Instant Pot Mujadara

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 I thought that this left the rice a little crunchy but otherwise a fast and good version. I just left the pot closed for much longer after it's done and that made it sticky. 

Instant Pot Mujadara

If you’re a fan of the Instant Pot, you can cook this dish in your pressure cooker. It’s quicker than the stovetop version, and you dump all of your ingredients in the Instant Pot at once.

But keep in mind, you will still have to caramelize the onions separately in a pan over the stove. And you do NOT want to skip this step as 50% of the flavor in this dish comes from the caramelized onions and the olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (200 grams) brown or green lentils dried
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon baharat optional didn't use this
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 and ½ cups water
  • 1 cup (175 grams) long or short grain rice I use basmati
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

For the caramelized onions

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 medium yellow onions sliced into half-moons 1/5 inch thickness

Instructions

  • Rinse the lentils, and add them to the Instant Pot stainless steel insert with 2 cups of water, season with ground cumin and baharat if using, and throw in a couple of bay leaves. Secure the lid and set the vent to SEALING. Select the PRESSURE COOK/MANUAL setting and set the cooking time for 2 minutes at high pressure try 1 minute here and more with rice, when cooking time ends quickly release the steam.
  • Remove the lid and add the rinsed and drained rice, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add water just to cover the rice and lentils (not more!).
  • Secure the lid and set the vent to SEALING. Select the PRESSURE COOK/MANUAL setting and set the cooking time for 4 minutes at high pressure maybe try 5 minutes here because the rice was a little crunchy. The Instant Pot will take around 6-7 minutes to come to pressure and start cooking.
  • When the cooking program ends, allow the steam to be naturally released for 15 minutes, then release the rest of the steam manually. Carefully remove the lid, fluff the lentils and rice with a fork, and mix in the caramelized onions.

Recipe originally from: https://littlesunnykitchen.com/mujaddara/#The_Ingredients 

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