Instapot Sindhi Biryani

Recipe Details

Servings: 8

Recipe Category: Lunch, Dinner

Difficulty Level: Medium

Cooking Times 60 minutes

If you are in need of some gourmet-tasting Pakistani food and you are short on time.  You can whip up this dish in less than an hour using Shaan Masala and your trusted Instapot!

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What you’ll need

Taken from Shan Packaging

• 1st Layer

  • 1 cup oil

  • 1 Shaan Sindhi Biryani mix

  • 2 lbs Whole Chicken cut up

  • 2 medium potatoes (sliced)

  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt

  • 2 medium onions (sliced)

  • 2 tbsp garlic paste

  • 2 tbsp ginger paste

• 2nd Layer

  • 10 small green chillis (you can omit if desired)

  • 1 cup chopped cilantro/coriander leaves

  • 1 cup chopped mint leaves

  • 2 medium tomatoes (sliced)

  • 1 lemon sliced up

• 3rd Layer

  • 3.5 cups of rice (soaked for at least 30 mins)

  • 3 tsp salt

  • food coloring (optional)

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I basically follow the instructions on the box with the following modification to make the recipe in less than an hour from start to finish using the Instapot!

1. Set Instapot -to Sauté mode

1. Add oil and brown the onions

2. Then add in the remaining ingredients such as ginger, garlic, potatoes, and chicken, etc (1st Layer ingredients above)

3. Set Instapot to Manual or Pressure cooker - Cook for 7 mins on pressure cooker mode

4. Meanwhile, parboil rice and salt on the stove until 3/4 cooked

5. Drain water from the rice

6. Open Instapot - Check liquid, add water - if there is not 2 and 1/2 cups of liquid left in the pot (total liquid should equal about 2.5 cups)

7. Add on 2nd Layer fresh ingredients (such as cilantro and lemon) - (Don’t mix with chicken in the pot )

8. Add 3rd Layer (Boiled Rice), you can add food coloring if desired (Don't mix with 2nd layer)

9. Close Lid and set Instapot to Manual or Pressure cooker - Cook for 3 mins

Voila, your biryani is ready to eat!  You can eat the rice with raita (spicy yogurt), salad, or sliced boiled eggs!