White Rajma curry

I have already experimented with Rajma before but with just tomato paste available in US stores. Just like that day, I wanted to get white rajma and try it with that.My friends have told me, that white rajma still tastes better. So, here is the white rajma-no onions/garlic recipe for you. You might wonder what?without onions that too without Garlic? DOes it taste good? Yes it tasted very delicious. Here is the recipe.


Ingredients:

White Rajma -1.5 cup
Tomatoes- 5 chopped finely
Ginger - 3 tsps ( you might need a lot, since Rajma contains gas)
Jeera- 1 tsp
Jeera powder/Coriander Powder/Turmeric POwder/Chilli powder- 1 tsp each
Garam masala - a pinch
Kasoori methi - a pinch
Oil n salt.

Method:

1) Soak rajma in the early morning with hot water. Take it out in the evening and pressure cook for about 10 whistles.
2) In a kadai with oil, put the jeera and all the powders,ginger except Garam masala and add the tomatoes.
3) Let it fry for about 5 -8 mts.
4) Once the pressure is released add the rajma to the kadai and put the salt.Put it back in the cooker and give it 3 whistles.
5) After the release of pressure, add garam masala and coriander leaves.

Ta--Da..its ready. This is simple yet delicious. People who doesnt like or add Onions/garlic but wanted to try Rajma, could give it a try. This is as equivalent to the adding of onions/garlic.

Ra..Ra...Rajma!

"Ra..Ra...Sarasuku Ra..Rajma". Remember the song in Rajini's movie. How colorful and stylish it is, the same way I thought to make it .Yes, its Friday night.Well, Its Rajma day. It gives me so much pleasure when I write it, how yummy will it be when I make it? That too, if it is simple and easier than the usual stuff. Not the usual frying of onions,tomatoes and grinding it to paste. This one is much more simple and quick to make it.

My husband's mami has come from China, so her taste of cooking is little bit differnt than our usual cooking. Not only that, she is pakka north indian women:) yeah, they make real ,authentic traditional curries. Well, to make it simple, this was the idea just grabbed from her.Very simple and quicker too.

Ingredients:

Cinnamon - small stick
Onion -1/2 cup
Ginger- garlic paste - 1 tsp
Hunt's tomato paste - a small one ( you get it in store for just $.75)
Dry Roasted Cumin and Coriander - 1 tsp
cooked Rajma - 1.5 cup
Chilli powder - 1 spn
Channa masala - 1 spn
Garam masala - a pinch
Coriander leaves for garnishing.
Salt & Oil



Method:

Before starting, grind Onions,Cinnamon,Ginger-garlic and make it a paste.

1) In a kadai with oil, pour the paste and fry till the raw smells goes.
2) Add the Hunt's tomato paste and the dry roasted cumin and coriander powder and Chilli powder.
3) Let it fry for some more minutes and add the Rajma with Channa masala.
Fry till all those raw tomatoes smell goes away leaving the fragrant of rajma and her spices.
4) Atlast add garam masala and coriander leaves.

Ta..Da. Rajma is done. I know, it is the easiest and simplest way to eat!!!

Enjoy the dish!

Another Mini-Thali...

Its been a long day and want to end a day simple by eating nutritious as well as tasty. And also 7 months pregnant, you know, its so much exhausting to do any sort of work. Being in a kitchen or after eating meals, makes tiring. But, without food cant survive too... So I just prepared , simple mini-thali which consists of Rajma, Jeera Rice, Chapati!

Yesterday, as I watching Oprah show, Dr.Oz was the guest in explaining the antiaging checklist. If you want to get more healthy and increase your life span there are certain things you got to do everyday!

Here is the link, which shows the checklist.

Antiaging List

Yes, there comes beans for fiber !!! Yeah its our great Rajma beans.
Here is the recipe of Beans and Jeera rice.

RAJMA

Ingredients:

1 cup of Rajma
1 medium onion ( Chop roughly)
2 medium tomatoes ( Chop roughly)
1 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp Garam masala
Salt

Method:

1) Soak Rajma overnight and then put it in the cooker for 10-12 whistles.
2) While doing so, in a Kadai with oil
Fry Onions ,
then put tomatoes,
Add Chilli powder
and fry till the raw smell goes.
3) Once it is cooled, grind in to a fine paste
4) Again in a kadai,
Heat oil,
Add little bit of Jeera,
1/4 onions chopped finely,
Add the grinded mixture and let it boil till the raw smell goes
then Add cooked rajma
5) After 10-12 mts, Add garam masala

Garnish with Coriander. Yummy Rajma is ready....

JEERA-RICE:

A quick 5 minutes recipe as follows:

In a kadai with 2 spns of Ghee and E.V.O.O ( Extra Virgin Olive Oil),
Add Jeera and let it splutters,
Add Thin sliced onions ( 1),
and 1-2 split cut green chillies

and fry till the onions turn light brown.If you wish, you can add a cup of frozen peas which makes it much more yummy. Just add those things to a rice and keep it in the rice cooker.

Yummy Jeera-rice is ready.