Rajma Masala - Red Kidney Beans in a Spicy Gravy

RAJMA MASALA
My dear grand children, nephews and niece have all grown up now and are scattered all over the globe each following his/her own path of life. They always shared a very close bond with me. We loved to watch movies, share stories, cook together or eat out and fool around in general during their childhood days. Now that they are all far far away chats and video calls when time permits keep our strong bonding intact. Chitra Amma's Kitchen is playing a vital role in this regard. I am touched when they tell me how the dish they prepared following a recipe in the blog turned out so good. One of them called up to remind me after lot of searching that I had not posted the recipe of Rajma Masala. Here comes your favourite Rajma Masala dear A ! Enjoy!

                                                               
INGREDIENTS
Rajma / Red kidney beans - 2 cups ( Soaked overnight)
Onion - 1 big ( Chopped)
Fresh ginger - One fat 2'' piece ( Peeled and chopped)
Garlic  - 6 segments ( Peeled and chopped)
Medium size Tomatoes ( Red, ripe and juicy ) - 6 ( Chopped and blended)
Cooking oil - 3 tbsps
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 2  one inch pieces
Cardamom - 4
Cloves - 6
Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder / Dania powder - 3/4 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
METHOD
1. Drain the soaked Rajma , add 6 cups of fresh water, one small piece of cinnamon and a pinch of salt and pressure cook until three whistles.



2. Blend the chopped onion, ginger and garlic together into a smooth paste.
3. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and add the cumin seeds followed by Cinnamon, Cardamom and Cloves.
4. When the spices are fried giving out a very pleasant aroma add the onion paste.
5. Keep stirring till the raw smell disappears and the paste is well fried.
6. Add Chilly powder and Dania powder and stir well. ( I added 1 1/2 tsps of my Sambar powder)
7. Stir in the tomato juice and let it cook till it thickens and the oil seeps out.



8. Blend a table spoon of cooked Rajma into a paste.
8. Retain the water and add only the rest of the Rajma , the Rajma paste and salt  into the masala and stir well .
9. Finally add the retained water (in which Rajma was cooked) and let it cook on medium flame till all the flavours blend well.
10. When the gravy reaches the required consistency switch off flame and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.



Enjoy the Rajma Masala with steaming hot rotis or steaming hot rice.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Amma - T made it a few days ago - was super - thanks for the recipe
-ARam
Happy you liked it.Thanks to T for trying it out.