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Stuffed Baby Eggplant Curry
Eggplant Rice
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Easy one pot Rice dish with eggplant to make on a busy weeknight dinner. Simple, tasty and easy to make.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 25 minutes |
| Servings |
3-4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2-3 tbsp ghee or oil
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 1 sprig curry leaves (optional)
- 1/4 cup onion sliced
- 2 green chili chopped (or to taste)
- 1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- 1 1/2 cups Eggplant
1 big long & thin (cubed) - 2 cups rice
5.5 ounce cup used - 4 cups Water
5.5 ounce cup used
Spices
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 1/2 tbsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp garam masala
- salt to taste
- red chili powder to taste
Ingredients
Spices
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Instructions
- Put the instant pot on saute mode high and add ghee. Once the ghee is hot add cumin seeds, curry leaves and cashews , fry well till cashews turn golden .
- Add onion and green chili and saute well for 2 to 3 minutes. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes away (approx. 2 minutes)
- Now add eggplant pieces and fry for 3 minutes, then add tomatoes and fry till mushy.
- Add coriander powder, garam masala, Red chili powder,salt and mix well. Fry for 2 minutes. Add rice and water , mix.
- Turn off saute mode, put the lid , vent to sealing position.
- Push the rice button and natural pressure release(NPR). (also can use manual 4 minute high and NPR). Garnish with Cilantro if desired.
Recipe Notes
I used Basmati Rice but any rice can be used. Cooking time may vary depending on the type of rice used.
Vegans use Oil instead of ghee.
5.5 ounces rice cup is used for measurement
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Gluey and bland. I think it needs more veg to rice ratio but i’m not foing to make it again
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I think is to much water, for how many time using brown rice?
Very tasty! I made it with brown rice and only 1 cup of water. I added 1 spoon of vinegar. That helps to keep the pot clean when using little water. After cooking you won’t taste the vinegar in the food. I didn’t use the Rice Cook button but chose Manual High Pressure 18 minutes and Quick Release. The result was not too wet. I guess when you use white rice you need 3/4 cup water and can use the Rice Cook button or Manual High Pressure 8-10 minutes Quick Release. I will definitely cook this again
My entire family enjoyed this, came out great! Used what I had on hand, so subbed curry powder instead of leaves and subbed thai red curry paste & chili powder for peppers. Used minced garlic & ginger instead of paste. Used brown basmati rice and cooked high pressure 8 minutes, quick release.
Why use a 5.5 ounce cup? 1 cup is 8 oz
Setting instructions are confusing. I’ll admit I’ve only used my InstantPot a couple times, and never for rice.
1. Put the instant pot on saute mode high- Saute mode has no setting, hi, low or otherwise.
Turn off saute mode, put the lid , vent to sealing position. – What does “Vent to sealing position” mean?
Push the rice button and natural pressure release(NPR). (also can use manual 4 minute high and NPR). – There is no option for any kind of pressure release once you push Rice button. It goes to Normal, and below that is the Pressure option Low.
@scott : 5.5 ounce cup I used is the plastic cup that comes with the pressure cooker.
1. Saute mode has several settings – please refer to manual. If your model is lux then i believe you dont have that options.
2. vent to sealing position means, there is a small knob on the lid which you have to turn it to sealing position.
3. Rice button is available on the set of menu button on the panel. Manual button is also available (with high/low variations). You can use either rice button or manual option.
4. NPR – Natural pressure release means that when the cooking time is finished and instant pot goes off in warm mode, you just let pressure come off naturally and open the lid when there is no pressure. In some cases you might want to manually turn the knob on the lid from sealing to venting position to release the pressure quickly – this is called quick release.
5. Depending on the model you have, please check your manual to get familiar with all the functionalities of the pressure cooker.
You can check more Instant pot terminology here – https://subbucooks.com/2017/11/28/instant-pot-beginner-terminology/
Instant pot menu buttons – https://subbucooks.com/2017/11/28/instant-pot-menu-buttons/