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three cups of easy quick and creamy instant pot kheer
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Quick & Extra-Creamy Instant Pot Kheer

This thoroughly tested Instant Pot Rice Kheer gives you slow cooked kheer flavor and texture in a fraction of the time with a time saving ingredient and an easy hack!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian, Pakistani
Diet Halal, Hindu
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
20 minutes
Servings 6
Author Sarah Mir

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup rice
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 ¼ - 1 ½ cup whole milk (see notes)
  • ½ cup cream
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ⅛ tsp salt (a tiny pinch)
  • 5-6 cardamom pods
  • saffron (a pinch, optional)
  • nuts for garnishing

Instructions

  • Grind the rice before you soak it to a coarse grind. We aren't trying to make to rice flour! Pour over the water and set aside for 20 minutes (or longer)
  • When your timer goes off then remove the cardamom seeds from the pods and break them down in a mortar and pestle.
    person freshly grinding cardamom
  • Put your Instant Pot on sauté and add in your three milks, cardamom seeds, saffron (if using), sugar and salt.
    kheer in instant pot - ingredients being combined
  • As soon as your sugar dissolves add in your rice + soaking water, give it a quick mix, making sure nothing is stuck to the bottom.
  • IMPORTANT: put your IP on LOW pressure for 18 minutes.
  • Natural release for 10-15 minutes (to manage the intense steam release), and then release the remaining steam by turning the valve.
  • Whisk through to break any clumps, the kheer will thicken as it cools. Transfer to a bowl and garnish as you please. Instant Pot Rice Kheer keeps in the fridge for 2-3 days.
    whisking instant pot kheer to break up any lumps

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Notes

  • for a thick kheer use 1 ¼ cup whole milk, 1 ½ cup yields a kheer that is runnier. You can also always start with 1 ¼ cup and add a little more milk at the end if needed. 
  • if you are tight on time and can't soak the rice just add the rice and ¼ cup water to the IP and add 4 minutes to slow cooking time. While it is not quite the same, it works in a pinch.
  • for cardamom powder use a teaspoons worth, but I would also recommend adding in a few whole pods for their aroma. You can remove them later.