Do you love pulavs and biryanis? Then you are in the right place. I have a collection of twenty-six delicious and lip-smacking biryani, and pulav recipes all made in Instant Pot and pressure cooker. Let’s get right into the 20 plus vegetarian biryani and pulao collection list.
As I mentioned in my Zarda pulao post, this is my fifth mega marathon, and I can’t express how happy I am. A month-long marathon is always exciting and fun. April was a bit challenging, but somehow managed and completed the marathon.
Know Your Rice!
Before sharing the list, I want to share my learning from this marathon and also share a tip about cooking rice in the pressure cooker and Instant Pot.
I discovered a lot of rice varieties like Gobind bhog, Sela Basmati, Kaima, kichadi rice, red samba rice, and the list goes on. I am glad that all these varieties are available now in the Bay Area itself. Every rice is different, and they add a unique flavor.
New Vs. Aged Rice:
I have a lot of pulav, and biryani recipes on my blog and most of them have different cooking times. Are you wondering why? It’s all because of the rice, and I want to insist on the age-old principle. New rice becomes mushy fast, so you need less water, and you need to cook for less amount of time. But aged rice absorbs all the water, and you need to cook it comparatively longer and also it needs little extra water.
Back in India, my mom always buys aged rice and aged tamarind. I know its hard in the US as it comes in packed bags and the dates in them are quite confusing. So I always do a test run, by cooking 1 cup of rice with 2 cups of water in the pressure cooker for three whistles or cook in Instant Pot using rice preset. I check the doneness of the rice, and then I decide the timing. I hope this helps.
Ok, now without any delay here is the pressure cooker and Instant Pot pulav and biryanis.
Instant Pot Veg Biryanis & Pulavs
Pressure Cooker Veg Biryanis & Pulavs
Super collection of Biryanis.. many of these have not still tried, can refer to your posts in future whenever I’ll be making these.. loved all your Instant Pot and pressure cooker recipes. Enjoyed reading each and every post. Also beautifully captured pics!!
Thanks much Swati.
A pot of gold for Instant pot lovers. So many instant pot recipes you have done in this marathon and each and everyone is shining in its own. Awesome series and wonderful collection.
Thanks Renu.
wonderful series, Srividhya. Your instant pot recipes are a definite hit. Love how you managed to cook each grain perfectly in either methods.
Thanks a lot Harini.
Excellent roundup Srividya, I loved how neatly you have grouped the recipes. Will help everybody who checks this list out. Will surely want to try many of the dishes you shared with us. As I said I can’t believe its been five years that you have been doing the mega marathon with us, surely have enjoyed the effort you put in!
Thanks so much Valli. I know, time flies and I learned a lot in these five years. Thanks so much for organizing this.
Beautiful round up. I loved all your recipes, specially the pressure cooker ones. It is hard to get the perfect rice with each grain being separate and firm , yet completely cooked. Would love to master this art, surely the BM meet is the right time to learn this technology from you.
Sure Vaishali. Can’t wait to meet you all.
What an amazing dishes you have made Vidhya, loved readying all of them. Loved all you Instant pot recipes, am not yet used to it, but will definitely follow and make recipes from your blog when I start cooking in it.
Sure. Thanks much Sushma.