Name: Instant pot rice pudding
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 22 min
Ingredients: ½ cup rice ((white or brown)); 4 cups full fat milk ((or coconut milk)); 1 inch cinnamon ((replace with ½ tsp cardamoms powder, all spice or 1 tbsp vanilla extract); ½ cup sugar (or (chopped medjool dates or maple syrup as needed)); 10 almonds; 2 tbsp coconut flakes ((toasted)(optional)); 10 to 15 raisins

Instant pot rice pudding recipe – Creamy & delicious rice pudding in just 2 steps. Rice pudding is a traditional dessert made by simmering rice in full fat milk & sugar. It is prepared in almost every region across the world with their preferred variety of rice & flavoring ingredients. So the taste of the rice pudding differs from region to region.

Indian kheer, Levantine meghli & Thai coconut rice pudding are some of the traditional puddings. Some recipes use ingredients like egg, flour or even coconut milk for a unique flavor & texture.

The recipe I am sharing here uses no fancy ingredients and is made just with 4 pantry staples – Rice, milk, cinnamon & sweetener. The best part about this instant pot rice pudding is that it is prepared in just 2 steps.

Dump all the ingredients and set it to cook. There is no stirring involved as it is done for the stove top method.

You can also dump them the previous night and set it. Your flavorful delicious rice pudding is ready for your morning breakfast.

I have made this with hand pound rice & dates hence the color. You can use any rice including brown rice and any sweetener of your choice.

As I am trying to limit refined sugar I made it with dates. But the flavor of rice pudding is completely different with dates.

Step-by-step photos

How to make instant pot rice pudding

1. Rinse rice 2 to 3 times in lot of water. Drain completely and add it to the inner pot of Instant pot. Add cinnamon as well.

adding rice to instant pot to make rice pudding

2. Add sugar. I used half cup tightly packed chopped dates.

adding sweetener to make instant pot rice pudding

3. Pour milk.

pouring milk to make instant pot rice pudding

4. Secure the lid on the instant pot. Set the steam release to sealing.

5. Press porridge button. It is auto set or pre-set to 20 mins. The instant pot will beep after 20 mins. Wait for the pressure to release naturally. It takes about 7 to 10 mins. The float valve will drop when the instant pot has depressurized .

set the ip to porridge setting to make instant pot rice pudding.

6. Open the lid and give a good stir. Taste and add more sweetener or vanilla if desired.

creamy smooth instant pot rice pudding is ready

Remove rice pudding to serving bowls. Top with sliced almonds, coconut flames and raisins.

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Variations for Instant pot rice pudding

Any kind of rice can be used. Some popular varieties used across the world to make rice pudding are arborio rice, basmati rice & gobindo bhog rice.
To make a classic rice pudding replace dates with sugar.
To make it vegan, replace cow’s milk with coconut milk.
For other flavor, use any one of these – half tsp of nutmeg powder, half tsp of cardamom powder, half tsp of allspice or 1 tbsp vanilla extract.

Can I make this rice pudding on stove top?

Yes, you can make this rice pudding on stove top using the same recipe. Just keep stirring constantly to prevent the milk from getting scorched at the bottom.

Can I add jaggery to this rice pudding?

Yes you can add jaggery. Once the rice pudding is done, stir in the powdered jaggery or jaggery syrup (not hot) to the rice pudding.

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