Red Kidney Beans Curry

I was not a great fan of beans back in India. I make beans curries only for my husband but then I had a chance to taste some of the north Indian curries and wonder how they make the curries so tasty. The only thing I identified in the curries are butter and the beans as they grind all ingredients. Then to my surprise I learned it is yogurt or curd that make it different.

The recipe ..

Ingredients

• 1 cup Red kidney beans
• 2 tsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Butter (optional)
• 1 big Onion
• 1/2 tsp ginger paste
• 1/2 tsp garlic paste
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 1 Tomato
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
• 3 Tbsp plain Yogurt or Curd 
• some coriander leaves
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp sugar

Method

1. Cook the beans with water and some salt. And keep it aside.
2. Saute onion in some oil and ghee in a frying pan. Once it is translucent add ginger/garlic paste and saute for 1 mnt. Then add tomatoes and saute.
3. After 2 mnts, add the tomato paste and saute again for couple of minutes.
4. Then add coriander powder and both the chilli powders and saute until the the oil starts come out. At this stage you can blend this mixture if you want. Make sure the mixture is cold before blending.
5. If you are blending, bring it back to the frying pan.
6. Add the cooked beans into the mixture and stir it. If want, you can add some more water and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Add yogurt make sure its not sour. Check the salt and add sugar. 
8. Once its start boiling ,remove from the heat and add butter and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. If its fresh then its great ,I only had dried ones.
9. Serve!

Enjoy!