Instant Pot Rajma Chawal
Instant Pot Rajma Chawal

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, instant pot rajma chawal. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cooking Rajma Chawal recipe in instant Pot is as exciting as it sounds. You will love this spicy kidney bean curry that's cooked without onion & garlic! This Rajma curry also happens to be Vegan because I did not add ghee.

Instant Pot Rajma Chawal is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Instant Pot Rajma Chawal is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have instant pot rajma chawal using 24 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Instant Pot Rajma Chawal:
  1. Prepare 1 cup Rajma/Red Kidney Beans
  2. Make ready 5 cups Water (For Soaking the Beans)
  3. Make ready 3 1/2-4 cups Water or Rajma Stock (For Gravy)
  4. Prepare 1 Large Tomato (Pureed)
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Tomato Paste (Diluted with Water)
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  7. Get 3 Green Chillies (Cut into Half)
  8. Prepare 3 Dried Whole Red Kashmiri Chillies
  9. Get 1 Bay Leaf (Halved)
  10. Take 1/2 tsp Asafoetida
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup Oil
  12. Take 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  13. Get 1 tsp Cumin Powder
  14. Prepare 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  15. Get 1 1/2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  16. Prepare 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  17. Prepare 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
  18. Get 1 tsp Kasuri Methi Powder
  19. Get 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  20. Make ready Salt (As required)
  21. Take For the Steamed Rice:
  22. Get 1 cup Basmati Rice
  23. Take 1 1/4 cup Water
  24. Make ready 1 tsp Ghee

Rajma or Red Beans takes longer to cook, which makes them a perfect fit for pressure cooking. Instant Pot Rajma- One Pot Punjabi Rajma made without soaking Dried Kidney Beans in Pressure Cooker. Vegan,Gluten Free Indian instant pot recipe. I never thought making Rajma will get so easy.

Steps to make Instant Pot Rajma Chawal:
  1. Wash the Rajma/Red Kidney Beans well under running tap water and soak them in enough water for about 8 hours or overnight.
  2. Switch on the Instant Pot. Add the soaked Rajma alongwith water into the pot. Place a heat resistance stand and place a steel container on the stand. Add the rice, water and ghee in the container. Close the Instant Pot lid. Set the valve to Sealing. Press the Pressure Cook button and set it to High. Set the time for 7 minutes. After 7 minutes when the Instant Pot starts to beep. Do Not do a quick pressure release. Wait for 10 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure.
  3. Open the lid and check the rice. The rice will be nice, soft, fluffy and well cooked.
  4. Take out the stand and the rice container carefully and set aside. At this stage, the red kidney beans will be semi-done. Strain the beans and store the water, to be used later to make gravy.
  5. Press the saute button of your IP and set it on High. When the Instant Pot displays Hot, add oil.
  6. When the oil becomes hot, add cumin seeds, bay leaves, the chillies and asafoetida and allow them to sizzle for a few seconds. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute well until the raw smell leaves.
  7. Now add the tomato puree and salt and mix well.
  8. Add all the powdered spices and saute well until oil oozes out. Add the diluted tomato puree.
  9. Add the semi-done Rajma and saute well. Add the stored rajma boiled water. Mix well. The entire sauteing was done in 10 minutes.
  10. Press the Cancel Button. Put the lid on the Instant Pot and lock it. Set the valve to Sealing. Press the Pressure Cook button and set it to High. Set the time for 10 minutes.
  11. After 10 minutes, when the Instant Pot beeps, Do Not do a quick pressure release. Allow it to release naturally.
  12. Open the lid and adjust the consistency of the gravy. If you prefer thicker gravy, press Saute and set the time for 3 more minutes. And if you prefer a thinner gravy, add little more water and Saute again.
  13. Rajma Chawal is ready to relish with mango pickle.
  14. Also added rajma and chawal together in a pan and did a stir fry and made an egg fry as a side dish. It tasted even batter.

There are obvious virtues in making a proper Rajma Masala but making Instant Pot Rajma. Rajma Chawal - One Pot Beans and Rice using Pot-in-Pot Method (PIP). In northern India, the pairing of beans and rice is called Rajma Chawal, where Rajma refers to any An easy Instant Pot recipe for a traditional Indian red kidney beans curry, called Rajma. This popular vegan and gluten-free comfort. Instant Pot Rajma Recipe - This instant pot kidney beans curry is very comforting food when served with rice or roti.

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