Cook it for 10-20 seconds by stirring it with the help of a spoon. Add mustard seeds, wait until they split completely.
Heat a frying pan (Kadhai), pour oil in it. Make the past of garlic and ginger together, without adding water. #SIDE DISH FOR RAJMA CHAWAL SKIN#
Peel off the skin of garlic cloves and ginger. The home made puree, will enhance the taste of the dish and it is healthy as well. If you can’t prepare it in home, you can purchase it from the market. Tomato puree is readily available in the market. Grind it to a fine paste without adding water. Pour the cooked rice in a wide bottomed bowl, do not tamper it leave it as it is, if you tamper it, it will be mushy. Remove the cooker from heat and leave it to cool down. It may take hardly 10 minutes to whistle. If you are using pressure cooker, place the cooker on low flame. Pour washed rice along with water into a pressure cooker or electric rice cooker. If you are using sona masoori or any other type of rice, you can add 2 ½ cups of water for 1 cup rice. If you are using basumati rice, you can add 2 cups of water for 1 cup rice. Soaking the rice before cooking helps to soften the rice after cooking. Wash rice with plane water and soak it in 2 1/2 cup of water for 10 minutes. Cooking on low or medium flame, helps in enhancing the flavor of the beans and beans will be cooked completely and softly. Allow it to whistle thrice and remove the cooker from heat. You will experience the taste of rajma in every bite. I am adding little bit of salt while cooking rajma so that each and every beans will absorb salt. Add 1/2 cup of water and 1/4 tea spoon salt to it. Pour soaked Rajma beans directly in to a pressure cooker (capacity of 2 or 3 litres). But it is good for health to use dried Rajma than canned one. If you are using canned beans, you can use them directly. Soak them in 250 ml water, so that they will expand in size very well. Turmeric powder (Haldi powder) – 1/4 Tea spoon. Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder) – 1 Tea spoon. Rice – 200 grams (around 1 cup) – you can use any type of rice. Rajma (kidney beans) – 50 grams (around 1/4 cup). The best part of this dish is we can serve it for break fast, lunch and dinner as well. If beginners try this once, they will love to prepare this dish again. I tried to made it simple so that every body specially, beginners, can try this. I tried to prepare this dish in South Indian style and it came out very delicious and tasty. Rajma is not very familiar in South India. Normally, we try to prepare varieties in rice. Rice is the main component of cooking in Southern part of India. Rajma is rich in iron and protein and it is a great source of carbohydrates when it is combined with rice. And sending this to Siri's My Legume Love Affair 62 a event started by Lisa and Susan.Rajma Chawal is the most famous North Indian delicacy made with Rajma (Red kidney beans) and rice and of course in different ways. Serve warm with steamed rice, jeera rice or roti/ paratha. Garnish with coriander leaves and off flame. Simmer in slow flame for another 5 minutes or until gravy becomes thick. Add salt, crushed kasoori methi, amchur powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and stir to mix well. Now add the rajma cooked water and bring it to good boil cover and simmer for 10 mintues in medium flame.ħ. Now add tomatoes and stir, cover and cook until tomato gets mashed, stir in intervals.Ħ. Add chilli, turmeric, coriander powders and mix well, saute for a minute while stirring.ĥ.
Add onion, chilli, ginger-garlic paste and saute until onion becomes soft.Ĥ. In a pan or wok heat oil add hing, cumin and allow to crack. Meanwhile finely chop onion, toamtoes, chilli, coriander leaves.ģ. Drain and and pressure cook with bayleaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamom, 1/2 tsp salt and 2-3 cups of water (rajma should be totall immerse in water)for 4-5 whistles, once presure released discard all the garam masala and keep the water.Ģ. Soak rajma(red kidney beans) in ample of water for 8-10 hours or over night. Prep Time: 5 Mins + Soaking Time | Cook Time: 40 Mins | Total Time: 45 MinsĬrushed Kasoori Methi/Dried Fenugreek Leaves - 1/2 tbspġ. Author: Priti | Category: Main Course | Cuisine: Punjabi - Indian