
Turn down the heat and let the rajma masala simmer for 15-20 minutes. The kidney beans, tomato passata, some ginger and garlic, and plenty of delicious spices go into the pot with the thick rajma paste. Roasted papad and laccha pyaaz is served on the side. The most popular way to serving Punjabi rajma is with chawal (a bowl of rice). Then reheat in a saucepan or microwave until piping hot. It will be very loose but after mixing it with ghee and cooking for a few minutes, it thickens up and will have a paste-like consistency. Thaw the frozen rajma in the refrigerator overnight or keep it on the countertop at room temperature or 2-3 hours. This curry paste is a blend of white onion, serrano chiles and water.Įither a blender or small food processor is perfect for making the puree. The first step in this recipe is creating a paste to thicken the curry with. Personally, I find that the flavor of homemade spice blends is much fresher. You can certainly use a premade garam masala spice blend if you'd like. For this dish though, I prefer to use my garam masala recipe. I use chana masala powder to make an Instant Pot curry that's out of this world delicious.

After soaking, add rajma to the pressure cooker with 4-5 cups of water and spices such as bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and salt. Rajma chawal is kidney beans served with boiled rice. Rajima Chawal Recipe: First, take a large container and soak the rajma overnight or for at least 8 hours. If cooking dry beans from scratch, be sure to reserve a cup of the cooking liquid to use later in the recipe. The dish developed after the red kidney bean was brought to the Indian subcontinent from Mexico. You're welcome to cook dried kidney beans from scratch if you'd like, but to keep the recipe quicker and easier to make, I use canned dark red kidney beans.

Red beans- Although there are several varieties of red beans available, either light or dark red kidney beans are the most commonly used for rajma masala curry.
