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Instant pot baby potato curry

All you need 5 minutes to make this instant pot baby potatoes or instant pot mini potatoes using instant pot steam potatoes.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Keyword baby potatoes instant pot, boiled potatoes in instant pot, instant pot baby potatoes, instant pot baby potatoes steamed, instant pot mini potatoes, instant pot potatoes time, instant pot small potatoes, instant pot steam potatoes, instant pot steamed potatoes, small potatoes instant pot
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 4
Author Nithya

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lbs baby potato
  • 1 cup water

Instant pot baby potato curry

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds optional
  • 1 tsp urad dal optional
  • 1 number onion chopped
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp chili powder Kashmiri chili powder gives a nice color but less spicy
  • to taste salt
  • steamed baby potatoes

Instructions

  1. Turn on the instant pot and add around one cup of water to the inner pot

  2. Now place the trivet and top of it place the stainless steel steamer basket in instant pot pressure cooker

  3. Add the baby potatoes in the steamer basket

  4. Close the lid and set steam ,high ,5 minutes.If you have old type of instant pot dont forget to turn the venting knob to sealing position.

  5. This gives you a hard outside and soft inside potatoes with these settings. If you want creamier and super-soft baby potatoes then steam for 15 minutes and do a natural release.

Instant pot baby potato curry recipe

  1. You can do this instant pot baby potato curry recipe in saute mode or stovetop

  2. You can do this instant pot baby potatoes curry recipe in sauté mode or stovetop.

Instant pot method: instant pot mini potato curry

  1. Turn on the instant pot in saute mode. Once it displays hot add a tbsp of oil.

  2. Add some mustard seeds, urad dal. Wait for the mustard seeds to crackle and urad dal to turn light brown.

  3. Add chopped onion and saute for few minutes until the onion turns translucent. Now add turmeric powder, chili powder, and salt to taste and saute for 2 minutes.

  4. Add the steamed potatoes and saute for few minutes until you get the desired consistency.

Stovetop method: Instant pot baby potato curry

  1. Follow all the steps mentioned in the instant pot method on the stovetop.

Recipe Notes

I prefer doing this instant pot potato curry in cast iron for two reasons

It gives nice crispiness to the potato outer layer. Potato is a starchy vegetable and it sticks to the bottom of the stainless pan.