Name: Instant Pot Mixed Vegetable Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Basmati Rice; 2 cups Mixed vegetables (( I used carrot, corn, peas, and green bell pepper)); ½ onion (sliced); ½ tomato (chopped); ½ tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp salt (or to taste); 2 tbsps ghee; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 4 cloves; 3 cardamom pods; 1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)

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Instant Pot Mixed Vegetable Rice is a quick simple recipe! It is one of those recipes that does not have many ingredients yet tastes really good.

This Mixed Vegetable Rice tastes very mild, I have not used any chili or spice powders except for turmeric powder. I love using turmeric powder in all of my recipes mostly for its health benefits. Apart from that, I love the bright yellow color that it gives the rice!

The Instant Pot is by far one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. The ease and convenience of cooking everything in one pot is a real big plus, also the time factor is very important. For many of us, we need this Instant Pot in our busy lives! I have 2 and I use one of them almost every day! These are the Instant Pots that I have, a 6quart and a Mini 3quart.

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I have many one-pot recipes that you might like to try using the Instant Pot. Here they are if you would like to have a look at them, and try them out:

Instant Pot Egg and Peas Pulao

Instant Pot Chicken Pulao

Easy Instant Pot Mutton Biriyani

Instant Pot Peas Pulao

Instant Pot Spanish Chicken Pulao

What are the ingredients for Instant Pot Mixed Vegetable Rice?

Basmati Rice

Mixed vegetables

Onion

Tomato

Ghee

Whole spices – cinnamon stick, cardamom, cloves, cumin seeds

Turmeric powder

Salt to taste

How do you make this Instant Pot Mixed Vegetable Rice?

Press sauté on the Instant Pot, add the ghee. When it is hot, put in the whole spices.

Add sliced onions and fry them till slightly brown, next go in the sliced tomato.

When the tomato is soft, add the turmeric powder.

Add all the vegetables with salt to taste.

Mix well. Add water. For every cup of rice, add 1 1/2 cups of water.

Stir it all, check for salt.

Close your instant pot and cook on high pressure for 4 minutes.

After it is done, press cancel, do a quick release after 10 minutes.

Open the Pot, transfer to a serving dish. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

Enjoy your instant pot vegetable rice.

Instant Pot Mixed Vegetable Rice

Basmati Rice cooked with Mixed Vegetables, and whole spices in ghee!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Author Nandini

Ingredients

2 cups Basmati Rice
2 cups Mixed vegetables ( I used carrot, corn, peas, and green bell pepper)
½ onion (sliced)
½ tomato (chopped)
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
2 tbsps ghee

Whole spices

1 inch cinnamon stick
4 cloves
3 cardamom pods
1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)

Instructions

Press saute on the Instant Pot, add the ghee. When it is hot, put in the whole spices.
Stir it, add the onions, fry them till lightly brown, then add the chopped tomatoes.
Once the tomatoes turn soft, add the turmeric powder.
Next, add the vegetables along with salt.
Mix well, add 3 cups of water. For every cup of rice, you need 1½ cups water.
Stir it well. Close the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 4 minutes.
Once the Instant Pot beeps when done, press cancel. After 10 minutes, do a quick release of pressure.
Open the pot, mix gently and transfer the Vegetable rice to a serving dish. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

Notes:

You can use any vegetables of your choice. Some good options are potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, carrots, corn, etc.
If you like spicy food, you can add some chopped green chilies when you are adding the onions.
Ginger garlic paste can be added too if you like the taste of it. If adding, put in 1 tsp after frying the onions.
You can use oil instead of ghee. However, the ghee gives this rice a nice rich taste.
Instead of water, you can use coconut milk, your rice will be even creamier and tastier!
Use the same measuring cup for the water that you used to measure your rice. For every 1 cup of rice, use 1 1/2 cups of water.