Recipe: Delicious Rajma

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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 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 have Rajma using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Rajma

  1. It's 1 cup of Rajma(kidney beans).
  2. It's 1 of medium size sliced onion.
  3. Prepare 2 of medium size sliced tomatoes.
  4. You need 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves.
  5. It's 1 pinch of hing/asafoetida.
  6. You need 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
  8. You need 1 tsp of coriander powder.
  9. You need 2 tsp of kashmiri red chilli powder.
  10. It's 1 tsp of Garam masala.
  11. Prepare 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste.
  12. You need 1 of black cardamom.
  13. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon.
  14. It's 1 of Bay leaf.
  15. It's 4 tbsp of oil.
  16. It's 4 cup of water.
  17. It's to taste of salt.

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

  1. Wash rajma and soaked overnight..
  2. Wash twice and then pressure cook rajma with 4 cups water. Add salt to taste, cinnamon, cardamom and bayleaf. Pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles. Check if done, else give 2 to 3 whistles more..
  3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add hing, cumin seeds when crackles, add onion. Saute for one minute..
  4. Add ginger garlic paste, mix well. Saute for few seconds.Add tomatoes,mix well. Cover lid and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on low flame. open the lid, let it cool down..
  5. Blend into a puree. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add kashmiri red chilli powder, keep the flame low, add the puree. Mix well, add turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt if needed. Mix well..
  6. Cover lid and cook for 5 minutes, add boiled rajma, water mix well..
  7. Cover and cook on high flame for 5 minutes. Open lid and mix well. Add chopped coriander leaves, garam masala, mix well. Delicious Rajma is ready is ready to serve. Enjoy!!!.

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.