Punjabi Rajma Masala

Hi friends,how are you all ? Today’s Recipe is ‘punjabi rajma masala’ . Rajma is the most common and popular dish of India. It is a kidney beans which is cooked in a curry.

It is a tradition to cook rajma and chawal on Sunday in punjabi family. I still remember during my childhood my friend bring rajma chawal in her lunch box and how much I love to eat it.

Rajma chawal itself is enough to satisfy anyone hungry. We don’t need anything else with them. It is one of my favorite dish .

So let’s start the recipe rajma.

Ingredients:-

• Rajma (kidney beans)
• 2 chopped onions
• 3 Tomatoes paste
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 green chilli
• 1 bay leaf
• 3-4 cloves
• 1/2tsp cumin seeds
• Pinch of hing
• Oil
• 1/2tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp amchur powder
• 1tsp coriander powder
• Salt as per your taste

Method of making punjabi rajma masala

• First soak the rajma for about 4-5 hrs before cooking or overnight in enough water.
• Now boil the rajma in pressure cooker with 1 bay leaf , 3-4 cloves and some salt. Pressure cook them around 5-6 whistle.

• After boiling the rajma start making its curry and for that heat some oil in the pan.
• Put some cumin seeds, pinch of hing and chopped onions start stirring them.

• After sometime add ginger garlic paste into it and cook it.
• Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder coriander powder, amchur powder and tomato paste and start stirring it.

• After it get cooked add the boiled rajma and mix it properly.

• Now add some water and salt in it .

• Cook it until its curry gets thick.
• Your rajma masala is ready to serve.

Points to remember

• While adding salt to the curry remember it is already used in boiling process. So be careful while adding salt.
• Do not forget to soak the rajma.
• You can also use onion paste while making this recipe.