Rajma chawal is one of the regulars at any punjabi house. A delicious and easy rajma masala recipe good to serve with naan, roti, chapathi, plain rice or Jeera rice. Red kidney beans are known as Rajma in Indian language and are used to make North Indian rajma masala, an onion tomato based gravy that is either made to thick or thin consistency to suit ones taste or liking. Let's see how this delicious dish is made in no time with chef khazana.
INGREDIENTS :
Rajma / Kidney beans (1 cup)
chopped onion ( 1cup)
chopped tomato (1 cup)
cinamon stick - 1inch
bay leaf - 1 leaf
Big Elaichi ( 1 piece )
baking soda - a pinch
salt as per taste
Prajakta's red chilly powder (1 tbs )
Ginger and garlic paste ( 1tbs )
Soaked Cashew nuts - ( half cup )
Coriander powder ( 1tbs )
Coriander leaves for garnishing
HOW TO :
In a cooker vessel , take soaked rajma beans and add 2 cups of water to it. add salt as per taste and a pinch of baking soda,1 bay leaf , 1 cinamon stick and one big elaichi.
Let it is done with 5 whistles.
one the other hand, heat up some oil in a pan and add jeera into it.
Add chopped onion to it and saute for 2 minutes then add chopped tomato to it and saute.
Then add ginger and garlic paste and salt to taste to it and stir it. Cook it for 10 min with the lid covered.
Now turn off the heat and let the mixture cool down. after grind this to a fine paste ,while grinding add soaked kaju/ cashew nuts to it
Now heat up the same pan and add some oil to it. Then add prajakta's red chilly powder & turmeric powder and pour the made gravy paste to it. Stir it well , Add cooker rajma to it and Ruchida garam masala and coriander powder to it and mix well.
Adjust the consistency as per your choice and cook the gravy for another 10 minutes on a medium flame.
Garnish it with lots of coriander leaves and serve hot with chawal or roti.
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