Rajma

Name: Rajma
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Kidney Beans or Rajma; 1/2 cup Whole Green Gram or Sabut Hari Moong; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 Bay Leaf; 2 tbsp Oil or Ghee; 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste; 1 " Cinnamon stick; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli powder; 1 tsp Salt or to taste; 2 chopped Onions; 2 chopped Green Chillies; 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; 1/2 tsp Garam Masala; 1 small bunch chopped Coriander Leaves

Shanaya Shah @shanua123

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Shanaya Shah @shanua123

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

1 cupKidney Beans or Rajma
1/2 cupWhole Green Gram or Sabut Hari Moong
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
1/2 tspSalt
1Bay Leaf
FOR THE GRAVY-
2 tbspOil or Ghee
1 tspGinger garlic paste
1" Cinnamon stick
1 tspCumin Seeds
1 tspKashmiri Red Chilli powder
1 tspSalt or to taste
2chopped Onions
2chopped Green Chillies
1/2 tspCoriander powder
1/2 tspGaram Masala
1small bunch chopped Coriander Leaves

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Steps

30 mins

1

Wash and soak Rajma and Whole Green Moong overnight. Soak in clean drinking water and keep it covered. Do not throw this water. Pressure cook it along with the same water for 8-10 whistles with a Bay leaf, Turmeric powder and a little of Salt. Keep aside until use.
2

In a pan, heat Ghee and saute Onions with Ginger garlic paste. To this add slit Green Chillies and all the spices. Also add finely chopped Tomatoes and saute all of that until done or until Ghee starts separating from the sides of the pan.
3

To this one now, finally add the boiled and coarsely mashed Rajma and Whole Green Gram. Mix well and adjust Salt accordingly. Cook on a low for the next 10 minutes until everything gets incorporated well. That's it.
4

Garnish with more of chopped Coriander Leaves. Enjoy this beautiful looking creamy comfort food of all times with simple boiled Rice. The combination is just out of this World. Creamy and luscious Rajma or Kidney Beans is one ideal food of especially Northern parts of India. But it's a one dish that every Indian loves, no matter from which part they are. Such is it's charm.
Enjoy!