Rajma ( Red kidney beans )

Punjab Food

Today am discuss about how to make Punjab food rajma.Punjab is a unique state of India, this state is very popular for its food.Punjabi dishes is simple, healthy and also testy .Rajma is one of the most important Punjabi vegetarian curry and it serve best with rice.In this dish, red kidney beans ( Rajma ) are cooked with onions and tomatoes. 

Rajma 

Ingredients

•  Rajma  - ( Red kidney beans ) - 200 gm
• Labang - ( cloves ) - 2
• Teja patra - ( Bay Leaf ) - 1
• Tela - ( Cocking Oil ) - 1 tsp
• Lahuni - ( Butter ) - 1tsp
• Jeera - (cumin ) - 1 tsp
• Haladi gunda - ( Turmeric Powder ) - 1 tsp
• Jeera Gunda - ( Cumin Powder ) - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala - 1 tsp
• Piaja - ( Onion ) - 2 big size
• Ada - ( Ginger ) - small pieces 
• Rasuna - ( Garlic ) - 2,3 cloves
• Dalchini - ( cinnamon stick ) - 1 small piece. 
• Dhaniya Gonda - ( Coriander Powder ) - 1/2 tsp
• Dhaniya Patra - ( Coriander Leaf )

Preparation

• Peal the onion, garlic and ginger and cut the onion into small pieces .
• Make 1 tsp of ginger-garlic pest.
• Wash and soak rajma full night or at least for 8 hours. 
• Kidney beans will get double in size after soaking.
• Boil the soaked rajma in about 3 cups of water until rajma is soft and tender.
• Heat oil in a pan, fry cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaf for one minute.
• Then add cut onions, fry it till the onions turns to golden brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste. Fry till golden or cocked.
• Add cut tomatoes, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala  and fry it till tomatoes become soft.
• Add boiled rajma to it with salt as per test and butter .
• Then  add some water, cover it and let it boil  for 20-30 minutes. 
• When the rajma gets clearly mixed with the curry coriander powder and remove it.
• Then add some coriander leaf and serve it with rice.