Comfort Food.....Family which dines together lives together!!!

When we Indians get married 'guna' are matched, between groom and bride as a horoscope match. Don't know anything else except that we matched with our comfort food and till date I know what brings smile on his face on a hectic day.Meals which we as family enjoy together and feel contempted. For each his own, but our one of the comfort dishes to be fully relished is 'Rajma chawal'.From being a punjabi background we love it dotingly and have made it our fixed menu for sunday lunch.This also helps in no wastage of time in deciding what to cook.....
Rajma chawal:
Ingredients for Rajma(red kidney beans)
1)Rajma two cups
2)11/2 medium Onions
3)2  red juicy tomatoes
4)1 tablespoon of ginger and 1 tablespoon of garlic paste
5)Green chillies as per taste
6)Dry masala powders like red chilli,coriander powder 2 teaspoon,jeera 1tea spoon
7)Recommended MDH rajma masala powder
8)Green leafy coriander chopped
9)Cooking oil
10)Salt
We start with our best friend pressure cooker and put oil for tempering.We need to prepare our rajma by soaking overnight.Add jeera once oil is hot.Add onions finely chopped ,let it be brown and then add ginger and garlic paste.Add tomatoes once its all brown and add salt.
Let the mix leave oil at periphery and then add all dry powders and add 2 tea spoon of rajmamasala powder too.You will find nice glaze and oil bubbling around then add your soaked rajma to it.
Put lots of water almost covering the whole masala mix.Add half cut coriander greens and leave rest for garnishing
Close the lid and let 6 whistles blow...Well try giving more whistles as hardwater takes more time.
Serve hot with steamed hot rice.
People do boil rajma first and then add to masala, thats other variation but do try one pot cooking and enjoy My version of rajma....enjoy!!