Instant Pot Brown Rice
Step-wise Recipe on How to Cook Perfect Brown Rice In Instant Pot. Soft, fluffy short grain brown rice with each grain separate. Use it for Stir Frying with Vegetables or serve with a curry of your choice. It is freezer-friendly and can be made-ahead and stored in refrigerator.
Servings 2.5 cups
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup Brown Rice use any short grain brown rice variety
- 1 ½ cups Water Extra as required for soaking etc
Instructions
- Wash and Soak 1 cup of Brown Rice for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, rinse and drain the water in a colander and keep aside.
- Switch on Instant Pot, add the soaked and drained rice into the steel insert.
- Add water. Cover and PRESSURE COOK the Brown Rice on HIGH PRESSURE for 22 minutes, Do a natural pressure release after 15 minutes.
- Switch off the Instant Pot, fluff the rice using a fork. Immediately transfer the rice into a serving bowl of container until further use.
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Notes
- Please note Cook Time as stated above includes Pressure Cooking + NPR.
- No salt or oil is added while cooking simply because we serve this with curries and stir fry vegetables which contain salt. If you are worried about rice sticking, add 1/2 tsp oil (any neutral oil or ghee) and salt to taste or 1/4 tsp.
- Before adding brown rice to the instant pot, drain the water completely.
- After NPR of 15 minutes, remove the steel insert immediately and transfer the rice to a serving bowl.
- Since the recipe does not use any oil and the Instant Pot goes into the keep warm mode, chances are the grains would stick to the bottom, hence we transfer the rice from the steel insert.
- Use a fork and not a spatula to fluff the rice, especially when it is hot. Do not overmix, be gentle.
- Pot in pot method - Add 1 & 1/2 cups of water in the steel insert, place the trivet. Now place the rice bowl (add water and rice in the bowl as per measurements) on top of the trivet and pressure cook as per instructions above.
- If you want to cook 2 things at a time, choose ingredients that would require similar cooking time. For eg- I always cook Chickpeas as it takes approximately same time to cook as Brown Rice.
- As South Indians, we prefer soft texture rice as accompaniment to curries and stews. If you prefer the rice texture slightly more firm, I would suggest using 1 & 1/4 cup of water for 1 cup of Brown Rice. No Change in cooking time.
- Burn Message - If you somehow get burn message while pressure cooking. Press Cancel, release the pressure manually and remove the steel insert. Scrape what you can save and soak the vessel with dish washing liquid and water. Scrub gently.
- Storage and Leftovers - Instant Pot Brown Rice can be cooled and stored in the refrigerator for couple of days, in an airtight container. They freeze well too. Thaw it completely before using. If you find the rice texture dry after thawing, sprinkle some water and microwave for 30 seconds.