

Add all the ground spices - red chilli, turmeric, coriander and garam masala. Cook the masala - Turn on the saute mode on your instant pot and add the cooking oil, followed by the masala prepared above. Make the masala - Grind together onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic to a smooth puree.ġ. Soak the beans - Wash and soak kidney beans in water, cover and keep aside overnight or at least 4-5 hours at minimum.Ģ. Powdered spices - red chilli, turmeric, coriander and garam masalaġ.Ingredients in rajma masalaĮxact quantities are given in the recipe card below. It is a filling, delicious meal when eaten with rice. It has the goodness of beans and is very nutritious.Ĥ.

It has a few, very commonly available ingredients.ģ. It is very easy to make in the instant pot.Ģ. Include them in your diet if you want to pack a nutritional punch. Soak or no soak, kidney beans are a terrific source of protein, cholesterol lowering fibre, minerals and anti-oxidants. If you want to really get into a spirited discussion of this issue and make up your own mind, check out this post by Vegan Coach. I have not experienced any digestive discomfort thereafter. And really, I have found personally that this method works for me. And she cooks the beans after rinsing them in running water. My mother always soaks her beans overnight and won’t hear of any new-fangled theories about cooking them as is. Me? In the midst of all this fuzziness, I prefer to stick with traditional wisdom. So, they say that if you don’t throw away this water, it is kind of pointless to soak beans in the first place. The reason why some people throw away the soak water is because it is supposed to contain anti-nutrients (substances which cause flatulence). Soaking beans brings us to the dilemma of keeping or discarding the water in which they have been soaked. However, if you decide to soak them, there is a further consideration. Go ahead and cook your unsoaked beans and if you’re happy with the results, that’s it! If you decide not to soak your beans, the matter ends here.

While people who don’t agree with this view do admit that soaking reduces the cooking time, they say that it does absolutely nothing to reduce the gas-producing properties of beans. Soaking also significantly reduces cooking time since the beans swell and soften with all that water in them. Most people soak beans (nuts and seeds too) to improve their digestibility and prevent gas. With beans, the big question is always ‘to soak or not to soak?’ Why you should soak beans No points for guessing that this is a tried-and-tested, made-more than-a-gazillion-times recipe!īut that comes later. I have very fond memories of eating rajma chawal (kidney beans with rice) while growing up in Delhi, and today, I'm sharing with you the very same authentic Punjabi rajma recipe from my childhood. In north India, kidney beans are cooked in an onion-tomato gravy until very soft and usually served with rice. Red kidney beans have a nutty-buttery taste which is enhanced by the sauce you cook them in. Rajma Chawal is Punjabi comfort food that really comforts!

Ladled over white or brown rice, it makes for a complete meal and a very popular North Indian dish called rajma chawal. Instant pot rajma masala is red kidney beans cooked in a thick onion-tomato gravy.
