Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken dhansak. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spray a wide-based saucepan or sauté pan with oil and place over a medium heat. Cook the onions for five minutes, stirring regularly, until softened and very lightly browned. 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, ginger, tomatoes, fresh coriander and spices.
Chicken Dhansak is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Chicken Dhansak is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken dhansak using 29 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Dhansak:
- Prepare 2 tbsp toor dal
- Prepare 2 tbsp chana dal
- Make ready 2 tbsp urad dal
- Get 2 tbsp moong dal
- Prepare 250 grams chicken curry cut
- Get 2 onions chopped
- Prepare 1 green chilli chopped
- Make ready 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1/4 cup coriander leaves
- Make ready 1/2 cup fenugreek leaves
- Take 1/4 cup mint leaves
- Make ready 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Prepare 2 tbsp ghee
- Take 1 tsp Salt
- Prepare For dry Roasting
- Get 4 black peppercorns
- Prepare 2 cloves
- Prepare 1 cardamom
- Take 1/2 inch piece cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 inch piece of mace
- Take 1 bay leaves
- Take 1 star anise
- Take 2 dry kashmiri red chilies
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Take 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- Take 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
How to make Chicken Dhansak - A popular Parsi dish - chicken cooked with mixed dals, vegetables and dhansaak masala. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe. Main Ingredients : Split Bengal gram (chana dal) (चने की दाल), Split pigeon pea (toor dal/arhar dal) (तुवर दाल/अरहर दाल) DIRECTIONS Cut chicken breasts in two and sever the legs at the joint. With the salt mash the ginger and garlic to a pulp.
Instructions 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.
Main Ingredients : Split Bengal gram (chana dal) (चने की दाल), Split pigeon pea (toor dal/arhar dal) (तुवर दाल/अरहर दाल) DIRECTIONS Cut chicken breasts in two and sever the legs at the joint. With the salt mash the ginger and garlic to a pulp. In a grinder mix together the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon stick, dried chillies, peppercorns, bay leaves, fenugreek seeds, and the mustard seed. 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.
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