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Instant Pot Shrimp Biryani

Ingredients

  • 5 cups Basmati Rice
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp ghee ( clarified butter)
  • 6-8 curry leaves
  • 4 tsp biryani masala
  • 1 tsp chilli powder Omit if you want it to less hot
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 4 small green chilli
  • 1 large Onion sliced
  • 2 Tomatoes chopped
  • 2 lbs shrimp cleaned and devined
  • 5 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 cup dill or cilantro chopped
  • 1 cup mint leaves chopped
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 5 -6 cups stock or water

Instructions

  1. Wash and soak rice for about 15 minutes

  2. Heat coconut oil in the instant pot on saute mode or stove top. Add curry leaves, bay leaf onion and saute at least 5- 8 minutes till onions are caramelized and soft.

  3. Add ginger garlic paste, green chilli, tomatoes, biryani masala, chili powder and saute another 5-7 minutes till oil floats on top

  4. Add cleaned shrimp, salt and saute about 3-5 minutes till shrimp is half cooked. If using the stove top method, transfer the shrimp mixture to the instant pot and follow rest of the recipe

  5. Add liquids to the shrimp mixture. Add rice, extra salt if needed ( mixture should taste salty) chopped herbs and ghee. Stir nicely and close the instant pot. Set it to rice mode which should be about 16- 20 minutes depending on your instant pot. Let it cook and let the steam auto release.