Rajma for Roti and Rice - Mom's Recipe

Amongst all the recipes that I have tried, tested, and tasted, this is by far the best recipe that I have ever made for Rajma curry. All I had to do was sit down patiently with my mom to hear out the recipe, ask her all the questions, clarify all the doubts, until I decided to finally go ahead making this recipe . I asked her if  I could use yogurt instead of fresh cream for the final topping? She suggested that I could boil some milk and use that cream for the topping which is what I did with this recipe. Also I did not have the dried Kasoori Methi for the final garnish so I chose to omit it. 

I used two large heirloom tomatoes in this recipe from my vegetable garden. Just to describe the color of tomatoes, they were like a mix of red, purple, and black, and when I cut them I felt like I was cutting a purple beetroot. For the taste part, they didn't have a flavor profile like a regular tomato. I didn't taste the usual sourness, sweetness or anything. You could say they tasted very mildly sweet.

Ingredients

onion - 1 large

tomatoes - 2 big 

garlic cloves - 4

ginger - 1/2 inch

green chillies - 4

red kidney beans - 2 cups

fresh cream - topping

Recipe

1. Soak kidney beans overnight . 
2. Cook rajma till soft. I used the Instant Pot Bean/Chilli setting.
3. Chop onion, tomatoes,garlic,ginger,green chillies roughly  and saute them in some oil for few min. 
4. Grind them into a nice smooth paste.
5. Heat some oil in a pan and add turmeric powder, chilli powder,cumin powder,coriander powder, garam masala powder and finally some rajma masala powder . I haven't provided measurements because it is all per taste.Saute for a min just making sure not to overburn the spice powders.
6. Now add the tomato/onion paste and saute your paste for 30 min in a medium flame, yes 30 min , stirring once every few  minutes. Once you are at that 30 min point you would get a fantastic aroma . 
7. Add the cooked rajma along with the rajma water along with required salt and simmer for another 10 to 12  min until all the gravy is well combined.
8. Finally top with some fresh cream.