Beetroot Rice Recipe
Instant Pot Beetroot Pulao
The Beetroot Rice is a super simple, quick to cook and delicious recipe that can go into your family lunch (lunch box) or dinner. Beetroot is one for those few vegetables which give the rice a nutty flavour and subtle sweetness.
Beetroot has several nutrients needed for good health and also virtually fat free and low in calories. It’s a great way to get the kids to eat beetroot. They are perfect for lunch box too. As I said, this beetroot rice is a great meal for children as young as 12 months. While cooking for children very young, cook the rice to a softer texture, so that it will be easier for them to digest. Just add cumin seeds and try to avoid all other whole spices ( including ginger-garlic paste and garam masala).
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Rice Recipes that you can pack in your Lunch Box:
- IP Lemon rice & Simple Lemon rice recipe (2 different types of lemon rice)
- Easy Cumin rice
- Tomato rice/bhath recipe
- Peas pulao recipe
- IP Vegetable Biryani
- Ghee rice recipe
- Methi rice recipe
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Servings: Serves 2–3
Ingredients:
1 cup basmati rice
1 medium beetroot, shredded
1 small onion, chopped
1 tsp ginger- garlic paste
2 green chilies
1/4 turmeric powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 tbsp ghee
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
2 cloves
2 small cinnamon sticks
1 bay leaf
10 cashew nuts
1.5 cup water
Salt to taste
2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped
4 tbsp lime juice (juice of half lime)
Method:
- Wash and soak the basamti rice for 20 mins.
- Turn on your Instant pot, press saute button.
- When it is hot, add coconut oil and ghee.
- Add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf and green chilies. Saute it for few seconds.
- Add onion and ginger- garlic paste. Saute it for a minute.
- Add cashew nuts and fry it well.
- Add turmeric powder, garam masala and shredded beetroot. Saute the beetroot well.
- Now add soaked and drained basmati rice along with water (1.5 cup) and salt. Gently mix altogether and turn off IP.
- Cover the IP lid with valve to sealing. Press pressure cook ( or manual) button and set the cooking time to 6 mins in high pressure.
- Once it’s done, let the pressure release naturally for 10 mins. Then do a QPR.
- Open the lid and gently fluff the rice with fork. Add coriander leaves and lime juice. Mix well.
- That’s it! Instant pot Beetroot rice is ready to taste.
- Serve it with your choice of raita (or with plain yogurt) and Enjoy!
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