Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing Chicken Dhansak

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Chicken Dhansak. This chicken dhansak recipe is the perfect weekday supper to warm you up. Tender chicken in a tangy, sweet and slightly spicy sauce, made lusciously thick and rich with the What does dhansak taste like? Dhansak is quite a mild curry with a lovely thick sauce - make thick by.

Parsi chicken dhansak is the quintessential comfort food.

This delicious and popular Parsi dish can be made with chicken or lamb.

You can even omit the meat altogether and go vegetarian.

You can cook Chicken Dhansak using 29 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Dhansak

  1. It’s 2 tbsp of toor dal.

  2. It’s 2 tbsp of chana dal.

  3. It’s 2 tbsp of urad dal.

  4. Prepare 2 tbsp of moong dal.

  5. Prepare 250 grams of chicken curry cut.

  6. It’s 2 of onions chopped.

  7. You need 1 of green chilli chopped.

  8. Prepare 1/4 tsp of nutmeg powder.

  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.

  10. You need 1/4 cup of coriander leaves.

  11. Prepare 1/2 cup of fenugreek leaves.

  12. You need 1/4 cup of mint leaves.

  13. It’s 1 tbsp of tamarind paste.

  14. Prepare 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.

  15. Prepare 2 tbsp of ghee.

  16. You need 1 tsp of Salt.

  17. You need of For dry Roasting.

  18. You need 4 of black peppercorns.

  19. Prepare 2 of cloves.

  20. Prepare 1 of cardamom.

  21. Prepare 1/2 inch of piece cinnamon.

  22. It’s 1/2 inch of piece of mace.

  23. It’s 1 of bay leaves.

  24. You need 1 of star anise.

  25. Prepare 2 of dry kashmiri red chilies.

  26. It’s 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.

  27. You need 1/2 tsp of coriander seeds.

  28. It’s 1/4 tsp of fenugreek seeds.

  29. It’s 1/2 tsp of sesame seeds.

The chicken is cooked in spiced Dhals.

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.

Chicken Dhansak instructions

  1. Wash and boil the lentils with ½ tsp salt till they are soft..

  2. Dry roast all the spices under "for roasting" till they release their aroma..

  3. Cool and then grind to a fine powder..

  4. Mix in the turmeric and nutmeg and blend well. Keep aside..

  5. Once the lentils are cooked, whisk them to a smooth and thick consistency..

  6. 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..

  7. Heat the remaining ghee in a kadai and fry the onions till they turn soft and translucent..

  8. 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..

  9. Add ¼ cup water and cook the spices for a min. Add chicken and saute in the masala for 5 to 10 mins..

  10. Add the lentils, coriander paste and tamarind paste and bring to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent sticking..

  11. The consistency should be like a medium-thick soup. Add a cup of water cover and cook till chicken is done. Serve hot..

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.

I published a similar chicken dhansak recipe in my first ebook "How To Make British Indian Restaurant Style Meals".

Dhansak is a traditional Parsi dish with lentils.

Making chicken dhansak will better your culinary skills as you will have to prepare some ingredients from scratch and make the curry.