Instant Pot Rice Kheer – Instant Pot Indian Recipes

Instant Pot is the latest trend in cooking, especially Indian cooking. Intially I had no plans of buying an Instant Pot. But heard a lot about it and ended up buying Duo Evo Plus 🙂 Wanted to inaugurate it with a sweet recipe, hence this Rice Kheer. This Instant Pot Rice Kheer is a simple dump & go recipe. All u have to do is add all the ingredients in one go and cook. Unlike the stove top Rice Kheer which almost takes 40-45 mins, the effort and time to make it in the instant pot is very less. Do check out the quick video.

Here is the video..

[Preparation Time-5 mins : Mode – Porridge : NPR 15 mins]

Instant Pot Rice Kheer Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice – 1/4 cup
• Milk – 4 cups
• Sugar – 1/4 cup ( see tips)
• Cardamom powder – a generous pinch
• Crushed Nuts (Cashew/Badam) – 8 to 10

Method:

1. Start the IP in saute mode for about 2-3 minutes.
2. Add 1/4 cup of water followed by the other ingredients – milk, sugar, crushed nuts and washed basmati rice. Mix the ingredients.
3. Cancel saute mode.
4. Close the lid, and push it to seal mode.
5. Change the setting to Porridge mode. It is under Rice/Grain mode in my model.
6. Once the cook time is over, it will go to Keep Warm, cancel it and let the pressure release naturally. It will take 15 mins.
7. Once the pressure is released/check valve goes down, open the lid carefully and mash the rice.
8. Add crushed cardamom. Mix and serve hot or cold.

Tips:

1. The amount of sugar was just right. U can increase if u have a sweet tooth like me 🙂
2. The porridge setting is perfect for making this kheer.
3. Adding water is to prevent milk from burning and getting stuck at the bottom.
4. The Instant Pot Rice Kheer may look watery at first, given some stand by time, will result in a thick and creamy kheer.
5. Use any nuts of your choice to garnish the Kheer.

– By Sundari Nathan