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Dal Chicken || Chicken Masoor Dal || How to Make Red Lentil Chicken Curry with step-by-step photos
Red lentil chicken curry is a delicious, wholesome, and
high-protein dish that is a perfect blend of masoor dal and chicken to
make a rich and flavorful curry that is made with chicken yakhni along with some
basic spices.
It has another name, Red lentil soup, which contains on
runny consistency. This recipe actually originated in Bombay, India, and I got
this recipe by chance when I visited my former colleague. Her laws belong to Bombay, India- and also learned about her mother-in-law.
I did a variation in this recipe by making spiced stuffed
green chilies that give a little
sourness to the dal chicken curry that I used in tempering; also, this dish has a whole lot of flavor captured in just one pot. The addition of spices has created
complex flavors in the dish. Did you know that the whole Masoor Dal contains a high
level of protein and is also rich in fiber? It also has antioxidant
properties.
Making dal gosht in Pakistani families is very common, just
like moong dal gosht and dal chana gosht, but this recipe is
quite different than those recipes. This is cooked in chicken yakhni, which brings a unique taste to this curry; it goes well with boiled
rice. It goes well with bagara rice
and zeera rice. Just try it once, and I
believe all of you will love this recipe.
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To prepare this recipe, first rinse red lentils until the starch
is removed, and then soak them for an hour.
Take all ingredients and prepare all veggies.
Prepare the spiced green chili. It includes spices, mango powder, and coriander powder, along with lemon juice. Mix them together.
Now make a slit in the center of the green chilies and fill each green chili with spice.
Wash chicken meat under running water and set aside.
Heat the oil in the pot and put rinsed chicken pieces. Fry chicken pieces until they change color. Then add ginger garlic paste and salt.t
Keep on stirring for 2-3 minutes.
Then pour water and bring it to a boil. Cover the lid and cook the chicken yakhni for around 10 minutes on medium flame.e
Remove the lid and then add powder spices to the chicken yakhni. Mix them together and let it cook for another 10 minutes on medium flame.
Then add yogurt and
soaked red lentils to the spiced yakhni. Stir to combine well.
Add 2 cups water along with chopped tomatoes and bring it to a boil, then add garlic powder.
Stir to mix well and let them cook together on medium heat
until the lentils are softened.d
Once lentil is cooked well, mash them together with the help
of a wooden hand masher until well blended. Then add salt and stir to well combine again. In
Add a little water, as much as you want, to keep the consistency of dal
chicken curry. Bring it to a boil and then turn off the flame. Transfer the dal chicken curry to the serving bowl.
Heat the ghee and oil together in the pan. Put stuffed green chilies into the oil and fry them slightly. Now add the onion slices.s
Fry them together; meanwhile, put some curry leaves.
Once they turn brown, put them into the dal chicken.
Masoor dal chicken is ready to serve
Red
Lentil Chicken is a delicious, wholesome, and full of high-protein dish that is a perfect blend of masoor dal and chicken to make a rich and
flavorful curry.
Ingredients for Chicken Stock:
- 400g chicken
- 1 tbsp, ginger
garlic paste
- ½ tsp salt or to taste
- ½ cup of cooking oil
For Spices:
- 1 tbsp red chili flakes
- 1 tbsp, crushed coriander powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp, cumin powder
- 1 tsp, garlic powder
Other ingredients:
- 2-3 medium-sized tomatoes, chopped
- 200g red lentils (masoor), soaked
- 100g, homemade yogurt
- 3-4 large-sized German chilies
For Stuffing:
- 1 tbsp, mango powder (amchur)
- 1 tbsp, crushed coriander powder
- 1 medium-sized lemon, freshly squeezed
For Tempering:
- 1 large-sized onion slice
- 50g ghee
- 25ml, oil
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 3-4 stuffed green chilies
How to Make Masoor Dal Chicken?
- To prepare this recipe, first rinse red lentils until the starch is removed and then soak them for an hour.
- Take all ingredients and prepare all veggies.
- Prepare spiced green chili. Mix powder spices (mango powder and coriander powder) along with lemon juice. Mix them together.
- Now make a slit in the center of the green chilies and fill each green chili with spice.
- Wash chicken meat under running water and set aside
- Heat the oil in the pot and put rinsed chicken pieces
- Fry chicken pieces until change their color
- Then add ginger-garlic paste and salt
- Keep stirring for 2-3 minutes
- Then pour water and bring it to a boil
- Cover the lid and cook the chicken yakhni for around 10 minutes on medium flame.
- Remove the lid and then add spices: red chili flakes, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and zeera powder to the chicken yakhni
- Mix them together and let them cook another 10 minutes on medium flame
- Now the total yakhni cooking time is 20 minutes
- Then add yogurt and soaked red lentils to the spiced yakhni
- Stir to combine well and add 2 cups water along with chopped tomatoes; bring it to a boil, and then add garlic powder
- Stir to mix well and let them cook together on medium heat until lentils are softened
- Once lentils are cooked well, mash them together with the help of a wooden hand masher until well blended
- Then add salt and stir to well combine again
- Note: don’t add salt to lentils; otherwise, lentils won't cook well, and it will take more time
- Add a little water as much as you want, to keep the consistency of dal chicken curry.
- Bring it to a boil and then turn off the flame
- Transfer the dal chicken curry to the serving bowl
- Heat the ghee and oil together in the pan
- Put stuffed green chilies into the oil and fry them slightly; now add the onion slices
- Fry them together; meanwhile, put some curry leaves.
- If you have fresh leaves, add them, but by the time I hadn’t, that’s why I used dry curry leaves
- Once they turn brown, then put them into the dal chicken
- Masoor dal chicken is ready to serve
- Serve masoor dal curry with rice and Rotis
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