Friday, August 5

Rajma Chawal




That's called a perfect dinner when you are soo hungry!!! Garma garam makhan roti, Jeera chawal and the one and only Healthy Rajma..ohh Heaven for me... :) . Let's look into the recipe one by one.

Rajma:

Take 1 cup rajma soaked for 4hrs then cooked until soft. Grind together 1onion, 2 green chillies, 2 tomatoes, 1tsp ginger garlic paste, 2 strands coriander leaves, 1clove, 1 elachi, 1 cinnamon stick.
Heat 1tbsp butter/oil add the grinded paste and fry till oil oozes out. Now add a dash of turmeric, 1tbsp rajma masala/kithenking masala, 1 tsp jeera powder. Fry for some 20 seconds. Now add the cooked rajma, salt and 1/2 cup of water. Cook for 10 mins on a low to medium flame. Garnish with some fresh coriander leaves and Done!

Jeera Rice:
Heat 1 tbsp butter/oil add bay leaves, 2 cloves, 2 elachi pods and 1 inch cinnamon stick. Fry for a second and then add 1 onion and 2 green chillies thinly sliced. Fry till onions are translucent. Now add 2 tsp roasted jeera powder fry and finally add 1 cup cooked rice and salt. Mix well and its ready. Whenever we have leftover plain rice we can make this rice and can have it with some raita or plain curd.