The beans need to be soaked overnight and then pressure cooked for that soft texture which is a must for rajma. Start with raw beans: yes you can make it with canned beans but a good rajma needs to be made with raw kidney beans. So, I am going to share some of my tips that I have learned over the years to make a good rajma. You can use either one of the light or dark color large kidney beans to make punjabi style rajma. The smaller kidney beans are used in Kashmiri Rajma, which is a different recipe and uses different spices and you can find the recipe in my cookbook.
There are also varieties which are smaller in size. There are lighter ones and also dark kidney beans. Now when you go to market, you will see variety of kidney beans. Rajma is traditionally vegan (except when you add ghee to it) and also gluten-free. It’s an extremely popular curry in North India and a true Punjabi meal if often incomplete without it. The pressure cooked beans are then cooked with onion, tomatoes, ginger-garlic and with spices like coriander, garam masala, chili powder etc. Rajma is kidney beans curry which is made by pressure cooking raw kidney beans which are soaked overnight. I do not like rajma if the curry is on the thinner side.įor me a good rajma should be flavorful with the beans blending in with the spices and the curry should slightly be on the thicker side and have a melt-in-mouth texture. It’s probably one of his favorite dishes (that’s a typical Punjabi right there)!īut my taste buds have changed over the years and now I really enjoy rajma, especially the one I make. Sarvesh on the other hand is a huge rajma fan. However I was not very fond of rajma growing up, I don’t know why but I preferred it much less compared to the dals and chole and all my veggies. Whenever we would invite someone over for lunch or dinner, mom would definitely make one of these. In fact I always say that chole, rajma and dal makhani are like the 3 most popular north Indian main course vegetarian recipes. Rajma is one of the most popular curries in north India. Kidney beans are cooked with onion, tomatoes and spices in this flavorful vegetarian curry.
Rajma Masala aka Kidney Beans Curry is one of the most common and popular curries made in North India.
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