Ingredients for Rajma Aloo Cutlet Sandwich Recipe

Preparation Time: 5 mins  Cooking Time : 5 mins  Serves: 1

• 1 Rajma Cutlet
• 2 Wheat Bread Slices
• 2 Cucumber Slices
• 2 Tomato Slices
• 1 Onion Slice
• 1 Tsp of Ghee

Method for Rajma Aloo Cutlet Sandwich Recipe

• Spread the ghee on one side of each bread and toast it in a toaster until it turns crisp.
• Wash and slice the onion, tomato and cucumber.
• Prepare the rajma cutlet as per the recipe . For recipe click here rajma cutlet.
• Assemble the sandwich by placing cucumber, onion, tomato and cutlet . Gently press both the bread together.
• Slice the sandwich diagonally to create finger sandwich.
• Yummy, healthy sandwich is ready to serve.

Tips

• You can have mayonnaise or cheese or any dressing in your sandwich.
• You can also use lettuce in your sandwich.
• Add butter in place of ghee.

Ingredients for Rajma Cutlets

Preparation Time : 15 mins+ overnight soaking  Cooking Time : 35 mins Serves: 10 Cutlets

• 3/4 Cup of Rajma (Red Kidney Beans)
• 3 Potatoes
• 4 Garlic Cloves and 1 Inch of Ginger, crushed using mortar and pestle
• 5 Curry Leaves, Finely Chopped
• Pinch of Asafoetida
• Handful of Coriander Leaves, Chopped
• 2-3 Tbsp of Besan Flour (Gram Flour)
• 2 Tsp of Red Chilli Powder
• 1 Tsp of Cumin Powder
• 1/2 Tsp of Garam Masala
• 1/2 Tsp of Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves)
• Salt to taste
• Oil for shallow frying
• Bread Crumbs from 3 toasted bread or store bought

Method for Rajma Cutlets

• Soak rajma (kidney beans) in water for overnight.  Next day, drain the water and transfer it to pressure cooker, add enough water. Pressure cook for 12 – 15 whistles and turn it off.
• Meanwhile, wash the potatoes and microwave it for 5 mins for each potato or pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Peel off the skin of potatoes, mash it and set it aside.
• In a blender, grind the beans coarsely, don’t add water while grinding.
• Heat a pan with oil, add ginger-garlic paste, fry for a min, add curry leaves, coriander leaves, asafoetida, red chilly powder, cumin powder and garam masala, fry for a min. Add kasuri methi, mix well and turn it off. Transfer this masala mixture to a mixing bowl, add mashed potatoes, ground beans, besan flour,  add salt, combine well with your fingers. If your mixture comes out dry, sprinkle some water, mix well and form like a dough.
• Pinch a small portions from the dough and roll into balls. Flatten the balls with your palm into cutlets.
• Roll the cutlets in bread crumbs. Heat a cast iron pan, add a tbsp of oil, spread it using paper towel, place cutlet and drizzle a tsp of oil on the sides of the cutlets, cook for few mins and flip to the other side using spatula and drizzle a tsp of oil again, cook on low flame until it turns golden colour. Carefully remove from the pan.
• Yummy rajma cutlet are ready to serve.

Tips

• Serve with ketchup or as sandwich by placing them between breads.
• You can have mixed vegetables in place of aloo (potato).
• Always cook cutlet in medium flame, please take more time to cook,  as rajma can cause flatulence or digestive issues.
• If you don’t have breadcrumbs, just toast it in oil without crumbs
• You can also deep fry the cutlet instead of shallow frying like I did.
• Add more gram flour if your dough is watery.

Ingredients for Basic Dal Recipe (South Indian)

Preparation Time : 30 mins   Cooking Time: 15 mins  Serves: 3

To Pressure Cook

• 1/2 Cup of Toor Dal
• 1/4 Tsp of Asafoetida
• 1/4 Tsp of Turmeric Powder
• 1 Tsp of Salt
• 1/2 Tsp of Oil
• 3 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Green Chilly
• 1 Tomato, Large
• 2 Cups of Water

To Temper

• 1 Tsp of Gingelly Oil or any cooking Oil
• 1 Tsp of Ghee (Clarified Butter)
• 2 Red Chillies
• 1 Tsp of Cumin
• 1 Tsp of Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 Tsp of Urad Dal
• Few Curry Leaves
• 1/4 Tsp of Black Pepper Powder(Optional)

Method for Basic Dal Recipe (South Indian)

• Soak the toor dal in water for 30 mins. Wash and cook it in pressure cooker by adding all the ingredients in the list( To pressure cook). Cook this dal for 3-4 whistles.
• Heat a pan with ghee and oil, when it is hot, add red chillies, after it changes colour, add cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, after it sizzles, add black pepper powder, fry well and now tranfer this seasoning to dal, mix well. Check the salt.
• Serve hot with steamed rice.

Tips

• Adjust the no of red chilies according to your spicy taste.
• Adding black pepper powder is optional.
• Adding ghee adds nice flavor to dal.