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 have Rajma using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Rajma
- It's 250 gms of rajma soaked (5-6)hrs.
- You need of Salt as per taste.
- Prepare 1 of big onion paste.
- You need 1 of big tomato paste.
- You need 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
- You need 1 tbsp of butter.
- It's 1 tsp of turmeric powder.
- It's 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
- It's 1 tsp of corriander powder.
- Prepare 1 tsp of garam masala powder.
- Prepare 2 of green chill chopped.
- It's 11/2 tbsp of oil.
- It's 1/2 tsp of whole cumin seeds.
- Prepare 1 tsp of kasoori methi.
- It's Pinch of hing.
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 step by step
- First boil rajma in a cooker. 3-4 whistle.keep aside, now heat oil in a kadai add cumin seeds add onion paste fry till translucent add tomato paste fry it. Now add ginger garlic paste.green chillies..
- Add all dry masala salt & hing fry well & add kasoori methi..
- Put masala in a cooker,mix with rajma before covering the lid add butter. Butter for creamy texture I prefer..
- Now cover lid and keep for 2-3 whistle till rajma get soft. depend on size of rajma & cooker size how many whistle need..
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.