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Punjabi Rajma

Time
Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 40 min Total Time: 50 mins
Servings 6
Description
Rajma cooked in a delicious, spicy, Punjabi style gravy!
Ingredients
  • 1 cup rajma/ kidney beans
    • For tempering
  • 4 tablespoons oil/ ghee
  • 1 teaspoon cumin (jeera seeds)
  • 2 whole cloves (laung)
  • 2 black or green cardamom (chhoti/ badi elaichi)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 " cinnamon
  • 2 whole dry red chillies
  • 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
    • Other ingredients
  • 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
  • 2 medium onions
  • 2 big tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup cashew (kaju)
  • 1 tablespoon kasuri methi
  • salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
    • For spice powders
  • 2 teaspoons coriander (dhania powder)
  • 1/8 teaspoon turmeric (haldi powder)
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (optional, for colour)
  • 3 tablespoons water
    • Garnish options
  • ginger juliennes soaked in freshly squeezed lime
  • coriander leaves
  • chilli powder
  • tomato slices
  • onion rings
Instructions
  1. Soak rajma overnight or for 6 to 8 hours.
  2. Drain and wash in fresh water. Pressure cook till cooked with approx 5 cups water.
  3. Grate/ pulse the onions to coarse mixture. Puree the tomatoes. Grind cashews to a smooth paste. In a small bowl mix together the ingredients under 'for spice powders'.
  4. In a saucepan heat oil/ ghee. Add all the whole spices, asafoetida for tempering.
  5. Add crushed onions. Saute till light golden.
  6. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for another 1 to 2 mins.
  7. Add the spice powder mixture and saute for 30 seconds.
  8. Add tomato puree. Saute till thickens and oil starts to separate.
  9. Add cooked rajma, mix well. Add 1 cup cooking liquid or as as required. Add salt.
  10. Bring to boil. Then simmer for 5 mins.
  11. Add cashew paste, garam masala, kasuri methi. Simmer 1 to 2 mins.
  12. Remove from heat.
  13. Serve hot with steamed basmati rice, rotis, ghee rice, saffron rice.
Read it online: https://prathiruchi.com/recipe/punjabi-rajma/