Rajma Curry

Ingredients :

Rajma [Red beans ] - 1/ 4 kg
Salt - As per taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
Rajma masala - 1 sp
Red  chillie powder - 1 sp
Oil - 2 tbl sp
Cumin seeds - 1 sp
Jaggery or Sugar - 1/2 sp
Cut coriander leaves - Little.

Make Into Coarse Paste :

Onion - 3
Red tomato - 1 [Big]
Garlic flakes - 2 to 3
Green chillie - 1
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece.
[Fry all the ingredients in oil for 5 mins till the onion turns into light pink colour. Then grind into smooth paste].

Method :

Soak rajma in water for 10 hrs. Then boil in cooker adding salt & turmeric powder. Remove the cooker from gas after arrival of 3 whistles. Then take one pressure pan, keep on the gas, pour oil & add cumin seeds. When cumin seeds splutters, add the grained masala to that & mix well. Add chillie powder, rajma masala  powder, little sugar or jaggery & stir nicely in low flame. When the oil leaves sideways, add the boiled rajma with the water. Check salt at this time. If you want, add little more water & mix 1 tbl sp tomato purie, close the lid & boil for some more time. When 1 whistle comes keep the gas in sim position & allow it to boil for 20 mins in low flame. Then remove from the gas. Wait till the pressure goes. Then open the pressure pan & sprinkle coriander leaves. This gravy can be served along with rice also. Reduce the quantity of water if it is to be served with chappathis.