instant pot vegetarian recipes you must try in your kitchen
Being a vegetarian and a plant-based Indian food eater you will find all my recipes here in this blog all are instant pot vegetarian recipes. New to the instant pot or becoming vegetarian or do you love Indian recipes and don’t know where to start?
Here are my 50 plus instant pot vegetarian recipes to try from breakfast to desserts.
Instant pot is one gadget I fell in love with immediately on the first use. I tried making so many recipes using instant pot. Instant pot makes cooking so easy and healthy. I sometimes do the delay timer for weekend brunch or for my weekend shopping.
What is an instant pot? How to use instant pot? is the million-dollar question every new instant pot owners ask.
Instant pot is an electric pressure cooker with a stainless steel inner pot and has multi-functional operations that can
cook rice,
beans, legumes,
can make yogurt,
some delicious kheer,
saute /do tadka in the inner pot
Delay start
bake a cake
boil and steam vegetables
less monitoring with the latest addition of air fryer lid
The instantpot has various models, even some with wifi facility and personally, I have been using instantpot duo 6 quarts and instantpot duo 3 quarts in my home.
Here is the more detailed information on instant pot
WONDERING WHY INSTANT POT ?
If you are the one like me thinking why instantpot when I have a pressure cooker? Here are a few reasons I justified myself before owning one instant pot a year back.
Here are the below reasons “why should you buy insta pot when I have a pressure cooker”:
- The first and top most reason is it has a base made of stainless steel.Which has really impressed me.It been more than 3 years im staying away from nonstick utensils.I have been substituting with cast iron or stainless steel.Lodge is my favourite cast iron brand and i recommend it anytime.
- Delay timer – I can just load my insta pot and go for a shopping or even early breakfast is ready without any interventions. Which is very safe I do this almost all weekends. My family can have healthy homemade food.
- Zero monitoring – Every day when I put my toddler to nap, I can spend time with my baby telling stories whereas instantpot takes care of my cooking and also no whistling noise like a pressure cooker which helps my baby to sleep.
- Less Mess- It is one pot I need to clean. I feel the saute function is just brilliant find in the insta pot. Sometimes when we do Indian cooking on the stovetop the mustard seeds will crackle and spread everywhere, in turn, will create a lot of mess. Its also dishwasher safe.
- Slow cooking – When I want to make some desserts I can vouch for you how complicated recipes can be made in a breeze. You can find a few listed below.
- Rice – Can you believe the rice is ready in 3 minutes? Yes, I was amazed how beautifully it’s cooked in 3 minutes.
- You can do multi cooking from soups ,porridge,yogurt,idli batter fermentation,desserts,saute,sprouts,steaming vegetables etc.
- You can even warm your food.
My day goes with 2 instant pots one is 6 quarts and the other is 3 quarts to make all my Indian vegetarian instant pot recipes. I make my breakfast, lunch, dinner even desserts with my 2 instant pots.
The best way we get carbs and protein is from rice, lentils, beans, and legumes.
When is the best time to buy instant pot ?
The best time to buy instant pot is during November(thanksgiving) and December(Christmas) and also during July (amazon prime day)
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Instant pot vegetarian recipes – variety rice recipes
Instant pot rice recipes
Basmati rice in the instant pot
Lemon rice instant pot: instant pot lemon rice – This citrus-flavored instant pot lemon rice is a one-pot dish you can make using an instant pot. Before the arrival of the instant pot, we make this rice using a pressure cooker.
For all rice recipes in instant pot check here.
instant pot vegetarian recipes – desserts
Instant pot sweets
almond burfi or almond fudge with instant pot
Milk burfi instant pot
Palkova instant pot
Instant pot Mysore Pak
How to steam veggies in instant pot
Steaming veggies in an instant pot are one of my favorite options. I use the steam option more to cook vegetables. Steaming veggies in an instant pot keep the nutrients intact.
Steaming more than one vegetable with an instant pot
Here is more on how to steam veggies in the instant pot
Instant pot fermentation
Another feature I use is instant pot fermentation. This helps a lot in fermentation yogurt to batter to dough in a few hours. Living in a cold place is a game-changer.
Adai dosa recipe
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