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Vidhya’s Vegetarian Kitchen

A vegetarian food blog with unique and interesting recipes from all over the world mainly focused on South Indian Cuisine.

Instant Pot Recipes

Instant Pot Mashed Green Gram Dal | Pachai Payaru Masiyal

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So it begins – the month protein-rich dishes. The first recipe that I am going to post under the theme is Mashed Green Gram Dal or Patchai Payaru Masiyal as we say in Tamil. It’s a no-onion no garlic, vegan and gluten-free recipe with any soaking time involved.  It’s a simple mashed dal tadka/kadaiyal prepared with green gram with the hint of tamarind. As I posted the theme details and what made me choose this sub-theme of Indian legume-based recipes yesterday, I am not going to explain the same today. So let me get into recipe directly. :-) Let’s check out the first recipe, a video one from the state of Tamil Nadu under Instant Pot Indian Legume Recipes. 

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Instant Pot Paneer Gravy with Pasta Sauce

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I am going to share an easy peasy paneer gravy recipe that you can prepare in a jiffy without tomatoes. I can hear you asking how come paneer gravy without tomatoes? Hmmm, let’s think. How about using pasta/pizza sauce for the same? Errr that’s what I did. :-) Here comes my super simple Instant Pot Paneer gravy with pasta sauce.

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Instant Pot Mint Rasam with Masoor Dal | Pudina Rasam

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It’s been a while since I posted any Instant Pot recipes and traditional Indian recipes. So I today I decided to post the classic rasam recipe that I prepared in Instant Pot. Oh yeah, instead of toor dal, I went with masoor dal. Here comes my Instant Pot Mint Rasam (thin lentil soup) with masoor dal/red lentils (I have included the pressure cooker method also in the recipe).

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Instant Pot Kalkandu Sadam | Kalkandu Pongal

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With Ugadi and Tamil year coming up I wanted to post some simple instant pot sweet recipes that can be offered as neivediyam on these auspicious days. I haven’t posted any instant pot dessert recipe after my Walnut Kheer. So here I am sharing a simple dessert prepared with rice and sugar candy or kalkandu.

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Instant Pot Gujarati Lobia Masala Curry | Video Recipe

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Before getting into the Thali spread, here is yet another Gujarati delicacy prepared with my favorite beans – Black-eyed peas or cowpeas or Lobia (Hindi). I love this legume so much so that, I always prepare pitlai with this instead of chickpeas and that’s what I posted on my blog too. When I saw that Lobia curry is quite common in Gujarati thali spread, I didn’t even think twice and made up my mind to prepare it. I did prepare, and here I am sharing the same with you all.

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Instant Pot Tomato Charu with Onions | Pappu Charu

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It’s been a long time since I posted a rasam recipe. I always wanted to try different rasam recipes from other cuisines, and this upcoming thali theme helped me to explore and experiment this tomato charu recipe. I prepared this charu recipe as part of the Andhra/Telangana Thali.  This Tomato onion charu recipe with garlic tempering is very soothing and appetizing. It can be served as a rice accompaniment and also as a starter soup. 

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Instant Pot Broccoli Tofu Stir Fry

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Whenever I think about stir-fry, broccoli always crossed my mind. I love the broccoli stir fry with soy sauce and cane sugar. That subtle sweetness elevates the simple stir fry to the next well. Today I am going to share broccoli stir-fry with tofu. These two pairs very well and you get your daily dose of vegetable as well as the protein. :-)

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Instant Pot Kale Stir Fry

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Today I am going to share yet another nutritious stir-fry recipe – Instant Pot Kale Stir Fry. This kale stir fry with shallots is not only rice and roti accompaniment but also a perfect side salad for pasta and pizza. If you are not comfortable with raw kale, then this stir-fry is perfect bet for you to get acquired to its taste.

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Instant Pot Mushroom Stir Fry

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I am back with my Instant Pot Recipes. :-) As I mentioned in my previous posts, I started exploring other settings in the instant pot and also started preparing dry curries and stir-fry. When I saw “Quick and Easy Stir Fry” as one of the blogging marathon themes for this month, I picked it right away and decided to post all the Instant Pot stir frys that I tried. I love steamed or blanched stir fry. With instant pot steaming and blanching becomes so easy.  So the next three recipes are going to be Instant Pot stir fry, and I am starting with the Mushroom Stir Fry today.

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Instant Pot Tomato Pappu | Tomato Dal

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Today’s dal recipe is the Andhra/Telangana special dal – Tomato Pappu or Tomato Dal made in Instan Pot. The toor dal and tomatoes in this delicious recipe are pressure cooked and then simmered with simple spices and ghee tempering. So yum!

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Instant Pot Amti Dal | Maharashtrian Style Dal

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Here is the simple and comforting Maharashtrian style amti dal prepared with toor dal and goda masala in instant pot. Dal and rasam are my favorite and ultimate comfort food. Each and every region/cuisine has its own dal recipe. And all these dal recipes are unique with their own flavor. The cholar dal that I posted yesterday is a very mild dal with coconut and this amti dal is a tangy and mild dal prepared with toor dal.

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Instant Pot Bengali Cholar Dal | Video Recipe

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I know I am posting back to back. I couldn’t resist myself from posting these day-to-day instant pot recipes. If it was sambar yesterday, it has to be a dal today. :-) Today I am presenting you the simple no onion no garlic cholar dal, the Bengali style dal with coconut, and nuts. This is kiddo’s favorite dal and read through the post to see how he prefers this dal.

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Instant Pot Mixed Vegetable Sambar | Video Recipe

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Here comes my next instant pot recipe – Mixed vegetable sambar  – A simple Tamil Nadu style mixed vegetable sambar prepared in Instant Pot. After the kheer, I slowly started to experiment with a different recipe in my instant pot, especially the day to day recipes like sambar, kootu, poriyal, and rasam. Guess what, all my experiments were successful. I just love this kitchen gadget. It’s worth the money….

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Instant Pot Rice and Walnut Kheer | Instant Pot Recipes

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I am wishing you all a very happy and a prosperous new year.  Today I am going to share a sweet recipe prepared in my instant pot. It is the rice and walnut kheer or the Akhrot kheer. This is a super simple recipe with just 4 ingredients that can be whipped up pretty easily. It’s is rich and decadent kheer with the goodness of walnuts. Today I am sharing the instant pot method but please check the notes to see how it can be prepared on stove top too.

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