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A Sort Of Chicken Dhansak Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • 1. Begin by dry frying the cumin, coriander, fenugreek, cardamom and onions seeds along with the cloves.
  • 2. Tip these into a pestle and mortar and grind to a powder.
  • 3. Heat the oil in saucepan and fry the onions over a medium heat with the cinnamon stick until they are quite brown but without burning.
  • 4. Add the ginger and garlic and cook for another minute or two taking care they don't burn.
  • 5. Add in the ground spices with the bay leaf, turmeric and chillis and cook for another minute or two before adding the chicken.
  • 6. Stir the chicken around to coat in the spiced onion and garlic mixture and fry for a minute or two. Add a splash of water if it is too dry or the spices are starting to catch.
  • 7. Add in the chicken stock and bring to a simmer.
  • 8. Separate the stalks from the leaves of the fresh coriander and chop finely. Add these into the pan along with the tomato paste and the salt and quite a few grindings of fresh black pepper.
  • 9. Cook for about 15 minutes until the chicken is almost done.
  • 10. Add in the lentils (after you've washed them) and cook for another 15 minutes or so. The lentils should cook down enough to completely disintegrate into the sauce and thicken it.
  • 11. Continue cooking on a very low heat so that the lentils don't catch on the bottom of the pan. Stir occasionally until the sauce has thickened nicely (I'll leave it up to you, but I don't like mine too liquid).
  • 12. Add in the tamarind paste and taste. If it's not quite sour enough, add in some or all of the lemon juice and cook for another couple of minutes before stirring in the chopped coriander leaves.
  • 13. Taste for seasoning and service with plain boiled rice or Indian bread.

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