Mexican Rajma Burritoes

Here in India, they don't have the canned Taco Bell beans. No, they use the traditional rajma (Red kidney beans) for their Mexican cuisine. So, I decided that while we are in India, we might as well cook like the locals. Today, I am going to make some mexican burritoes. Like I said earlier, you can't buy the canned beans so you buy the dry beans, which you have to soak overnight. I didn't soak them overnight, but I'm hoping they will cook if I let them sit longer in the pressure cooker. First, I will wash and drain the rajma beans and cook them in the pressure cooker. Ideally, in order to save time, you would want to use the canned kidney beans. Here's the recipe for the beans that I am going to try out tonight.

• 2 green chillis ground into paste
• 3 cloves garlic ground into paste
• 2" piece of ginger ground into paste
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 small onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 small bell pepper (they call them capsicum here)
• cilantro
• red kidney beans (a.k.a. rajma)
• 1 tsp. Taco Bell Taco seasoning
• Taco Bell mild and/or hot sauce (a few of the small packets)
  1. Cook the rajma beans in pressure cooker for a few whistles. Add a little salt to cook faster. When cool, mash the beans.
  2. Heat oil in skillet and add the chopped onions and chili, garlic and ginger paste. When onions are translucent, add the bell pepper, tomatoes, and cooked kidney beans.
  3. Finally, add a few packets of the Taco Bell sauce and Taco Bell taco seasoning. Garnish with cilantro. (I think their version would insert ketchup in the place of the TB sauce)
  For salsa, they have this Chatpat sauce that came with the ketchup. I will probably just add some cilantro chtuney to the chatpat sauce.
  Sour cream is not available here, so you have to use yogurt. I think they add in lime juice, salt and red pepper flakes here to add a little kick. I haven't decided yet whether to make the Spanish rice, but to prepare the burrito, you know the rest ...
  Tomorrow's Menu:
  Breakfast: Chilli Cheese Toast (using leftover rajma beans)
  Dinner: Soya with Masala Roti