Rajma (Kidney Bean Curry)
Red kidney beans, tomato-onion masala and garam masala finish.
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Rajma-chawal (beans and rice) is north India's Sunday lunch - the dish you eat slowly, with someone, while the day stretches out. Make it on a weekend, eat it twice.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 2 cansred kidney beansdrained and rinsed
- 1 candiced tomatoes
- 1 largeyellow onionfinely diced
- 5garlic clovesminced
- 1 tbspfresh gingerminced
- 1green chili (serrano)finely chopped
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 1 tspcumin seeds
- 1½ tspground coriander
- ½ tspground turmeric
- 1 tspkashmiri chili powder
- 1½ tspgaram masala
- ½ tspamchur (dried mango powder)
- ¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 1½ cupsbasmati ricerinsed
- 1¼ tspkosher salt
- 2¼ cupswater
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 360calories
- 15gprotein
- 60gcarbs
- 8gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Drain and rinse kidney beans.
- Finely dice onion. Mince garlic, ginger. Finely chop green chili.
- Chop a small handful of cilantro.
- Rinse basmati.
Rice
Combine rice with water and salt. Bring to boil, cover, simmer low 15 min, off heat 10.
25 min · hands offBloom and onion
Heat oil in skillet over medium. Add cumin seeds - sizzle 15 sec. Add onion and salt; cook 8 min until deeply golden - don't rush this, it's the flavor base.
8 min · hands onBloom spices
Add garlic, ginger, green chili - cook 1 min. Add coriander, turmeric, kashmiri chili - toast 30 sec.
2 min · hands onMasala
Stir in diced tomatoes. Simmer 6 min, mashing with a wooden spoon until tomatoes become a jammy paste.
6 min · hands offSimmer beans
Add kidney beans and 1.25 cups water and remaining salt. Simmer 12 min, mashing some beans against the pan side to thicken the gravy.
12 min · hands offFinish
Stir in garam masala and amchur. Simmer 2 min. Scatter cilantro. Taste, adjust salt.
2 min · hands onServe
Spoon rajma over rice.
1 min · hands onMake it yours
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What keeps
Tastes better day 2. Keeps 5 days, freezes 2 months.
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