Name: Instant Pot Chickpea Biryani
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1 cup dry chickpeas (soaked overnight in warm water and drained (will be 2 cups soaked)); 3 tablespoons ghee or oil (divided); 1 large yellow onion (thinly sliced); 2 bay leaves; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon black peppercorns; 1 teaspoon ginger (grated); 1 teaspoon garlic (grated); 2 green chillies (slit into half (optional)); ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder (or any mild red chili powder); 1½ cups water (to pressure cook chickpeas ); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 2 cups long grain basmati rice; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 cups water; ½ cup mint leaves (chopped); ½ cup cilantro (chopped); 1 tablespoon milk or water (warm); 1 pinch saffron; ¼ cup cilantro (chopped )

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Instant Pot Chickpea Biryani

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 5 · 50m total

Servings

Calories

28% of a 2,000 cal day

553KCAL

Protein

16g32% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat11g

14%

Saturated5g

26%

Unsaturated6g

—

Total Carbs95g

35%

Fiber7g

24%

Total Sugars4g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch84g

—

Sodium1430mg

62%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A vegetarian biryani with chickpeas layered with fragrant basmati rice, caramelized onions, and warm spices. Aromatic and filling with complex Indian flavors.

Ingredients

5 SERVINGS

1 cupdry chickpeas — soaked and drained, 2 cup
3 tbspghee — divided, or oil
1large yellow onion — thinly sliced
2bay leaves
1 tspcumin seeds
½ tspblack peppercorns
1 tspginger — grated
1 tspgarlic — grated
2green chillies
¼ tspground turmeric
1 tspKashmiri red chili powder — mild, or mild red chili powder
1½ cupswater
1 tspkosher salt
1 tspgaram masala
2 cupslong grain basmati rice
2 tspkosher salt
2 cupswater
½ cupmint leaves — chopped
½ cupcilantro
1 tbspmilk — warm, or water
1 pinchsaffron
¼ cupcilantro — chopped

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Method

50m total

Read the method on Ministry of CurryArchana Mundhe’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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