The Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook: Authentic Flavors and Modern Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

EDIT: As mentioned below, my pre-teen daughter loves to bake and finally during this Thanksgiving break, she picked 5 recipes from the book that she wanted to try using the Instant Pot each day. The recipes she picked were Mango Cheesecake, Rose Milk Cake, Sweet Corn Soup, Butter Chicken & Lemon Rice. She did Mango Cheesecake on the first day and I was watching and guiding her very closely on this one. Once she gained confidence, she was able to independently do rest of the recipes with almost no guidance from me. The key difference I thought that made this easy for my daughter was the advice I got from the author (Archana), to first measure and prepare all ingredients. Once all ingredients are prepared and kept ready, following the instructions on the book was just so easy that even a kid was able to do it. The food not only turned out the way it was pictured, it also tasted so good. My daughter loved the book and we had such a good Thanksgiving break. OMG, I was literally drooling as I was flipping through the recipes in the book. Beautiful and well captured pictures. A book well organized, so it’s easy to quickly find a recipe. The instructions are simple and yet detailed. There’s just so much love and effort put into creating this book. Kudos to the author and others who worked on this masterpiece. Yes, we can find a lot of recipes on the Internet, but when it’s time to cook, I prefer having something in print in front of me, so I can carefully follow the instructions. There just aren’t many good books on Indian cooking with Instant Pot. Glad I have the book in my kitchen now. My preteen daughter loves to bake and I’ve been planning to introduce her to Instant Pot and Indian cooking. This book would be a great bonding time with my daughter as we try out some recipes. Will post an update on how easy my daughter found the instructions.

This really is an essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook. I have several Instant Pot cookbooks & this is my favorite because: 1. The author, Archana Mundhe, identifies each recipe & ingredient with its original name and its English name. Dals no longer confuse me! 2. The author explains each ingredient and suggests brand preferences and substitutes so if you don't have a well-stocked (or Indian) grocery store you can still make this awesome food (also, Amazon has all the ingredients!). Mundhe also offers gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options. 3. The recipes include everything from traditional Indian restaurant dishes from dals (lentils, chickpeas, beans), tikka masala & butter chicken, biryani, palak paneer, curried cauliflower, lamb Rogan Josh & vindaloo to yogurt, kheer & the most divine mango cheesecake. Recipes are included for ghee, raita, garam masala, paratha (& roti). 4. The author also provides explicit & easy instructions for how to use your Instant Pot. She has a recipe blog at MinistryofCurry.com where she posts additional recipes and Instant Pot tips & tricks. I've made 26 of the more than 150 recipes from this cookbook and they've all been really good. There aren't any beef or pork recipes but there are lamb recipes & lots of seafood & fish - the salmon tikka masala is amazing & lighting fast! I haven't had any problems with burn notices or things being too watery. I made the author's garam masala & I alternate it with another garam masala because sometimes I like my food super spicy & sometimes I don't. P.S. The lemon pickle is as addicting as she says it is.

Love, love, love! I HIGHLY recommend this cookbook for all instant pot users (bigginers or not). I got my instant pot a little over a year ago! I grew up in a household that did a lot of pressure cooking, so it was a no brainer to get one when they first came out. I am an “old school” type of girl and love recipe books! Therefore, when my cousin introduced me to this cookbook, I was sold! My mom got the first copy, because let’s face it, if my mom likes a recipe book and finds it easy, then I’m going to love it!! I purchased the book during Black Friday and I was instantly hooked! I tried learning the most I could growing up in an Indian household with my mom and grandma but there were some things I just didn’t know! Archana does a great job at explaining basic ingredients, sharing her recipes and makes Indian cooking (which I find very intimdating) easy and fun! This book has all my favorite recipes (butter chicken, chicken and salmon tikka, lamb..etc)! I think all recipes are super flavorful and delicious! I use it once, if not twice a week, and I’ve gotten the ultimate 5 star rating from my biggest critic, my husband! That’s a win, win for me!!

