Rajma from Dishoom: From Bombay with Love: Cookery Book and Highly Subjective Guide to Bombay with Map (page 102) by Shamil Thakrar and Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir

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Accompaniments: Raita

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  • Potawatomus on May 01, 2026

    This was so good! It was very flavorful. If you have the garlic paste, ginger paste and tomato masala on hand, this is a very easy weeknight recipe.

  • ShayLRoss on April 21, 2026

    Happy with how this came together! Used dried beans instead of canned, and it worked well. I recommend this dish as a side with rice and protein!

  • celine_yl1s3t on February 03, 2026

    Out of the three vegetarian dishes I've made so far this is the winner. Wonderful flavor. Definitely will be making this again.

  • mic_cherry on January 09, 2026

    Yep, this is incredible. Served with rice and the raita plus a wedge of lime and pickled red onions. Added a little extra juice from the canned tomatoes to keep it from drying out while the rice was finishing cooking and a little less butter than called for. Also no ginger matchsticks as I made the recipe using ginger from a tube. Truly excellent with Rancho Gordo beans (I had Santa Maria Piquitos)!

  • lholtzman on June 26, 2025

    This tastes like the vegetarian chili I want to eat. The flavors are perfect.

  • aimeekitty on March 26, 2025

    It's delicious, I would just reduce the spice if you're making it for kids. I really like it how it is in the recipe, though. Would make again.

  • Eleanorconroy on January 24, 2025

    This was really nice with the raita and some plain rice. My husband wasn't keen on the ginger matchsticks so I might leave those out next time. I used green cardamom and Kashmiri chilli powder and it worked fine

  • bc2rlh2023 on January 02, 2024

    Lovely, took a long while to prepare and cook (I used dried beans).

  • shrnngnt on September 17, 2023

    Very good recipe. As aforementioned, the onion tomato masala takes a while, but after that it’s super easy. I made it with Rancho Gordo King City Pink beans and it was perfect. Much better choice than plain kidney beans.

  • bernalgirl on June 10, 2023

    This rajma is a very good reason to invest the time to make the onion tomato masala. Possibly my favorite rajma to date and even my legume ambivalent husband loved this, it has wonderful depth of flavor.

  • SheilaS on October 14, 2021

    This with rice and the raita makes a super satisfying meal. I used Rancho Gordo Rio Zape beans instead of canned. The onion-tomato masala takes a while to make but it all pays off by adding a great slow-cooked flavor to this easy dish that comes together in the time it takes to cook the rice.

  • joneshayley on September 03, 2020

    A delightful cheap and flavourful meal. This was a huge hit for us and dc.

  • metacritic on April 16, 2020

    Extraordinary. As good as the dal makhani is, this is even better, which isn't faint praise.

  • JJ2018 on January 11, 2020

    Really enjoyed this. Requires the masala base which takes some time but the rest of the curry came together quickly

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