Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken dhansak. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. 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 well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Chicken Dhansak is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken dhansak using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Dhansak:
- Take 2 onions, finely chopped
- Make ready 6-8 chicken thighs, boned, skinned and all visible fat removed or 4 breasts
- Take 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Take 20 g/¾oz ginger, finely grated
- Take 2 tsp garam masala
- Take 1/2 tsp hot chilli powder
- Get 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 600 ml/20floz chicken stock, made with 1 chicken stock cube
- Take 100 g/3½oz dried red split lentils, rinsed and drained
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
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.
Instructions to make Chicken Dhansak:
- Spray a wide-based pan with oil and place. Cook the onions for five minutes, stirring regularly, until softened and very lightly browned.
- 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
- 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.
- Serve with the rice
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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