My hubby loves paratha, chapathi and poori, with the last one being his favorite. He is very happy if I make channa or rajma. He will eat it 3 times a day without complaining if I let him. On a weekend visit to the Indian store, I have seen some fresh methi leaves, which I bought with the intention of making methi paratha. Also I had not made rajma for a long time. So I decide to make the Rajma – Paratha combo.
I will come to recipe, and made the Rajma like this.
What you need
Red Kidney beans /Rajma: 2 can
Onion: 1 no (finely chopped)
Tomato: 4 no
Garlic: 3 cloves
Ginger: 1 inch piece
Green chili: 1 no (I used Serrano pepper)
Cinnamon: 1 inch piece
Cloves: 6 no
Cardamom: 3 no
Fennel Seeds: ½ teaspoon
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Chili powder: 1 teaspoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon or to taste
Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
Water: 2 cups
Milk or heavy cream: ¼ cup
How I made
Boil tomatoes for 3 minutes in a boiling water and remove the skin and seeds and make a puree of them and keep aside.
Grind the fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom to fine powder and keep aside.
Wash the kidney beans in running water and keep aside.
Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan or sauce pot and add onion and green chilies. Fry onion until it change color or it become translucent (in a 6-7 minutes). Add ginger-garlic paste and fry them for another 2 minutes.
Add tomato puree to onion-ginger-garlic mixture and fry till excess water evaporates( 4 minutes) .
Add turmeric powder, chili powder, salt, ground spice mixture and fry for another 2 minutes.
Add washed kidney beans to this and mix everything until masala well coated and add 2 cups of water and let it boil for 6 minutes.
Check salt and spices. Add milk or cream and simmer it for another 2 minutes and switch off the flame.
Enjoy with warm paratha or chapathi or poori
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Yield: 6 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: I will
I am sending this delcious Rajama curry to
JFI: Fennel Seed Event hosted by Siri originally started by Indira
My Legume Love Affair Edition : 20 event hosted by Rachel originally started by Susan
EFM Paratha and Gravies series hosted by Srilekha
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Swathi says
Hi Gaurav,
You have to soak the rajma for over night or for 8 hours. Then wash and pressure cook them for about 3 Whistle.
GauravGaryNair-HandsomeMalluException says
Hi Swathi,
One doubt, if we use rajma not from cans where we have to soak them, how long would one soak it before cooking in the pressure cooker?
Swathi says
Preeti, Shahana, J, Priya,Tina,Sushma, Neetz, Deepa, vrinda, rachel, Deepa,srilekha,anju, supriya and siddhi thank you guys for stopping by.
Siddhi S says
wow nice curry...looks delicious...nice recipe
Red Chillies says
Swathi, pretty wholesome dish and we love Rajma at home.
I am not sure about the Dilkush recipe (though I have tasted it many times in the Bangalore bakeries). I will surely try to look for the recipe and if I find it I will post it :-))
Anjum says
Great post.Rajma chawal is my fav meal 🙂
SriLekha says
u have a very nice blog here!
i too have to post rajma curry in my blog and its in my draft from a very long time!
curry looks yummy and its a perfect combo with paratha! u can send methi paratha too for the event!
Hamaree Rasoi says
Rajma is my favourite pulse too. Looks delicious.
Rachel says
Delicious! Thank you for sending this on to My Legume Love Affair #20. Look for the roundup after the Feb. 28 deadline.
Vrinda says
Rajma looks delish,my fav too
Deepa G Joshi says
gravy looks so yummy and tasty..rajma is one of my favorites..
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Neetz says
yummy dish..i too have posted this recipe few days back :)... cant resist rajma which is very healthy and tasty 🙂
Sushma Mallya says
Gravy has got such a nice colour,def must be delicious...
Tina says
My fav dish...Looks yummy...
Priya Narasimhan says
looks lovely and creamy.
J to the... says
That looks amazing!
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shahana says
gravy looks thick n creamy!!!
Preeti Kashyap says
I love rajma! yummm...