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 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Rajma
- Prepare 1 cup of kidney beans (rajma).
- It's 1 of big potato (cut into small pieces).
- You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
- You need 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
- You need 1 of tomato puree.
- It's To taste of salt.
- You need 1 tsp of coriander powder.
- It's 2 of green chillies paste.
- Prepare 1 of big onion (chopped).
- Prepare 2 tsp of oil.
- Prepare 1 tsp of kasturi methi.
- You need 1 tsp of chopped garlic.
- You need 1/2 tsp of ginger paste.
- Prepare Pinch of garam masala.
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
- Soak rajma overnight and drain water and in pressure cooker let 2 whistles and open after 10 minutes. Add 2 tsp oil to pan. Add chopped onion. Fry till red and adding 1/4 cup of water make paste. Add 2 tbsp oil to pan. Add salt and turmeric to potato pieces and fry well and keep aside..
- Now add garlic. Saute for 10 seconds. Add ginger paste.After 30 seconds add onion paste. After 1 minute add tomato puree, green chillies paste,salt, turmeric powder,red chilli powder, coriander powder. Saute until oil reduce. Add potato and rajma. After 1 minute add 2.5 cups of water. Close with lid and cook in low flame for 10 minutes..
- Add kasuri methi and cook for 2 minutes in high flame. Add garam masala powder and mix well. Ready to serve..
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.