Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken dhansak. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little 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 popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Dhansak is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- Prepare 2 onions, finely chopped
- Prepare 6-8 chicken thighs, boned, skinned and all visible fat removed or 4 breasts
- Make ready 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Get 20 g/¾oz ginger, finely grated
- Take 2 tsp garam masala
- Make ready 1/2 tsp hot chilli powder
- Get 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- Get 600 ml/20floz chicken stock, made with 1 chicken stock cube
- Get 100 g/3½oz dried red split lentils, rinsed and drained
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
I published a similar chicken dhansak recipe in my first ebook "How To Make British Indian Restaurant Style Meals". 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. Bangladeshi/Indian/desi food made easy for all you rising home cooks!!!
Steps 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
Today's recipe is for a simple chicken dhansak. This recipe is simple but indeed. Chicken dhansak is a timeless Indian dish where the humble lentil is transformed into something wonderful. The chicken is cooked in spiced Dhals. This was my fathers favourite, he always asked me to cook this dish for him.
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