Recipe: Delicious Chicken Dhansak

Chicken Dhansak. 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.

Then simply follow the instructions below for success every time. Serves 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". You can cook Chicken Dhansak using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Dhansak

1. Prepare 2 of onions, finely chopped.
2. You need 6-8 of chicken thighs, boned, skinned and all visible fat removed or 4 breasts.
3. It's 2 of garlic cloves, crushed.
4. You need 20 of g/¾oz ginger, finely grated.
5. You need 2 tsp of garam masala.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of hot chilli powder.
7. You need 400 g of tin chopped tomatoes.
8. Prepare 600 of ml/20floz chicken stock, made with 1 chicken stock cube.
9. Prepare 100 of g/3½oz dried red split lentils, rinsed and drained.
10. It's 2 of bay leaves.

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. 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.

Chicken Dhansak step by step

1. Spray a wide-based pan with oil and place. Cook the onions for five minutes, stirring regularly, until softened and very lightly browned..
2. 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.
3. 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..
4. Serve with the rice.

I believe that it's restaurant quality too. In this variation of Chicken Dhansak I use ingredients which are quite widely available without sacrificing the taste. Bangladeshi/Indian/desi food made easy for all you rising home cooks!!! Today's recipe is for a simple chicken dhansak. This recipe is simple but indeed.

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