When I planned to make this on Saturday something came up and I had to refrigerate the beans even though I had it soaking overnight. I was finally able to make it after 48 hours, though actual soaking might have been for 8 hrs, rest of the time it was refrigerated. When I pressure cooked, I was remembering the dark brown Rajma which never gets cooked properly and kept the same timing for this lighter coloured ones as well. Result was the beans was completely cooked and I couldn't have it cooked again with the rice. So I drained the water, used little bit of beans while cooking the rice. The second half was done by doing a dum process of the beans with the rice. And that ended up being perfect biryani rice for you.
Ingredients Needed:
Raw Rice / Basmati Rice - 2 cups ( I used Sona Masuri)
Rajma - 1 cup
Curds / Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Tomato, finely chopped - 1 big
Ghee + oil - 3 tbsp
Grind to a paste:
Cinnamon - 1 "
Cardamom and clove - 2 each
Green chilli - 2 medium
Onions - 1 medium
Coriander Seeds / Dhaniya - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder a pinch
Salt to taste
How to make Rajma Biryani
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Notes
This recipe actually called for the beans to be cooked along with the rice. Since my beans were overcooked already, I added the water from the cooked beans for cooking the rice. Optionally you can also add handful of cooked rajma for more bean taste.
Even if the Rajma is overcooked, when you do it finally in the dum process, you will find that the beans gets well mixed with the rice.
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Amarendra says
Awesome Biryani.. Its tempting.
vaishali sabnani says
Valli I think its better to cook raajma separately...raajma takes long to cook and rice is done faster..as a result we wud b left with hard raajma..so blessing in disguise..like the masalas..
Pooja says
rajma in rice . quite interesting !
Prathima Rao says
Super tempting biryani srivalli!!!
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Chef Mireille says
love the spice paste...great biryani
Suja Manoj says
Healthy and yum Biryani
sushma says
Yummy Biryani.Bookmarked.
Priya says
Yummy briyani, looks super delicious and inviting.
The Pumpkin Farm says
sometimes my rajma -colored, loses its color when soaked makes me feel whether it gets colored, a punjabi frd assured me that is not the case....wonder why i never thot of this biryani when rajma and rice always seems to be the most amazing combo ever....looks fabulous
Nirmala Gurunathan says
Looks delicious and quite healthy ,spicy.....
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi says
very healthy one pot meal!
Cool Lassi(e) says
Red or white, I am sure they tasted great! A nutritious pulao for sure.