RAJMA PULAO

Friends I made this rajma pulao this sunday for lunch.
Every one enjoyed it in my house.



RAJMA PULAO

Ingredients:

½ cup rajma (red kidney beans)
1 cup basmathi rice
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup green capsicum cut into squares
1 onion chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
4 pips garlic chopped
1 small piece of ginger chopped
2 green chillies sliced
1 tsp red chillie powder
½ tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
2 tsp ghee or oil
Cut coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
Wash the rajma well and soak in clean water for about 6 hours.
Add salt to rajma and cook it in the water which you soaked it.
Once cooked drain the water in a container, keep the rajma aside.

Now wash the rice, add the 1 cup coconut milk, and 1 cup of the
water in which the rajma was boiled, add salt and cook it in a rice cooker.

Heat a wok with the ghee or oil, add in the cumin seeds,
Now add in the ginger and garlic, sauté well.
Now add the onions and fry well, add in the green chillies,
the tomatoes and fry well, add in the salt and chillie powder.
Stir till the tomatoes turn mushy. Heat until all the moisture is absorbed.
Add in the cut capsicum and the cooked rajma.
Stir nicely and remove. Add the cooked rice and gently mix every thing. Garnish with the coriander leaves and serve with onion raitha.

Note: you can add cauliflower or broccoli instead of capsicum.