RAJMA~ INDIAN STYLE RED KIDNEY BEANS AND RICE
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker or Instapot if cooking from scratch
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried red or pink kidney beans or 2 (14 0z) cans organic kidney beans, drained and rinsed Soaked overnight if cooking from scratch
- 2 tbsp olive, grape seed or avocado oil, or any neutral oil will do
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 3-4 medium cloves garlic minced, about 1 heaped teaspoon
- 1½ inch piece fresh ginger finely chopped
- 3 large tomatoes chopped or 1(14 oz) can plain peeled tomatoes
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- 1-1½ tsp hot or cayenne chilli powder use less for milk or more for hot
- 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder or mild unsmoked paprika
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- ¾ tsp kosher salt
- 3 turns of black pepper
Spices
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 whole black cardamom optional,
- 2 whole cloves optional
- ½ inch cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Cook the beans as suggested in the notes.
- In a large sauce pan, warm the oil add cumin, fennel seeds, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon black cardamom and allow them to sizzle for a few seconds, but not browned. Then add chopped onions and cook until soft, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger and cook till fragrant. About 3 minutes on medium-low heat.
- Next add the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste chilli powder, paprika, coriander powder and salt. Stir, saute to cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat until tomatoes reduce and oil starts to separate from the mass. Add the cooked beans, garam masala and mix well.
- Add upto ½ cup water if needed, it should be a thick soup like consistency to eat with rice. (see pictures) Bring the curry to a boil and lower to simmer for another 7-8 minutes. Check to taste the balance and season if needed.
- Garnish with cilantro. And serve with rice or Indian breads of your choice, raita and chopped salad.
Notes
- Dried red or pink kidney beans should be soaked overnight and cooked with 1 bay leaf in a pressure cooker or Instapot with water till soft or in a large stock pot with 6-7 cups of water simmered for 40-45 minutes till soft).
- **See Pressure Cooker or Instapot for instructions to cook kidney beans. Cooking time of beans vary for different brands and age of the beans. Please check for doneness frequently. We are looking for soft beans like canned beans.
- It is difficult to decree a definitive set of instructions for cooking beans. I find using good quality canned beans very convenient to save time and achieve similar results. Simply rinse the canned beans, drain and use.
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