Yes, you can. And the result would be fantastic. Making Bagara rice with an electric rice cooker is a foolproof method. You always get that long-grain rice without messing or straining too much for perfection. Follow the same principle and practice for cooking plain rice to make this Hyderabadi recipe. Electric cookers are the same as instant pots, so I do all the frying parts on the Stove. I allow the rice to cook in the rice cooker. You can skip the essential and crucial cooking part, "DUM, " using the electric rice cooker." This is a foolproof method of making biryani without worrying about Dum.