Description
Rajma ~ Red Kidney beans.
Masala prepared in simple tomato onion gravy with a hint of Punjabi style. This dish can be made with any variety kidney beans...Dark red, Light red or even Small Red Kidney beans works fine. (Rajma Curry / Red Kidney Beans Masala )
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Kidney beans (light pink) |
| 2 nos | Onion (diced) |
| 4 nos | Tomato (chopped) |
| ½ tsp | Ginger garlic paste |
| 2 no | Green chili (small) |
| ¼ tsp | Turmeric |
| ½ tsp | Kashmiri red chili powder |
| 2 tsp | Coriander /dhania powder |
| ¼ tsp | Chole masala (optional) |
| ½ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 2 tsp | Butter or ghee |
| 1 tsp | Oil |
| ¼ tsp | |
| 2 nos | Cloves |
| 1 no | Cinnamon stick |
| 1 no | Bay leaf |
| 3 stks | Coriander leaves (for garnishing) |
Instructions
Soak Kidney beans in water for atleast 6 hours or overnight. Next day...drain, wash twice and pressure cook them upto to 3 whistles with 3 cups of water and little salt (2 pinches). Heat oil and ghee in a pan and add all the fresh whole garam masalas(Bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves) and cumin seeds. Let it sizzle to release the aroma, add the green chilies, chopped onions and fry until it turns golden. Now add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes away. Add in the chopped tomatoes, cover and cook for couple of minutes to make them nice and mushy. Once done, add turmeric powder, Kashmiri chili powder, coriander powder, chole masala powder and saute until the oil separates. Now add the cooked beans (including stock) and salt to the gravy. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes over low flame. When everything blends well, garnish with coriander and serve hot with chapati or even plain rice.
Notes
Ghee or Butter is optional, use oil instead if very particular about diet.
Chole masala is one of my favorite Punjabi spice blend, so use them in most of my Punjabi dishes. You can very well skip it and use regular Garam masala powder instead.
Kidney beans shown above is the Light Red variety.
This recipe serves 4 people (approx).
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Hi...i tried yesterday and
Hi...i tried yesterday and it came out really well...thanks a lot for sharing your excellent recipes....it's good and has a unique taste....