Ingredients

• 1 cup - red kidney beans soaked for about 8 hours with a pinch of soda (soda is optional)
• 4 - small potatoes
• 2 cups - mixed vegetables (eg. beans, carrots and peas)
• 4 slices - bread (powdered in a spice grinder to a coarse mixture)
• 1/4 cup - semolina
• 1/2 tsp - red chilli powder (optional or according to taste)
• 1/2 tsp - garam masala
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp - oil
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• Grind together:
• 4 - green chillies
• handful - cilantro (coriander leaves), chopped fine
• 1 inch piece - ginger
• a little extra oil to shallow fry the cutlets

How to Make Red Kidney Beans Cutlets ( Rajmah Cutlets)

• Soak red kidney beans for about 8 hours or overnight with a pinch of soda (the soda is optional). Drain red kidney beans and place in a pot with fresh water and simmer on a low heat until cooked. Alternatively drain red kidney beans and place in a pressure cooker with sufficient water and cook until soft.
• Cook potatoes with skin either in the pressure cooker or stove top or microwave until soft and keep aside.
• When the potatoes are cool, peel potatoes, mash them and keep aside.
• Grind together green chillies, handful of cilantro and ginger until it becomes a fine paste.
• In a heavy bottomed pan, heat oil and add cumin seeds to it.
• When cumin seeds begin to splutter, add the mixed vegetables to it. Add salt to taste, chilli powder, garam masala. Sprinkle a few drops of water and cook on a low flame until it is soft.
• Add mashed potatoes to the cooked vegetables and mix well.
• Add cooked red kidney beans to this mixture and mix well.
• Using the back of your spatula or a potato masher, mash the mixture gently until most of the vegetables, beans and potatoes get mashed.
• Add bread crumbs and semolina to this mixture and mix well.
• Cool slightly and form lemon sized balls and flatten it slightly.
• Heat a flat pan/ griddle/ tawa on medium high, place the flattened cutlets on them and add a few drops of oil around the cutlets.
• Turn over and fry the other side similarly.
• Serve hot with ketchup as a snack or use the cutlets in your burger or sandwich or serve as an appetizer.