Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chicken dhansak. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This chicken dhansak recipe is the perfect weekday supper to warm you up. Parsi chicken dhansak is the quintessential comfort food. This delicious and popular Parsi dish can be made with chicken or lamb.
Chicken Dhansak is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Chicken Dhansak is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken dhansak using 29 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Dhansak:
- Take 2 tbsp toor dal
- Take 2 tbsp chana dal
- Get 2 tbsp urad dal
- Make ready 2 tbsp moong dal
- Take 250 grams chicken curry cut
- Prepare 2 onions chopped
- Take 1 green chilli chopped
- Take 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/4 cup coriander leaves
- Get 1/2 cup fenugreek leaves
- Get 1/4 cup mint leaves
- Make ready 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Get 2 tbsp ghee
- Make ready 1 tsp Salt
- Take For dry Roasting
- Prepare 4 black peppercorns
- Take 2 cloves
- Get 1 cardamom
- Make ready 1/2 inch piece cinnamon
- Get 1/2 inch piece of mace
- Make ready 1 bay leaves
- Make ready 1 star anise
- Get 2 dry kashmiri red chilies
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Take 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- Take 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
- Take 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
This recipe is simple but indeed. 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". The chicken is cooked in spiced Dhals.
Steps to make Chicken Dhansak:
- Wash and boil the lentils with ½ tsp salt till they are soft.
- Dry roast all the spices under "for roasting" till they release their aroma.
- Cool and then grind to a fine powder.
- Mix in the turmeric and nutmeg and blend well. Keep aside.
- Once the lentils are cooked, whisk them to a smooth and thick consistency.
- Add water if required. - Heat ½ tbsp ghee in a pan and fry coriander, fenugreek and mint till they turn soft and then grind them to a smooth paste.
- Heat the remaining ghee in a kadai and fry the onions till they turn soft and translucent.
- Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw aroma goes away. - Add the spice powder, ½ tsp salt and fry for few mins till they start sticking to the pan.
- Add ¼ cup water and cook the spices for a min. - Add chicken and saute in the masala for 5 to 10 mins.
- Add the lentils, coriander paste and tamarind paste and bring to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent sticking.
- The consistency should be like a medium-thick soup. - Add a cup of water cover and cook till chicken is done. - Serve hot.
This was my fathers favourite, he always asked me to cook this dish for him. I still cook it but with a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye as he is no longer with us. 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. Dhansak is a traditional Parsi dish with lentils.
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