Step 1: Ingredients:
Butter Beans - 1 cup
Wash and soak the butter beans overnight or for at least 8 hours.
Step 2: Ingredients:
Potato - 1 medium
Water - 3 cup
Salt - as per taste
The next day:
Add the soaked beans, peeled and diced potato to the beans with water and salt into the pressure cooker. Whistle it until they are well cooked.
Step 3: Ingredients:
Oil - 1 tbs
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cloves - 2
Cardamon stick - 1 small
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Onion - 1 small
Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Tomato purée - 1/2 cup
Tomato pulp - 1 tbs
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Ginger-chilli paste - 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1tsp
Water - 2 cups
Procedure:
* Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, cloves and cardamon stick.
* Once the mustard seeds splatter, add chopped onion and garlic paste, asafoetida and saute for a minute.
* Add the fresh tomato purée and tomato pulp and give it a good stir.
* Mix to it , turmeric powder, red chilli powder, ginger-chilli paste, lemon juice and salt as per taste.
* Cover the lid of the pan and let it simmer in low flame for a minutes or till it turn into thick gravy.
* Now, add the cooked beans, the potato and water.
* Mix well and cover it, and let it simmer for 15 - 20 minutes
* Smash some of the beans and potatoes to thicken the gravy and get the buttery flavour.
* Finally garnish it with fresh chopped cilantro, tomato and hot green chilli
The easy and tasty Butter Beans/ Rajma are ready to serve with white rice/ Chawal, bread, delicious Corn Masala Papad and Salted Lassi.
