Rajma. Rajma Recipe restaurant style with step by step photos. This is a lightly spiced, creamy and a delicious punjabi rajma masala curry recipe. this is my mom's way of making this famous punjabi masala curry. rajma masala is a weekly affair at home and a sunday lunch. so i make rajma masala in three different ways. Rajma recipe - Delicious & flavorful curry made with red kidney beans aka rajma.
Rajma chawal is a favorite combo in many North Indian households. Rajma is comfort food at its best. I like rajma best with simple jeera (cumin) rice. You can cook Rajma using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Rajma
- Prepare 1 of cup-Rajma.
- You need 2 of -onion chopped.
- It's 3 of -tomatoes chopped and make puree.
- Prepare 1 of tsp-ginger-garlic paste.
- It's 1 of tsp-chopped green chilly.
- It's 1 of pinch Hing.
- You need 1/2 of tsp-cumin seed.
- You need 1 of -bayleaf.
- Prepare 1/2 of tsp-turmaric powder.
- You need 1 of tsp-corriender powder.
- It's 1/2 of tsp-red chilly powder.
- It's 1/2 of tsp-garam masala powder.
- You need 1/2 of tsp-kasoori methi.
- Prepare of to taste Salt.
- Prepare 2 of tbsp-oil.
- Prepare of Water as required.
- It's 1 of tbsp-green Corriender leaves.
Of course, some roti would be great too. When I was in college, I ate rajma at least once a week. Rajma Masala is a very popular dish in the Northern states of India. The Punjabi way of cooking Rajma Masala is to soak it overnight in water, boil it using a pressure cooker and mix bhuna masala made with chopped onions, pureed tomato, ginger, garlic and milieu of fresh spices including cumin, coriander and chilli powder.
Rajma instructions
- Wash Rajma and soaked overnight with sufficient water. In pressure cooker add soaked Rajma,Salt,bay leaf and 3 cup of water.cover and keep it on gas.make 3-4 whistles and remove from heat..
- Heat oil in a pan. Add hing and cumin seed. After its crackle add chopped green chilly and onion. Cook till onion gets softened. Add ginger garlic paste and tomato puree and cook..
- Add Turmaric powder,Corriender powder,red chilly powder and garam masala powder and mix. Saute till masala release the oil..
- Transfer this masala in boiled Rajma and mix everything well. Cover the lid of cooker and Cook for 2 whistles..
- After releasing the pressure open the lid and Add kasoori methi leaves and mix.Cook for a minute and off the flame..
Rajma dal is a red kidney bean curry that is a popular dish in northern India, though it's enjoyed throughout the country. It is a tasty vegetarian recipe that cooks the beans in a spicy masala paste featuring ginger, garlic, chilies, and tomatoes. Kasmiri rajma (Jammu rajma) - They look same as red rajma but the small in size. Since they are smaller in size they cook faster. It is widely used in Himalaya area and its foothills; Chitra Rajma - The shape is same as red rajma but the color is slight off-white and it has red speckles on it.