Special Dal Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
1: red lentils 200g (massor dal) washed and soaked for 3 hours
2: chickpeas 500g (chana dal) washed and soaked for 3 hours
3: split pigeon peas 300g (toor dal) washed and soaked for 3 hours
4: water 4 large glass (or) as required
5: turmeric 1/2 tsp (heaped)
6: Bottle gourd 500g (lauki) boiled & slightly mashed
7: oil 1/3 cup
8: cinnamon sticks 2 pieces
9: star anise 1
10: black cardamom 2
11: cumin seeds 1 & 1/2 tsp
12: onion 1 large (finely sliced)
13: ginger & garlic paste 1 & 1/2 tbsp
14: green chilli 4 (finely chopped)
15: tomatoes 3 large (chopped)
16: red chilli powder 2 tsp (heaped)
17: turmeric 1/2 tsp
18: salt 2 tsp (heaped)
19: chicken 1 kg
20: mix achar 2 tbsp
21: garam masala powder 1 tsp (heaped)
22: green chilli 6
23: fresh coriander hand-full
For Tarka (tempering):
1: ghee 1 /3 cup (heaped)
2: garlic 5 (sliced)
3: button red chilli 6
4: red chilli powder 1/4 tsp
Instructions
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Special Dal Chicken Recipe
1: soak all three the dal for 3 hours.
2: place the dal in a pot with water, turmeric and boil till gets tender.
3: peel the bottle gourd & boil it with 1 cup water and then mash it.
4: heat oil add cinnamon sticks, black cardamom, cumin seeds, star anise, onion, ginger and garlic paste, green chilli and fry on high flame till gets dark golden.
5: then add the tomatoes, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, water 1 cup mix and cook on medium flame till the tomatoes reduce and oil separates.
6: add chicken and fry in the masala for a few minutes till changes colour on high flame.
7: now ad mix achar, boiled lauki, water 1 cup mix cover and cook on low to medium flame till the chicken is tender and oil separates.
8: add the boil lentils, garam masala powder mix and simmer for 7 to 8 minutes on low flame.
9: in a frying pan melt the ghee add garlic, button red chilli and fry till get golden and then add red chilli powder and transfer this on the dal.
10: garnish it with green chilli, fresh coriander.
11: serve hot with, rice, roti, naan, paratha.
