Name: Instant Pot Vegetable and Paneer Biryani
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 2 cups Extra long grain Basmati rice; 2 cups water (for soaking); 3 tablespoons ghee (divided); 1 large yellow onion (thinly sliced); 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 4 whole green cardamoms; 4 cloves; 10 whole black peppercorns; 2 bay leaves; 1 cup carrots (chopped lengthwise into 1-inch x ¼ inch strips); 1 cup green beans (chopped into 1-inch pieces); 1 cup white mushrooms (halved); ½ cup red pepper (chopped into 1-inch x ½ inch strips); ½ cup corn; 1 cup paneer (cubed into ½ inch cubes); ½ tablespoon ginger (grated); ½ tablespoon garlic (minced); ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 3 teaspoons kosher salt (divided); 2 cups water (for cooking ); 2 tablespoons fresh mint chopped; ½ cup cilantro (chopped)

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Instant Pot Vegetable and Paneer Biryani

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 6 · 50m total

Servings

Calories

24% of a 2,000 cal day

488KCAL

Protein

14g28% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat14g

18%

Saturated8g

40%

Unsaturated6g

—

Total Carbs74g

27%

Fiber4g

14%

Total Sugars13g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch57g

—

Sodium1277mg

56%

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

Basmati rice layered with vegetables, paneer, and fragrant whole spices in a pressure cooker. This is a classic Indian one-pot meal with aromatic flavors.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

2 cupsExtra long grain Basmati rice
2 cupswater
3 tbspghee
1large yellow onion — thinly sliced
1 tspcumin seeds
4whole green cardamoms
4cloves — whole, or garlic cloves
10whole black peppercorns
2bay leaves
1 cupcarrots
1 cupgreen beans — chopped
1 cupwhite mushrooms — halved
½ cupred pepper — chopped
½ cupcorn
1 cuppaneer
½ tbspginger — grated
½ tbspgarlic — minced
¼ tspground turmeric
1 tspKashmiri red chili powder
1 tspgaram masala
3 tspkosher salt — divided
2 cupswater — for cooking
2 tbspfresh mint — chopped
½ cupcilantro

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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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