Rajma Kebabs

Name: Rajma Kebabs
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Rajma (Kidney Beans) – (Soak this for 5 to 8 hours in water and cook with enough water); 2 Potatoes – (cooked); 1 inch Ginger grated or finely cut; 3 to 4 Garlic Cloves finely chopped; 2 Green Chillies – finely chopped; 1 Onion – large (finely chopped); 2-3 tsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1/2 tsp Garam Masala; 1/2 tsp Amchur Powder; 4 tbsp Gram Flour; To taste Salt; 2 tbsp Coriander leaves – (finely cut); As needed Oil for pan frying

Premlata Rajesh @cook_19205317

Pune Maharashtra

One morning I saw a mail which was an invite for me to participate in the Master Chef India Season 6 auditions at Pune. I was not sure at that point of time and ignored the mail. After a week, my son send me details of a similar invite he received on Whatsapp to me. I showed this message to my husband and he persuaded me to participate in the audition and give it a try. I sent out my details and started preparations for the audition round.The participant was to carry a cooked dish from home and plate it at the venue. The invite mentioned “Carry the best dish prepared by you and necessary material for plating and garnishing…” We all met at the dinner table to decide what’s the best dish that could be presented at the audition round i.e. Maggi cutlets, Rajma Kebabs, Baingan Kebab or desserts??? It was a long list…. I did rehearsals cooking few of the above dishes and we finalized on Baingan kebabs as this vegetable when added with spices and deep fried tasted amazing and was probably not a common dish. You can check out the recipe of Baingan Kebabs by clicking on this link https://premasadukkala.blogspot.com/2015/05/baingan-kebab-eggplant-aubergine-kebab.html.

I finally presented Cheesy Baingan Kebabs for the audition round and cleared 2 audition rounds and awaiting results...
I made Rajma Kebabs for rehearsal round at home. I am sharing my recipe with all of you... Hope you will enjoy making this dish as much as I enjoyed making and serving it to my family!!

Premlata Rajesh @cook_19205317

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Ingredients

Serves 4 to 6 persons

1 cupRajma (Kidney Beans) – (Soak this for 5 to 8 hours in water and cook with enough water)
2Potatoes – (cooked)
1 inchGinger grated or finely cut
3 to 4 Garlic Cloves finely chopped
2Green Chillies – finely chopped
1Onion – large (finely chopped)
2-3 tspVegetable oil
1/2 tspRed chilli powder
1/4 tspTurmeric Powder
1/2 tspGaram Masala
1/2 tspAmchur Powder
4 tbspGram Flour
To tasteSalt
2 tbspCoriander leaves – (finely cut)
As neededOil for pan frying

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Steps

1

Wash the soaked Rajma well and cook them in cooker with enough water and salt. After a whistle, cook Rajma on low flame for around 15 minutes. Once the cooker cools down, drain the water and keep the Rajma aside to cool. Mash it well once it cools down. Cook the potatoes and peel of the skin and mash them with a fork and add it in the mashed Rajma.Take a pan and add little oil. Once it is hot, add in the finely sliced onions and saute this till it changes it’s colour to light brown.
2

Time to add in the ginger, garlic and finely chopped chillies and saute them well till the raw smell of ginger and garlic goes away. Add in the gram flour and saute well for about 2 to 4 minutes. Add in the spices, salt and mix well.
3

Add in the mashed Rajma and potato and combine this well and adjust the spices and salt as per your taste. Add the coriander leaves and allow this mixture to cool down.
4

Shape the mixture into small balls on your palms and flatten them and keep them aside.
5

In a hot pan add in some oil and once oil is hot, low the flame and add in the Rajma kebabs. Flip the kebabs to the other side and pan fry the kebabs till they turn golden brown in colour on both sides. Serve with chutney or any dip of your choice.