Simple Way to Make Super Quick Homemade Chicken Dhansak

Chicken Dhansak. This chicken dhansak recipe is the perfect weekday supper to warm you up. The chicken is cooked in spiced Dhals. This was my fathers favourite, he always asked me to cook this dish for him.

Dhansak is quite a mild curry with a lovely thick sauce - make thick by. 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.

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken dhansak. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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This chicken dhansak recipe is the perfect weekday supper to warm you up. The chicken is cooked in spiced Dhals. This was my fathers favourite, he always asked me to cook this dish for him.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken dhansak using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Dhansak:

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

Tender chicken in a tangy, sweet and slightly spicy Dhansak. Chicken dhansak is a delicious and stomach warming Parsee and Indian recipe. Generally, it involves simmering meat in a mixture of red lentils, green lentils or brown lentils and vegetables, onions, garlic. This restaurant style chicken dhansak will get you the results you're looking for.

Steps to make Chicken Dhansak:

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.

I published a similar chicken dhansak recipe in my first ebook "How To Make British Indian Restaurant Style Meals". Chicken dhansak is a timeless Indian dish where the humble lentil is transformed into something wonderful. Overlay some big Bengali flavours and it might become a new classic. Chicken dhansak is a slightly unusual curry. The meat and sauce are cooked separately and combined at the end.

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