Potatoes come in many ways, boil, fried, stuffed... In that recipe, they are fried first and then cooked in water with spices and herbs. They should taste just great.
Put the instant pot in mode browning
Fry the onion 5min
Add the potatoes
Fry 10min
Add the thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper
Add water up to half of the contents
Switch the instant pot to pressure cooking mode 12min
Servings 4