Recipe: Eating on a Dime RaajMa and Rice

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RaajMa and Rice. Rajma Chawal (Kidney beans with rice) is a comforting and very simple dish. It is not only a tasty dish but also full of proteins. In case if you feel lazy to cook, yet want a wholesome,healthy,comforting dish, then this is a perfect choice.

You can also add a little salt in it for taste.

Once the rice is soft and double its size, strain the water.

Bring to a simmer over medium.

You can cook RaajMa and Rice using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of RaajMa and Rice

  1. Prepare 2 cups of Red Beans soaked in water overnight.

  2. Prepare 2 TB of cooking oil.

  3. Prepare 1 of Ts Cumin seeds.

  4. You need 6 Cloves of Garlic.

  5. Prepare 1 of Medium onion sliced.

  6. It’s 2 of Fresh tomatoes whole.

  7. Prepare 1 of ts kosher salt.

  8. You need 1 1/5 of ts Masala (Pauv Bhaji).

  9. Prepare 1 inch of smashed Ginger.

  10. Prepare 2 of ts Toasted Cumin and Corriander Toasted and Crushed.

  11. It’s 1 cup of chopped cilantro.

  12. You need 4 of chopped green chillies.

  13. It’s 1 TB of Butter optional.

Serve over warm rice, and add more ghee to taste.

Rajma pulao - an easy one-pot rice dish made in a pressure cooker.

Rajma pulao is my goto rice dish for a busy weekday lunch.

This will be good for the lunch box as well.

RaajMa and Rice instructions

  1. Heat oil in Pot. Add cumin seeds. Cook 1 minute. Add Onion, Garlic, Tomatoes. Add 1 cup water. Cook 10 minutes..

  2. Add Masala. Add Ginger. Take out soaked beans, discard water, add beans to the pot. Add Salt. Add about 3 cups of water. Bring everything to Boil. Reduce heat to medium low. Cook for 90 minutes - until beans are fork tender. Add 1 cup water at a time, as needed - dont let it dry and don't add too much water..

  3. Add Cumin and Corriander powder, green chillies and cilantro. Top with 1 TB Butter. Let it rest. Serve when ready over rice..

  4. .

Pair it with salad and makhana raita and lunch is done 🙂 Rajma and rice, no meal can be more satiating.

This famous combination of rajma chawal is a complete one meal dinner and healthy protein for Vegetarians as it's a cereal and pulse combination.

Rajma chawal is derived from Punjab and this recipe is super unique as we have mixed the rajma curry and cooked basmati rice and made it like a pulao.

Rajma in Hindi means "Kidney Beans" and Chawal means "Rice".

This, in short, you can call as Kidney Beans and Rice.