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Chicken Dhansak

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Chicken Dhansak - This chicken dhansak recipe is the perfect weekday supper to warm you up. In this chicken dhansak recipe, I used Masoor Daal; a brown-skinned lentil that is orange on the inside, and exudes a pleasant earthy flavour. It's commonly used in stews and soups - with or without meat. This restaurant style chicken dhansak will get you the results you're looking for. I published a similar chicken dhansak recipe in my first ebook "How To Make British Indian Restaurant Style Meals".

Chicken Dhansak

This delicious and popular Parsi dish can be made with chicken or lamb.

You can even omit the meat altogether and go vegetarian.

You can have Chicken Dhansak using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients make Chicken Dhansak

  1. Prepare 2 onions, finely chopped.
  2. You need 6-8 chicken thighs, boned, skinned and all visible fat removed or 4 breasts.
  3. You need 2 garlic cloves, crushed.
  4. You need 20 g/¾oz ginger, finely grated.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp garam masala.
  6. You need 1/2 tsp hot chilli powder.
  7. You need 400 g tin chopped tomatoes.
  8. Prepare 600 ml/20floz chicken stock, made with 1 chicken stock cube.
  9. Prepare 100 g/3½oz dried red split lentils, rinsed and drained.
  10. You need 2 bay leaves.

Chicken Dhansak instructions

  1. Spray a wide-based pan with oil and place. Cook the onions for five minutes, stirring regularly, until softened and very lightly browned..
  2. Cut the chicken thighs in half and add to the pan. Cook for two minutes, turning occasionally. Stir in the garlic, ginger, garam masala and chilli powder and cook you smell the spices.
  3. Add the tomatoes into the pan,chicken stock, lentils and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, then cover loosely with a lid and simmer gently until the chicken is tender and the lentils have completely broken down, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid for the last 10 minutes of cooking time, stirring regularly so the lentils don’t stick..
  4. Serve with the rice.

Chicken Dhansak - Do you want Chicken Dhansak with that unique British Indian Restaurant quality and taste? Then simply follow the instructions below for success every time. Serves One pot chicken dhansak is a delicious home made lentil curry infused with spices that is so easy to This one pot chicken dhansak is designed to do just that. I believe that it's restaurant quality too. The chicken is cooked in spiced Dhals. This was my fathers favourite, he always asked me to cook this dish for him. Dhansak is a traditional Parsi dish with lentils. Thank you and good luck