Navratri Special Recipe: Punjabi rajma

A renouned plate from a Northern state of Punjab, Rajma, a Hindi name for red kidney beans, is high in protein and a good source of fibre. It is traditionally served with chapati. 

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups (300 grams) red kidney beans, dripping overnight


• 2 brook leaves


• 1 middle onion finely chopped 


• 1 teaspoon (5 grams) grated ginger


• 3-4 garlic cloves chopped


• 1 teaspoon chili powder


• 1/2 tablespoon coriander powder


• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder


• 1 teaspoon cumin powder


• 3 middle sized tomatoes, chopped


• 1/2 teaspoon gram masala powder


• 1 tablespoon chopped uninformed coriander


• Salt to taste

Method

Cook beans with 5 cups of H2O in a vigour cooker compartment a vigour is expelled 5 times (five whistles) or compartment totally cooked. 

Add tomatoes, brook leaves and onion in a low nonstick vessel and stir it for 10 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and continue stirring for another 5 min.

As there is no oil we competence have to supplement 2 tablespoons of H2O if things start adhering in a pan. Add chili, coriander, turmeric, and cumin powder and stir.

Add salt and baked beans and a prohibited H2O and mix. Cook on low feverishness for 15 minutes, continue stirring in between. Adjust a salt according to ambience and supplement gram masala powder.

Cook for 5 some-more minutes. Garnish with uninformed coriander and offer prohibited with steamed rice.

Per portion (1/3 of recipe):

• 125 calories


• 7.3g protein


• 23.7g carbohydrate


• 3.9g sugar


• 0.9g sum fat


• 6.5% calories from fat


• 6.6g fibre


• 58 mg sodium

Source: Arwa Hussain/The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

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Navratri Special Recipe: Punjabi rajma