Ingredients:
• 1 cup Rajma / Red kidney beans
• 2~3 bay leaves
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 3~4 Cloves
• 3 medium size Tomatoes
• 3~4 Garlic cloves
• 1” Ginger chopped
• 1 Green chil
i • 2~3 tsp Dalda / Ghee / Oil
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 cup finely chopped Onion
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala
• 1/4 tsp Amchoor powder
• 1 tsp Red chili powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp roasted Cumin powder
Method:
• Wash rajma really good and soak it in lot of water for overnight.
• Transfer the soaked rajma masala along with water into a cooker.
• Add bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, a little more water and close the lid.
• Cook on high heat until 1 whistle.
• Reduce the heat to medium and cook on medium heat until 6-7 whistles.
• Add chopped tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chili and blend everything into smooth paste.
• Heat up dalda into a pan.
• You can use ghee or oil that you use regularly instead of dalda.
• Mustard oil gives fantastic taste to this rajma masala. You can use that too.
• Add cumin seeds, onion and fry until onion gets light golden color.
• When onion begins to turn light golden add tomato puree and mix well.
• Fry the puree until it releases oil or for about 4-5 minutes.
• When oil begins to separate out from the puree add coriander powder, garam masala, amchoor powder, red chili powder.
• You can skip amchoor powder if you don’t want.
• Mix well and fry all the masalas for just about 2 minutes.
• Add cooked rajma, a little more water to adjust the consistency, salt to taste and mix well.
• Add roasted cumin powder and mix well.
• Cook everything together on medium heat for about 6-7 minutes.
• Rajma masala is already.
• Rajma masala goes fantastic with rice known as rajma chaval.
• You also can have it with roti too.