Weekend · Delhi
राजमा चावल
Rajma Chawal
Sunday, and nothing else planned
You cannot hurry rajma and you cannot fake it. The gravy thickens because you mashed a spoonful of the beans into it, not because you added anything.
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Authentic Rajma Chawal preparation
Ramesh Ji
- Time
- 1 hr 30 + soak
- Effort
- Patient
- Heat
Everything that goes in
सामग्री
- 1 cup rajma, soaked overnight
- 2 onions, fine chopped
- 3 tomatoes, pureed
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 tbsp ghee or oil
- 1 bay leaf
- Rice, to serve
Plus these off the shelf
Serve with · Plain rice, and raw onion in vinegar.
Get the blendsMethod
Best seller- १PrepSoak rajma overnight in plenty of water. It doubles, so use a bigger pot than you think you need.
- २BoilPressure-cook with salt until a bean crushes between two fingers with no resistance at all.
- ३BhunoBrown onion, ginger and garlic properly, then tomato until the oil separates and pools at the edge.
- ४StirRajma in with its dark cooking water. Dhaniya and kashmiri mirchi now. Simmer twenty minutes.
- ५ChutkiGaram masala off the heat. Mash a spoonful of beans against the side of the pot to thicken it.
The one thingUndercooked rajma cannot be rescued later. Test one before the masala goes anywhere near it.
Saath mein banaate hain
आइए, साथ में बनाते हैं।
Cook it with him, step by step.
He works a real chulha — the vessel changes with the step, the flame comes up for a tadka, and you can hear the whole thing. Sound on.
तैयारी· Prep
पहले तैयारी कर लीजिए।
Get your prep done first.
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Weekend · Delhi
Rajma Chawal
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Prep · तैयारी
Soak rajma overnight in plenty of water. It doubles, so use a bigger pot than you think you need.