Recipe CookBook

Dal Chicken

Cooking time : 25Minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

Chicken 2.5 lbs

Toor dal 1 1/2 cup

Onions 3

Tomatoes 3

Tamarind pulp

For Masala

Red Chillies 20

Pepper Corn 25

Dhania Pwd 1 1/2 teaspoon

Jeera Pwd 1 1/2 teaspoon

Mustard 1 teaspoon

Green chillies 6

Ginger-garlic paste 3 teaspoon

Cinnamon 5 pieces

Cloves 5

Cardamom 10

Cilantro 1 bunch

Method:

1-Grind all the ingredients of Masala to a smooth paste. In a pan cook dal.

2-Add hing, salt and one chopped onion to the dal and cook until dal is soft.

3-Clean the chicken and cut into medium sized pieces.

4-Add a little water and a chopped onion and cook on low heat, until the juices from the chicken run clear.

5-After both the dal and the chicken are cooked, use the stock from the chicken to thin the dal.

6-Fry 2 sliced onions in oil until they brown.

7-Add the ground masala and fry.

8-Add 3 tomatoes, the dal and the chicken. Simmer for 10 minutes.

9-Add a little tamarind pulp.