Comments on: Third time lucky Rajmah – Kidney Beans Curry

By: Jamie Collins

Jamie Collins — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:24:48 +0000

Now I soaked the beans last night and cooked them in the morning with the pressure cooker.
What do I do with them? So good old internet the packet had the Indian name of Rajma(red) I guessed correctly it was red beans – they look red la. In seconds I have numerous recipes at hand, yours was a quick meal so in no time Rajma Vindaloo, I might of added a little more chillie powder and the two green chillies just for luck. Being greedy yes used all the onion!! Now it’s a toss between my home made chappati or usual rice ooorrrr both. Might just call this chilli con carne with a kick….

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:53:18 +0000

This was so yummy and quick! It was so good and it was a great ‘meatless’ meal! Mallika, your recipes look so great! I will be coming back for more… Thanks for the comment- it was like gold to me!!

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:47:13 +0000

I LOVE this dish. Thank you! It made 3 tasty lunches and so inexpensive, too. Love your blog, have tried several recipes and enjoyed them all.

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:17:51 +0000

dyamm ppl how water do i add…goshhhh..???

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:26:37 +0000

I tried this tonight with my Pepper Chicken Curry from your other post. It turned out WAY better than the chicken did, and the chicken was awesome.

I did a little last minute improv with this though. I wanted it to be a thicker sauce than it was shaping up to be (I did control the amount of water I added, but it was still coming out thinner than I wanted), so I pureed some kidney beans and added them to the pan to help it thicken up.

Voila! It turned out great!! My wife and I were VERY impressed with the flavors.

At the very end, when I added the garam masala and the salt, I fished out the whole spices so there weren’t any surprises… I don’t like those whole spice surprises…

Thanks again!! Can’t wait to try more!

Marc

By: Sach

Sach — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:16:12 +0000

Wanted to throw something together for my mum as she is working late tonight and I had the day off and stumbled upon your site (and this recipe!) worked out really well.. lets hope she likes it!! Thanks! Great site too!

By: Mangs

Mangs — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:04:22 +0000

ps: this was lovely but i made mine too dry

By: Mallika

Mallika — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:50:46 +0000

I would love to write a cookbook Scott and Mangs. Any publishers listening????

Thanks for your kind words – almost helped me forget I was ageing.

By: Mangs

Mangs — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:36:09 +0000

exactly. i’ve only been saying that for 3 months now. not just those heading home at 7; but hapless students just disembarked on foreign soil as well. Call the British Council and have them add the site on their (useless, thus far) final checklist for students brochure, is what i say!

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:47:14 +0000

I’ll be trying this out this weekend. You should write a cookbook- I’ve got a big stack of printed recipes from your site. Having it all bound together on nice paper would be so much better. It’s an underserved market too- all the Indian cookbooks I have are full of recipes that start out with things like “soak the dal for 3 hours”. Not very useful when you’re looking for something to make at 7:00pm.