101+ Indian Instant Pot Recipes

More than 100 Instant Pot Indian recipes from around the web. Feed your family fast and quick with these easy Indian recipes for any night of the week! From dals, chicken curries to how to make ghee to desserts!

Pressure cooker and Indian food are deeply connected. I can say this very confidently, if you are an Indian, you would have at least one pressure cooker for sure!

Traditionally the pressure cooker used is the stove top pressure cooker. Early morning pressure cooked whistles are like bird song in india.It's present everywhere!

That is the reason, there are a zillion instant pot indian recipes! The most popular being everyday Dal and Rice. I make these almost everyday in my instant pot.

If you are new to instant pot cooking, You can check out the below posts first

• Part 1: Instant Pot for Indian Cooking
• Part 2: Which Instant Pot Model to buy
• Part 3: Making Indian Food in Instant Pot
• Part 4: Instant Pot Frequently Asked Questions

Here is our humble effort to bring together some of the most popular Indian recipes adapted to instant pot!

Do leave us a comment if you think your recipe needs to be added here!

Here is a table of content to make navigation easy for you!

Jump to:

• Instant Pot Indian Rice Recipes
• Instant Pot Indian Chicken Recipes
• Instant Pot Indian Dal & Bean Recipes
• Vegetable Recipes
• Instant Pot Indian Meat Recipes
• Instant Pot Indian Dessert Recipes
• Basic Indian Instant Pot Recipes
• Indian Food Dinner Menu
• Main Course
• Dessert

Instant Pot Indian Rice Recipes

Rice is our most made food in the instant pot. It's also the easiest.

You can make complete meals like biryanis or pulavs or make everyday rice to accompany dals and curries.

Pressure cooking rice is very easy.It's also hands off and cleaner way of making rice.Once you have figured the way to make your favorite kind of rice in the instant pot, you can take the guess work out of it.

Imagine? Getting the same kind of texture, feel & flavor every single time?

Whichever rice dish you want to make in your instant pot, we have got you covered.

Here is a list of Instant Pot Rice recipes that we have been making on repeat.

1. How to Cook Basmati Rice in Instant Pot
2. How to make Everyday Rice in Instant Pot
3. How to Make Brown Rice in Instant Pot
4. Instant Pot Chicken Biryani
5. Instant Pot Khuska by Madhuseverydayindian
6. Instant Pot Pulao- Rice Pilaf
7. Mushroom Biryani by Cooking with Manali
8. How to make Jeera Rice in Instant Pot
9. Instant Pot Lemon Rice by Mrishtanna
10. Instant Pot Ghee Rice - Kerala Style
11. Instant Pot Veg Biryani
12. Instant Pot Khichdi
13. Instant Pot Egg Biryani
14. Channa Pulav by Cooking with Khushi
15. Tomato Biryani by My Cooking Journey
16. Spinach and Chickpeas Rice by Veggieinspired

Quick Tips & Tricks for Instant Pot Rice

• Do not keep the rice in "Keep Warm" setting for more than 1-2 hours. It will dry up the rice and stick to the bottom
• Soaking makes the texture of rice better. Cooking time also reduces with soaking.
• Brown rice recipes take more than double the time white rice recipes take. The fiber takes longer to cook.

Instant Pot Indian Chicken Recipes

Making Chicken curries in the instant pot is so simple. Chicken is the most eaten meat in india. There are numerous ways of cooking it.

You wont believe the number of chicken dishes we can make in the instant pot! The curries are specially delicious when pressure cooked!

Offcourse, its also very easy and quick to make chicken in the instant pot.

Here are the Indian Chicken recipes that have been adapted to be made in the instant pot.

1. Instant Pot Butter Chicken
2. Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala by little sunny kitchen
3. Instant Pot Mughlai Chicken Korma Recipe
4. Palak Chicken by Indian Ambrosia
5. Instant Pot Tandoori Chicken
6. Instant Pot Chicken Karahi by Ministry of Curry
7. Basic everyday Indian Chicken Curry
8. Indian Chicken Curry by WhiskAffair
9. Indian Coconut Chicken by Healthy Epicurean
10. Indian Chicken Keema Curry
11. Tamil Nadu Style Pepper Chicken Curry
12. Instant Pot Chicken Jalfrezi by Super Golden Bakes
13. Instant Pot Chicken Biryani
14. Instant Pot Mughlai Chicken Korma Recipe
15. Chicken Curry with Eggplant by feastingnotfasting
16. Instant Pot Chicken Dhansak by Masala Paleo

Instant Pot Indian Dal & Bean Recipes

Dals or Lentils are an ideal instant pot recipe.It cuts the cooking time to almost ¼.

You can make one pot dals or you can pressure cook the dals in the instant pot and do the tempering separatly.There is no right way! It depends on your mood and who and how you are serving the dal.

For us personally, making Rajma, Chole and Kaali Dal in the instant pot is a big big WIN! It's a hands off way to make these tougher lentils and Beans.

Here is our Indian Lentil and Beans list!

