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    Instant Pot Chicken Tahiri

    Last Updated On: Apr 14, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Instant Pot Chicken Tahari

    Instant Pot Chicken Tahiri 

    Delicious spicy chicken and rice dish which is cooked in an instant pot. It is super easy to put together and taste delicious with some cooling raita.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    How to Make Instant Pot Chicken Tahiri

    • Mix chicken with the masala given. Leave to marinate for 30 mins.
    • Wash and soak rice for 30 mins.
    • Grind the ingredients given to a fine paste.
    • Set instant pot mode to saute.
    • Heat oil in a instant pot. Add in bay leaf, cardamom and let them sizzle.
    • Add in onions and saute till golden.
    • hicken and saute for 5 to 10 mins.
    • Add in rice, salt and water and mix well.
    • Now set the mode to cooking rice mode and cover and cook.
    • Once it is done. Leave it for 10 mins. Now release the vent.
    • Open the instant pot and mix the rice gently.
    • Serve. 

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    Instant Pot Chicken Tahiri Recipe (Tehri)

    Aarthi
    Chicken Tahari is a spicy chicken and rice dish with juicy chicken and masala rice. This is best served with some cooling raita.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 45 minutes mins
    Total Time 55 minutes mins
    Course Main
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
      

    FOR CHICKEN:

    • Chicken with bones - 500 grams
    • Yogurt / Curd - ½ cup
    • Salt to taste
    • Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tblsp
    • Chilli Powder - 1 tblsp
    • Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
    • Coriander Powder - 1 tblsp
    • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
    • Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblsp

    FOR GRINDING:

    • Tomato - 2 chopped
    • Green Chillies - 5
    • Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tblsp
    • Cinnamon - 1 stick
    • Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblsp
    • Cardamom - 4
    • Cloves - 4
    • Star anise - 2
    • Coriander Leaves - ½ cup
    • Mint Leaves - ½ cup

    FOR BIRYANI:

    • Oil - ¼ cup
    • Cardamom / Yelakai - 2
    • Bay Leaf - 1
    • Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
    • Basmati Rice - 3 cups
    • Salt to taste
    • Water - 4.5 cups

    Instructions
     

    • Mix chicken with the masala given. Leave to marinate for 30 mins.
    • Wash and soak rice for 30 mins.
    • Grind the ingredients given to a fine paste.
    • Set instant pot mode to saute.
    • Heat oil in a instant pot. Add in bay leaf, cardamom and let them sizzle.
    • Add in onions and saute till golden.
    • Add in chicken and saute for 5 to 10 mins.
    • Add in rice, salt and water and mix well.
    • Now set the mode to cooking rice mode and cover and cook.
    • Once it is done. Leave it for 10 mins. Now release the vent.
    • Open the instant pot and mix the rice gently.
    • Serve.

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    Instant Pot Chicken Tahiri With Step by Step Pictures

    1)Take chicken in a bowl

    2)Add in yogurt

    3)Add in ginger garlic paste

    4)chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder and coriander powder.

    5)Add in salt

    6)Mix well and leave to marinate for 30 mins.

    7)Set instant pot to saute mode

    8)Add in oil

    9)Now grind the masala. Take tomatoes in a blender

    10)Add in green chillies

    11)Add in ginger garlic pate

    12)Add in mint and coriander leaves

    13)Add in whole spices

    14)Grind till smooth

    15)Add onions in instant pot.

    16)Saute till golden. Add bay leaf and cardamom pods

    17)Add in masala

    18)Cook till oil separates

    19)Add in salt.

    20)Add chicken

    21)Mix well

    22)Add water

    23)Add in soaked drained basmati rice

    24)Bring it to a boil

    25)Set this to rice mode and cook

    26)Done

    27)Serve


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    1. Ash

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      5 stars
      Will chicken get cooked if we add rice immediately and putting n rice mode

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    2. sangavi

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      5 stars
      Can you please add how to make our regular white rice ( ponni boiled rice, raw rice ) in Instant pot sangavi

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      • shasa

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        5 to 6 mins in manual/high pressure mode. or rice mode 10 mins. with 1:1.5 water or 1:2 depending on the rice

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    3. BarPa

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      You didn’t say when to add the ground mashala in the sauté process. I had to find it from the photos you have given.

      Reply

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