This book is engaging and inviting, with easy to follow, tasty recipes. Indian cooking relies on moderately thick, somewhat soupy sauces. A shortcoming of any pressure cooker is that there's very little evaporation, so the dishes that come out of this book are sometimes (not always) a little watery. This can usually be corrected by a few minutes on the Sauté setting, so it's no big deal. Some of the page numbers in the front are incorrect, so you have to hunt around (not far) for the recipe you're looking for. But it's such a pretty book, so engagingly written, and with such good flavors that these complaints are minor.

There are great and very tasty recipes in this book. Using the instant pot makes them quick to fix.

This cookbook has been a staple in our family’s kitchen for the past few years. I have purchased multiple copies for friends and families as the people I care for must have this for themselves. The recipes are reliably delicious and straightforward. Ms. Mundhe thank you for your recipes and contribution to our family’s mealtimes. Amazing!

This review is coming from my wife, whose a biggest foodie: I generally don't buy cook books as its the digital age where following a blog or YouTube is easier. I have been trying Archana's blog recipes from a while and they have all tips and steps and also saves us from trial and error step. Her directions for do's and dont's are so clear, hence I was motivated to buy this book. This came from her experience and I wasn't disappointed at all. From good price to good recipes and instructions this has it all. She's very open to suggestions and would answer your queries very humbly. From this book I can swear by her chicken biryani recipe! Its the best. Very quick and no compromise in flavour. I have tried that same recipe with goat, lamb and beef. ( increased cooking time acc to meat. Rest all same rice cooking time will also be same) My other favs are butter chicken, zeera chicken, cilantro soup,pulao and many more ( I will end up writing index here :p) Way to go Archana! Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing your cooking secrets with us!! Do invest in this book its price is almost less than ordering a take out from a good indian resturant!

This is a high quality cookbook & you can tell the author put a lot of effort into it. It's thoughtful and well organized. The first section introduces the ingredients. There's another section that suggests what & where to buy stuff for your pantry if you plan to cook Indian food more than once. There were many helpful photos. I love Indian food from restaurants and want to get my family into it more but experimenting with carryout has taken some planning and been $$. I got an IP/Yedi to master 2 things: steel cut oats and a 1 pot Butter Chicken & rice dinner. I have had the IP for 3 days and have cooked Indian food exactly -zero- times in my life. Tonight I made the Butter Chicken recipe on page 103 and it came out great!! I am new to IP so I was really careful to follow the recipe & instructions. I didn't have fenugreek leaves so I left them out like the author advises. I didn't have Kashmiri red chile powder so I used a 3:1 ratio of paprika:cayenne (3/4 tsp paprika + 1/4 tsp cayenne red pepper = 1 Tbsp Kashmiri chili powder). No idea if that was right but it tasted awesome so it couldn't have been that wrong. I found a stainless steel bowl to use for the rice (many recipes recommend having a 1.5 Qt SS bowl) that sits on top of one of the racks, basically hovering above the curry. My bowl had high sides so I used the low rack with the Yedi but it was just high enough to clear the chicken. The rice came out perfectly! 2 lessons learned for me: I'll use a little less salt than the recipe next time, and I will buy another silicone ring for the IP. No matter how much I wash/soak it, I can't get the Garam Masala odor out. That's okay though because I'll definitely make this dish again and others in the cookbook now that I know I can do it. :-)

Very well written, whether you are new to the Instan ot or experienced you will find it easy to follow. The recipes are varied and do not contain ingrediency that is only obtainable on Mars. Highly recommended.

Excellent.

Ho letto diverse ricette di Archana che seguo anche su FB. L'unico problema è che le spezie che lei usa (alcune) e altro non sono reperibili da noi qui a Venezia. Le ho dato 5 stelle perché sono ben descritte e vedrò se posso usarne qualcuna.

Relevant and practical cookbook for the Instant Pot. Would have been nice to have pics for all the recipes, but most have pics. Very handy hints and instructions provided

This book tranformed me - a kitchen train-wreck- into someone who knows her way around the kitchen. For wholesome, authentic, home cooked flavours in the instantpot - look no further. The writing is simple, instructions clear, and you get consistent results day after day when you follow the recipe in your instantpot - a godsend for rookie chefs cooking in a hurry. I bought the borosil mini food processor - to chop veggies - as an instantpot accompaniment; that, with this book has made my life so much simpler. Thanks Ms. Mundhe!