"rajma masala restaurant style recipe – lightly spiced, creamy and a popular punjabi curry made with kidney beans...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 cup rajma or kidney beans (any variety)
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1 large onion or pyaaz
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2 medium to large tomatoes or tamatar
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3-4 garlic + 1 inch ginger + 1 green chili – crushed to a paste in a mortar-pestle
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1 tsp coriander powder or dhania powder
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¼ to ½ tsp red chili powder or lal mirch powder
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¼ tsp turmeric powder or haldi powder
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a pinch of asafoetida or hing (optional)
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¼ tsp to ½ tsp garam masala powder
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½ tsp cumin seeds or jeera
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1 tsp kasuri methi or dry fenugreek leaves, crushed
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2 tbsp butter + 1 tbsp oil or 3 tbsp butter
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2 to 3 tbsp cream
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4 cups water for pressure cooking
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1.5 to 2 cups of rajma stock (the water which is used to cook the rajma) or plain water for the gravy or curry
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salt as required