Brown sona masoori rice is soft, delicious and perfect medium grain brown rice which can be enjoyed with any curry or side dish of your choice. And this delicious medium grain brown rice is too easy to make using the instant pot pressure cooker, which helps you to reduce the cooking time & also the water needed to cook the rice perfectly.
What Is Sona Masoori Rice?
Sona masoori rice is a popular variety of rice from South India and its delicious and nutritious.
Sona masoori rice is a medium grain rice and it is available as both brown rice and white rice.
What you see in the picture here is brown sona masoori rice.
While white sona masoori rice is most popular and commonly used in India, brown sona masoori rice is more nutritious.
Brown sona masoori rice is chewy & soft in texture and once cooked, it can be enjoyed with other side dishes, dal, curry, pickles, yogurt etc jsut like you would do for white rice!
Sona Masoori Rice Vs Basmati Rice
Basmati rice is in fact the most popular variety of rice used in India. Basmati rice comes from North India, but its popular in both North India and South India.
While basmati rice is a long grain rice, sona masoori rice is a medium grain rice and the texture is quite different.
Also, sona masoori rice is said to be low in starch and low in calories compared to basmati rice.
However, both are delicious, nutritious and popular varieties of rice from India which can be enjoyed with other side dishes of your choice.
Since basmati rice is a long grain rice (which comes in many varieties & kinds including extra long grain rice, medium long grain etc), it is most popularly used for making biryani, pulao etc while sona masoori rice is usually cooked plain and enjoyed along with other side dishes like dal & vegetables.
If you like basmati rice, you can see my posts on how to cook brown basmati rice on stove here and how to cook white basmati rice without rice cooker using a pot or pan here.
More easy rice recipes using basmati rice in this blog include seasoned white rice, instant pot ghee rice and more!
Rice To Water Ratio
To cook brown sona masoori rice in the instant pot, you can use the ratio of 2 cups of rice: 4 cups of water which means you need to use 4 cups of water to cook 2 cups of brown sona masoori rice.
Do you need to soak the brown sona masoori rice before cooking in the instant pot?
No, you do not need to soak the brown sona masoori rice prior to cooking in the instant pot following this recipe.
How Long To Cook Brown Sona Masoori Rice In Instant Pot?
Brown sona masoori rice can be cooked much easily in an instant pot in lesser time using less amount of water than traditional methods of preparing rice in a pot or pan on stove top.
In fact, preparing rice using the instant pot pressure cooker is much faster than the traditional methods and you get perfect rice everytime!
You can easily make perfect instant pot sona masoori rice, perfect instant pot white basmati rice, instant pot brown basmati rice, instant pot ponni rice etc.
Depending on how soft you want your brown rice, you can adjust the time of cooking for brown sona masoori rice.
In fact, brown sona masoori rice just needs 20 minutes of cooking in high pressure in the instant pot for chewy, aldente rice.
It won’t be too soft with 20 minutes of cooking, but it will be perfectly cooked and firm in texture so it won’t be mushy at all.
It will be perfect to be used in rice bowls, pualo etc or if you prefer slightly chewy rice that is not very soft in texture.
If you want slightly more soft rice, you may cook the brown sona masoori rice for about 24 to 25 minutes in high pressure in the instant pot.
If you prefer soft cooked brown rice which can be ejoyed with any curry, yogurt, dal etc, you may cook upto 27 to 28 minutes depending on how soft you want the rice to be.
In this post, let us see how to cook brown medium brown rice in the instant pot using brown sona masoori rice.
The texture of the rice cooked in this easy instant pot method is soft & fluffy with each grains separate, its perfect!
How To Cook Brown Sona Masoori Rice In Instant Pot
We use the following ingredients in this recipe for making perfect brown sona masoori rice in the instant pot.
Ingredients Used
brown sona masoori rice 2 cups
water 4 cups
oil 1 teaspoon (optional)
salt adjust to taste (optional)
Step By Step Instructions
Wash the rice very well in water and transfer the washed rice to the instant pot.
Also add the water, salt & oil (if using), gently mix in.
Close the instant pot with lid in sealing position, cook in high pressure for 20 minutes for perfectly cooked, but firm rice with chewy texture (al dente rice). For more softer rice, you may cook for about 23 to 25 minutes or even upto 27 to 28 minutes depending on how soft you want your rice.
Once the cooking is done, wait for a natural pressure release.
If needed, you may carefully do a controlled gradual manual pressure release after about 12 to 14 minutes of natural pressure release.
Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid.
Fluff the cooked rice using a fork or stir carefully using a good spatula, and serve hot with any curry or side dishes of your choice!
More Instant Pot Rice Recipes:
instant pot vegetable paneer biryani
instant pot jeera rice (seasoned Indian style rice)
instant pot rice pudding with condensed milk
Below you can get the recipe for instant pot brown sona masoori rice in detail.
Sona Masoori Rice In Instant Pot (Medium Grain Brown Rice)
Ingredients
- 2 Cups brown sona masoori rice
- 4 Cups water
- 1 teaspoon oil optional
- salt adjust to taste, optional
Instructions
- Wash the rice very well in water and transfer the washed rice to the instant pot.
- Also add the water, salt & oil (if using), gently mix in.
- Close the instant pot with lid in sealing position, cook in high pressure for 20 minutes for perfectly cooked, but firm rice with chewy texture (al dente rice).For more softer rice, you may cook for about 23 to 25 minutes or even upto 27 to 28 minutes depending on how soft you want your rice.Once the cooking is done, wait for a natural pressure release. If needed, you may carefully do a controlled gradual manual pressure release after about 12 to 14 minutes of natural pressure release.Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid.
- Fluff the cooked rice using a fork or stir carefully using a good spatula, and serve hot with any curry or side dishes of your choice!
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