Kidney beans or rajma Kabab with spinach, paneer or cottage cheese and potato. Easy to make and soft mouth melting Kabab.
A protein rich low calorie guilt free snack. If you have boiled rajma and chana dal ready then you can make it in a jiffy.
You may like some more Kabab and cutlets recipe on this blog.
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9. Aloo chop or potato fritters
10. Sprouts and oats pan fried cutlets
Kidney beans are an excellent plant-based source of protein. They’re also rich in various minerals, vitamins, fibers, antioxidants, and other unique plant compounds.
Therefore, these beans may aid weight loss, promote colon health, and moderate blood sugar levels.
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And I have also used spinach or palak paneer or cottage cheese in the Kabab. Vegan people can omit paneer.
Sending this post to A to Z challenge, a challenge initiated on Facebook Group, created by Jolly and Vidya.
Wherein a group of bloggers come together and we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month. This month’s Alphabet is letter K. And I made this delicious and nutritious Kabab using kidney beans or rajma.
Recipe is very easy. You have to mix boiled and mashed rajma, chana dal, potatoes, spinach, mashed paneer, bread crumbs and all the spices with fried sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and some spices. Make patties and shallow fry the Kabab with little oil. You can also serve it as a party starter.
Recipe
Kidney beans or rajma – 1/2 cup
Chana dal or Bengal gram – 1/4 cup
Paneer or cottage cheese – 1/2 cup, mashed or grated
Potato – 2 medium, boiled
Palak or spinach – 100 gram
Breadcrumb – 2 tablespoon + for coating
Salt to taste
Green chilli – 2 – 3 or to taste, finely chopped
Coriander leaves or cilantro – handful, chopped
Onion – 2, sliced
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
Chaat masala powder – 2 teaspoon
Freshly ground black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon or to taste
Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Oil – 2 tablespoon + for shallow fry
Method
1. Rinse and soak rajma and chana dal in sufficient water overnight.
2. Pressure cook rajma and chana dal with 2 cup water. After one whistle reduce the heat and cook on simmer for 20 minutes or till rajma becomes soft. Let it cool down.
3. Strain and mash the rajma and chana dal well.
4. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes.
5. Wash the spinach well.
Boil water to blanch the spinach. When the water starts to rolling boil add the spinach. Boil the spinach for 2 minutes. Strain the water. Mash the spinach when cool.
6. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add sliced onion and green chilli.
7. When the onion becomes translucent add ginger garlic paste. You can also use grated ginger. Saute till raw smell of garlic goes away.
8. Now add boiled and mashed rajma or kidney beans andchana dal, potatoes, spinach, paneer, salt, black pepper and cumin powder. Mix well. When the mixture dried up remove from heat.
9. Add chaat masala powder, garam masala powder and chopped cilantro or coriander leaves. Combine everything well. Add breadcrumb and mix again.
For gluten free and vegan options see notes.
10. Mix everything well. Make round patties. Press gently with your palm. Make all the patties this way.
11. Spread some breadcrumbs on a plate. Roll all the patties in bread crumbs and keep aside.
12. Heat a pan and spread little oil.
Shallow fry all the patties.
13. Turn the patties upside down. And fry the other side till brown.
14. Your Kabab is ready. Serve hot with onion rings, lemon wedge, green chutney or any chutney or sauce.
Notes
1. Vegan people can omit paneer or cottage cheese.
2. One finely chopped onion can be added in the mixture before frying.
3. Use green chilli according to your taste.
4. Roasted chickpea flour or sattu or oats powder can be used instead of breadcrumb. To make it gluten free use oatmeal for binding.
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The cutlets have really come out so nice filled with the goodness of lentils, greens, paneer and spices. Just feel like grabbing one.
Thank you so much!
Sujata, Just love the number of ingredients you add to make cutlets. I make kidney bean cutlets but have not tried with paneer and spinach. Perfect snack option for cold evenings.
Thank you so much Mayuri. Next time try with paneer. Your Kabab will become more soft!
Wow, these kebabs look lovely! With potatoes, kidney beans, chana dal and paneer going in, I’m sure they taste absolutely delicious. Perfect for winter evenings! 🙂
Thank you so much Priya!
I am literally drooling at those kebabs! They basically have everything that I love… and I am sure it tasted totally amazing…
Thanks a lot Rafeeda. Glad you liked it!
Wow Sujata! A great way to add proteins in your tikkis! Love it! I have used white beans but kidney beans is something I will try the next time I make cutlets or tikkis/kababs! Looks super tempting dear!
Thanks a lot dear. Glad you liked it!
This is such a filling, protein-rich tikki; just what I need after a workout.
Thank you so much Aruna!
Love these so inviting kebabs with all the nutritious ingredients. Good for serving as starter or even packing for kids luchbox!!
Thanks Swaty. Do try, I am sure you will love the taste.
Rajma kebab with chana dal, paneer and spinach sounds so filling and nutritious ! I am sure they must have tasted great .
Thank you so much Poonam. Yes these were tasted too good.
Such a healthy and power packed rajma kebab. Can enjoy them guilt free. love the addition of spinach and paneer.
Thanks Narmadha!
thats a protein packed snack, Sujata. I make with chickpeas. using rajma is a great idea too …
Thanks Kalyani!
These tikkis are a great way to incorporate kidney beans in the diet. How well they have turned out. I’m sure my picky eater daughter might like these healthy tikkis. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank you so much dear. Do try, I am sure your daughter will love it. You can reduce the amount of rajma if she don’t like.
Perfect appetizer or starter recipe that is loaded with rajma, spinach and paneer amongst other things. Also, loved your huge list of cutlets and pattice recipes listed here – Quite a collection! These tikkis are a great way to feed kids rajma without seeing their fussy faces.
Thanks a lot Vidya for your lovely words!
A wonderful snack treat. These look absolutely delicious! Simple to cook, loaded with veggies and healthy too. I usually added besan flour instead of Chana dal. Perfect appetiser for small get together.
Thanks a lot Jolly!
Perfect tea time snack recipe with full of healthy ingredients. Good option for lunch box for kids too.
Thank you so much Paarul!
SUch a lovely pick using rajma di ! With potatoes, kidney beans, paneer going in these are looking absolutely delicious. I wanna finish with some ketchup 😉
Thank you so much Sasmita!