Ranjma masala curry

Ingredients

• Red Kidney Beans(Rajma beans) – 1 cup
• Big Onion – 1
• Tomato – 5
• Red chilli Powder – 2tsp
• Coriander Powder – 1tsp
• Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala powder – 1/2tsp
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4tsp
• Salt – to taste

To Grind

• Ginger – 1″ piece
• Garlic – 4 pods

For Seasoning

• Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Bay leaf – 1 piece
• Cinnamon – 1 ‘ piece
• Ghee – 1tbsp
• Oil – 2tbsp

Recipe

1. Soak rajma beans for atleast 7 hours.
2. Cook the beans with salt in cooker for  5 to 6 whistles.
3. Chop onion  into small pieces.
4. Blanch tomatoes and peel off the skin. Add the remaining portion of tomatoes into blender and blend into nice puree.
5. Grind the ingredients given under ‘ to grind’ as fine paste.
6. Heat oil in a pan. Add seasoning ingredients one by one. Add chopped onion, saute it till brown color. Add ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder with this and fry it till the raw smell of masala goes off.
7. Then add tomato puree, saute it for sometime.
8. Finally add cooked rajma, cumin powder, garam masala powder and required amount of water, let this cook for 20 minutes in low flame, then switch off the flame.
9. serve hot with plain rice or roti.