 6
    Open Instant Pot and set to sauté mode. Carefully take out the Rice container and the trivet. Stir in cream, add garam masala and garnish with cilantro and dried fenugreek leaves.

Recipe Attribution

Instant Pot Dal Makhani With Brown Rice
ministryofcurry.com/madras-lentils-daal-makhani-instant-pot/