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Rajma chawal (beans and rice)听

This is undoubtedly one of my favourite comfort foods, now and while growing up in India. Use a pressure cooker.

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Ingredients

200g red haricot beans 听(Soaked and for a couple of hours in hot water with 1tsp of salt)

2 medium onions chopped

3 garlic cloves chopped

15g fresh turmeric peeled and chopped

15g ginger peeled and chopped

3 medium tomatoes chopped

3 green chillies chopped

3tsp pomegranate molasses

3tsp garam masala

2tsp salt

5tsp sunflower oil

2 litres of water

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Method

Drain the kidney beans and wash in fresh water. Add to the pressure cooker with water and 1tsp salt. Cook on medium heat in the pressure cooker. When it whistles 7-8 times, it鈥檚 done.

While the beans are cooking, in another pan heat oil add chopped onions and cook for 5-6 minutes.

Add the chopped garlic, ginger and fresh turmeric and cook for another couple of minutes

Add fresh tomatoes and green chillies and cook for a further 3-4 minutes

Add rest of the salt, garam masala, pomegranate molasses and cook for a minute. Take it from the heat and let it cool.

When the whistles stop, remove the beans from the heat and leave to rest before opening the lid.

Once the onion paste has cooled, put into a blender and make into a puree. (It tastes so much better pureed when added in the beans.)

Open the lid of the pressure cooker and stir in the paste mix well. Put it back on the heat and cook for another 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Serve with rice.