Rajma Chawal (Kidney Bean Curry)
June 29th, 2008 filed under Dal (Lentils), Vegan
Rajma chawal (kidney beans with rice) is a great combination. This is a complete meal in itself.
Serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup kidney beans (rajma)
- 1 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 1 green chili
- 3 tablespoon oil
- Generous pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 tablespoon coriander powder (dhania)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder (adjust to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 medium chopped tomato for garnishing
Method
- Wash and soak the kidney beans in about six cups of water for at least 6 hours (kidney beans will be double in volume after soaking).
- Cut the tomatoes in small pieces, green chili slice lengthwise and take out the seeds (if you prefer mild). Next blend tomatoes, green chili, and ginger and make a paste.
- Heat the oil in pressure cooker. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed. If the seed cracks right away, the oil is ready. Add asafetida and cumin seeds, as the cumin seeds crack add tomato paste, coriander, turmeric, chili powder, black pepper, and paprika.
- Stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes until the oil is separating from the mixture.
- Add kidney beans, salt, and three cups of water close the cooker. Cook on medium high heat.
- As pressure cooker starts steaming turn the heat down to medium and cook for about 12 minutes.
- Close the heat and wait until steam has stopped before opening the pressure cooker.
- Kidney beans should be soft and tender. Lightly mash the kidney beans while mixing. Adjust salt, and pepper to your taste.
- Garnish with chopped tomatoes.
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hello aunty
i have tried all your recipes and all them came out to be excellent. i dont use onion and garlic at home and hence it
very convienient for me . \
thankyou
i tried all most all of your recipe and they all are great …. you make cooking very very simple
thank you so much
i like ur recipes so much. They are much useful for me during special days when we avoid onion from our food. Thanks for the yummy recipes!
hi , i wanted to know if i can make rajma without pressure cooker.
Yes if you use canned kidney beans. Just be sure to rinse beans from the liquid from the can before using.
Hello Aunty,
The trick worked very nicely!
Thank you so much for sharing your great knowledge of cooking! I am going to be your most eager student!
My husband hates vegetables and I do my best to make his diet healthy – I tried this recipe to smuggle some veggies into his menu (I blended the curry into a chutney to make it look more non-veg) and he liked it very much
Thank you so much for this delicious and healthy recipe!
I can’t wait to try other recipes from your website!
Kind regards,
A.
hello Aunty
you are simply superb. tried the recipe and it came out good.
thanks a lot
Nisha
Hello aunty ji,
I have been trying most of your recipes and all of them turned out very good. My dad is wondering what happened to me? cuz I didn’t work in the kitchen that much before. Thanks to you and your website which is very helpful.
Take care
Sukhpreet
I am from Kerala. I tried this .It came out very well.So simple and tasty.Thanks for sharing.The video is really helpful.Great Job.
with luv
Manju
Hello aunty,
Hope u r ok.. ur recipes are really gr8.. and reminds me of mom and home cookinh.. i miss them so much.. u have done a gr8 work .. thanks soo much..
With loads of love
Kasturi