1. Instant Pot Toor Dal
2. Instant Pot Masoor Dal by Myheartbeets
3. Instant Pot Moong Dal by PipingPotCurry
4. Instant Pot Chana Dal
5. Instant Pot Dal Rice (toghether) by Cooking with Manali
6. Instant Pot Dal Makhani
7. Instant Pot Sprouts Curry by ProfusionCurry
8. How to make Rajma In Instant pot
9. Instant Pot Chana Masala
10. Instant Pot Spinach Dal
11. Nav Dhan Dal by Livingsmartandhealthy
12. Punjabi Langarwali Dal
13. Instant Pot Kala Chana by Cooking with Manali
14. Instant Pot Khichdi
15. Pindi Channa Recipe
16. Instant Pot Sambhar by Vidhyashomecooking
17. Instant Pot Kerala Kadla Curry by Indian Veggie delight
18. Instant Pot Matar Kulcha by Speakingaloud
19. Indian Butter Chickpeas by oohlalaitsvegan

Vegetable Recipes

Pressure cooking vegetables for a quick curry is very common in india. We have grown up eating Bottle guard , Potato and peas, red carrot and potato curry made in a jiffy by our moms in a few minutes. So there is bound to be a long section of instant pot indian vegetable curries and stir fryes.

Here is Some everyday and some special vegetable curries for you!

1. Aloo Tamatar Sabzi (Indian Potato Curry)
2. Instant Pot Bombay Potatoes
3. Instant Pot Palak Paneer|Saag Paneer(with Video)
4. Instant Pot Shahi Paneer by Profussioncurry
5. Insant Pot Caulflower Korma by jcookingodyssey
6. Mushroom Matar Masala by livingsmartandhealthy
7. Instant Pot Cauliflower Curry- Aloo Gobi
8. Instant Pot Mushroom Curry
9. Corn on cob curry by jcookingodyssey
10. Instant Pot Dum Aloo by Ministry of Curry
11. Instant Pot Pav Bhaji
12. Instant Pot Aloo Matter by Simmerto slimmer
13. Bharva Baigan by cooking carnival
14. Instant Pot Palak Paneer|Saag Paneer(with Video)
15. Instant Pot Paneer Butter Masala
16. Vegetable Korma by Piping pot curry
17. Instant Pot Matar Paneer
18. Instant Pot Vegetable Korma by lathiskitchen
19. Lauki Ki Sabzi by by livingsmartandhealthy
20. Tindora Fry by myheartbeets
21. Instant Pot Cauliflower Tikka Masala by fullofplants
22. Instant Pot Baigan Bharta by Vegan Richa

Instant Pot Indian Meat Recipes

Instant Pot is great for cooking together meats. Especially Mutton that takes longer to cook.

Pressure cooking the mutton or lamb makes it very soft and melty.

Here are some mutton and Lamb recipes for you

1. Instant Pot Mutton Curry by Myfoodstory
2. Rajasthani Laal Maas | Red Mutton Curry
3. Instant Pot Rogan Josh
4. Instant Pot Keema
5. Slow Cooked Lamb Curry by platings and pairings
6. Easy Coconut Lamb Curry by theroastedroot
7. Instant Pot Mutton Biryani by Spiceindiaonline
8. Instant Pot Yakhani Pulao by Flour & Spice
9. Instant Pot Goat Yakhni Soup by Jamilghar

Instant Pot Indian Dessert Recipes

It's not a new concept to make indian desserts in the instant pot. Kheers- rice puddings and Carrot halwa are very commonly made in the traditional stove top pressure cooker.

Here is Some everyday and some special vegetable curries for you!

Here are some delicious Indian Desserts for you

1. Instant Pot Vermicelli Kheer
2. Instant Pot Gajar Halwa by Foodiesterminal
3. Instant Pot Rice Kheer
4. Instant Pot Chana Dal Payasam by Mrishtana
5. Instant Pot Dudhi Halwa by Jcookingodessy
6. Carrot Kheer by Tomato Blues
7. Instant Pot Rasagullas by Herbivore Cucina
8. Instant Pot Sooji Halwa by Madhuseverydayindian
9. Insant Pot Beetroot Halwa by Indian Veggie Delight
10. Instant Pot Moong Halwa by Spice Cravings

Basic Indian Instant Pot Recipes

These are basic indian recipes which come very handy especially when you are batch cooking or living in colder regions

1. How to Cook Quinoa in Instant Pot
2. Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
3. Instant Pot Chai by two sleevers
4. Instant Pot Khaman Dhokla by Piping Pot Curry
5. Instant Pot Idli by SimmertoSlimmer
6. Instant Pot Ghee by Flavor Bells
7. Instant Pot Curd by My food story
8. Instant Pot Vermicelli Upma by IndianVeggiedelight
9. Indian Style Tomato Soup by Spiceupthecurry

Indian Food Dinner Menu

If you are wondering what to put toghether for a indian dinner party then i have you covered.

Any party should have a set of easy to put toghether finger foods and the main course.

Appetiser

Veg Appetizer options- Bombay potatoes/Aloo Chaat/ Pani Puri

Non Veg Appetizer Options- Tandoori Chicken / Keema Pav

Main Course

Rice- Pulao / Jeera Rice

Raita- Boondi or Cucumber Raita

Veg Options- Paneer Butter Masala or Palak Paneer

Non Veg Option- Butter Chicken/ Chicken Korma or Chicken Biryani

Dessert

Kheer or Halwa and ice cream!