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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. 1. Put oil in a medium saucepan and let it heat for a few minutes on medium/high heat. Add cumin seeds and let it cook for about 30 seconds, then add onions and let it soften. | 2. 2. Once onion is soft and a little transluscent add garlic paste and ginger paste and let it fry for about 30 seconds. | 3. 3. Now add all the spices- turmeric, garam masala powder, salt and crushed red chilli. Cook until you can smell the spices (for about 40 sec.) | 4. 4. Add tomatoes, green chillies, and cook until tomatoes are soft (taste a little if its not spicy enough then add some more green chillies, add more salt to taste). | 5. 5. Add the red beans and stir with all thespices. Add about ¼ cup water and cover the pan. Cook on medium low heat for 10-15 min keep checking every 5 min to make sure the heat is not too high. | 6. 6. After 10-15 min are up with a wooden spoon crush the beans (not completely all of them, just slightly so the crushed ones can create a paste). | 7. 7. Add more water if its too dry as you crush and taste for salt add more if needed. | 8. 8. Top with cilantro before serving .Served with warmed pita bread or dinner roll is best or with cucumbers sticks, salad and feta cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1 -2		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	2 -3		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
garam masala powder	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
red chili	1	teaspoon	crushed	1.25	0.2753	0.0584	0.0138
green chilies	2		chopped	-	-	-	-
oil	1/4	cup		448.95	0.0	0.1435	50.9835
red bean	15	ounces	drained washed	1403.2999	254.2949	103.6316	1.0631
garlic paste	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
ginger paste	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.