Easy, vegan, and gluten-free Instant Pot Mushroom Rice
Today, I am sharing another instant pot recipe that will wow your taste buds. It’s Mushroom Rice! I wanted to share a recipe that was quick and easy. So I adapted this recipe from my other recipes such as Vegetable Rice, with a new main ingredient…Mushrooms. It is a nice change from regular rice, and I loved that I added a lot of spices to the mix to make it truly authentic and sumptuous. My kids especially liked them and went for the second round too!
I paired it with Spicy Potato Curry and it served me well because all the mushrooms in the dish had rendered the rice a little too dry. A side dish such as Potato Curry helps in restoring the wetness as well as complementing the flavor from mushrooms!
Instant Pot Mushroom Rice is as easy to prepare as it sounds. With all the right spices in hand, I was done with the cooking part in less than 30 minutes. Not many entrees can qualify for that.
The recipe combines typically fragrant basmati rice with sweet caramelized onions, garlic, and sauteed almonds. There are several supporting casts of spices that come together as well. Although the list of spices seems long, please do not skip any of them! It takes all of those spices to bring out the unique taste.
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Here are the recipe details.
Instant Pot Mushroom Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 16 oz mushrooms
- 1 medium size onion
- 2 tbsp green chilies
- ½ inch ginger minced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 small bay leaves
- 2 star anise
- 4 green cardamom
- 4 cloves (spice)
- Salt to taste
- ¼ Cup coconut milk
- 2 tbsp cashews
- ½ tsp shahi Jeera/ caraway seed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 small mace
- ½ inch cinnamon stick
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp Garam Masala
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Soak the rice in water for 30 minutes.
- Add oil to the inner pot in your Instant Pot and press saute. When oil heats up, add cashews and saute for a minute.
- Add Shahi jeera, ginger, garlic and green chilies. Continue to saute for a minute.
- Add the dry spices (bay leaves, star anise, cloves, mace, cardamom, and cinnamon), stirring constantly for a minute.
- Add onions and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, Garam Masala, chili powder, turmeric powder and coconut milk and stir continually for about 30 seconds.
- Add salt, soaked rice and water. Mix well.
- Close the lid of the instant pot and turn the steam release handle to sealing position. Press a pressure cooking setting and set the time for 4 minutes.
- When time is up open the lid using 10-minute natural release.
Instant Pot Mushroom Rice is ready! Serve hot with your favorite side dish!
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Shobha Keshwani
March 6, 2018 at 1:32 amI love these one pot meals.. you can just relish them with raita and papad.
Uma Srinivas
March 6, 2018 at 1:37 amYes me too:) I made vegan raita and Dum aloo. Thank you Shobha!
Megala
March 6, 2018 at 4:49 amBeautiful & healthy rice !
Drashti Dholakia
March 6, 2018 at 5:24 amOne pot meals are always great …Quick recipe..Love the flavours 🙂
Jyoti Babel
March 6, 2018 at 8:05 amInstant pot dishes are so popular these days. This one looks very inviting and flavourful
themadscientistskitchen
March 6, 2018 at 9:50 amOne pot meals….ahhh I love them. Looks yummy will love this rice with raita n papad.
sapana
March 6, 2018 at 10:16 amI guess I should really invest in an IP, seeing all these yummy Ip recipes. Love the mushroom rice.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
March 6, 2018 at 11:11 amThe rice looks so delicious, and the instant pot is said to finish it off instantly! Serving it with aaloo is always a good idea…
sujitha
March 6, 2018 at 12:21 pmTexture of this pulav is wow.. Healthy and Tasty Pulav, is must and easy to prepare in the morning busy time..
priya satheesh
March 6, 2018 at 1:58 pmBeautifully cooked and love the texture of rice. So inviting!
Sasmita
March 6, 2018 at 5:12 pmHow lovely the texture of the pulao came out, so so lovely n yum !!!
Sonal
March 6, 2018 at 5:54 pmthis is so tempting. mushroom is one of my fav vegetable to use with rice. yum.
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner
March 6, 2018 at 6:09 pmOne pot meals are a total life saver.. I prefer it in many a days!!
Jagruti
March 6, 2018 at 10:18 pmearthy flavoured mushroom adds that unique flavours to the rice and makes more flavourful. My hubby loves mushroom rice 🙂
Uma Srinivas
March 7, 2018 at 1:03 amThank you Jagruti!
Vidya Narayan
March 7, 2018 at 6:19 amMushroom Rice is looking super tempting and inviting. You are making full use of the insta pot to create wonderful easy and simple recipes for your readers and followers. Loved the close up image of the rice.
Uma Srinivas
March 7, 2018 at 8:53 pmYes now I love to use IP and share my recipes:) Thank you Vidya for lovely comment.
Nivedita Thadani
March 7, 2018 at 8:59 amMmmmmmmmm mashroom. I love to have it in any form. Not regularly used in my kitchen as I get scared to use the mashroom packs we get here. So whenever I go to Pune I have it often.
Sometimes I wish we should get the technology where we can grab this bowl right now from the screen.
Uma Srinivas
March 7, 2018 at 8:51 pmHa ha, then that will be amazing! Thank you Nivedita!
Padmajha PJ
March 7, 2018 at 4:28 pmPerfectly cooked rice dish! Looks very tempting! Mushroom based dish is my kiddo’s favorite.
Pavani
March 7, 2018 at 5:05 pmWhat a flavorful and spicy mushroom that is Uma. I love mushrooms and I know I will LOVE this easy rice dish.
Uma Srinivas
March 7, 2018 at 8:50 pmThank you Pavani!
Ruchi
March 7, 2018 at 5:21 pmInstant Pot , I am totally in love with it. Mushroom Rice looks so yummm . Very delicious .
Uma Srinivas
March 7, 2018 at 8:50 pmThank you Ruchi!
Nayna Kanabar
March 7, 2018 at 7:36 pmInsta pot is the latest gadget on the market and it sounds like it is living up to its name. Your rice dish looks super tasty and I love the fact that all the grains are so beautifully separate.
Uma Srinivas
March 7, 2018 at 8:49 pmThank you! Instant Pot is very useful during busy weekdays.
Priya Suresh
March 7, 2018 at 9:26 pmInstant post is definitely a fabulous gadget for many, even i have been looking for a chance to get one.Mushroom rice absolutely prefect..
Jayashree
March 8, 2018 at 7:11 amThat looks a delicious meal, I would try it but with tofu or soy chunks.
Bhawana
March 8, 2018 at 4:26 pmInstant pot mushroom rice is something which is given preference when mushroom bought. Looking very tempting and mouthwatering. Perfect lunch or dinner.
Uma Srinivas
March 8, 2018 at 4:55 pmThank you!
PreethiCuisine
March 18, 2018 at 3:46 amI am always on a look out for one pot meals. Mushroom rice looks fabulous.Perfect for my lunch box.Bookmarking this recipe.
Uma Srinivas
March 18, 2018 at 3:54 amThank you!