Rajmal & Chawal (Kidney Beans With Rice)

A community recipe by Sneha

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Introduction

This is a most common dish in the norhtern India...

Ingredients

Serves: 2-3

For the Rajma

1 cup kidney beans (soaked overnight)
2 onions (finely chopped)
2 cups tomato puree
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon fresh gingerroot
1 teaspoon green chile
1 teaspoon ground cumin
3 bay leaves
3 cloves
2 teaspoons red chile powder
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 pinch of turmeric
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3½ fluid ounces water
cilantro (finely chopped)

For the Rice

2 cups basmati rice (washed and kept in the refrigerator for 15 minutes)
2 tablespoons cumin seeds
cilantro (lots, for garnishing)
salt (to taste)
12 teaspoons butter / ghee
3 cups water

Method

Rajmal & Chawal (Kidney Beans With Rice) is a community recipe submitted by Sneha and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Firstly cook the kidney beans in pressure cooker covering it with a cup of water over 4-5 whistles. If you are using microwave, pls cover it with water & cook it for 20mins at 250C.

Now in a non-stick pan, add oil,put bay leaves, cloves and garlic-ginger-chilly paste. Once it starts crackling, add onions and cook it until golden.

Now add salt & 1 teaspoon of garam masala. Let it cook for 2-3 minutes. Then add turmeric & tomato puree. Stir it for few minutes.

Now add kidney beans, 100 mil of water, red chile powder, salt to taste, cumin powder & remaining garam masala. Cover it with lid and let it cook for another 5-7 mins.

Now open & check if all the flavours have mixed together. You'll find deliiously red gravy & red beans in it. Remove it from flame and garnish with corriander.

For Rice - In a pressure cooker, add ghee & cumin seeds. Once they crackle add the rice and stir if for few minutes on high flame. Now add water & salt. Let it pressure cook on 2 whistles.

Garnish it with corriander.

Additional Information

For cooking rice and especially when you want the rice grain to be distinguished from each other, the proportion should be.. For every 1 cup rice, you need 1 1/2 cup water.