Sorry to any regular followers, for not posting for some time. I have been busy travelling and tasting yummy foods. Recently experimented a variant of Dhansak..... lets call it urad-chicken or lentil chicken.I tried cooking chicken with various lentils, but it comes out best with white split urad dal (matpe beans). A very quick, easy, nutrious recipe and very appealing to the taste buds too.
Ingredients--
White urad dal- 1 cup, washed and soaked for atleast 1/2 hour.
2 chicken breasts cut to bite size pieces.
1 medium onion diced
Ginger-garlic paste 1 tbsp
1 tsp each of cumin powder, corriander powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala.
Oil spray -1 noozle.
2 cardamom pod seeds.
2/3 bay leaves.
2 cups water
salt to taste.
lemon juice-1 or 2 tbsp.
2 green chillies split lengthwise.
chopped corriander leaves to garnish.
Method--
1. Marinade the chicken with a little salt, ginger-garlic paste , lemon juice and set aside for 15-30 mins.
2. Cook the lentils with the water(2 cups) and some salt(remember there is salt in chicken too). When cooked, mash them to form a thick liquid, set aside.
3. Heat a pan and spray with oil. When heated well, pop in the bay leaves and cardamom seeds.Fry until bay leaves turn golden.
4. Add the chopped onion and fry until you get a nice aroma.
5. Next add the marinated chicken and all the powder spices. Fry well moving them in the pan for about 5 minutes. See that all chicken is well coated with the spices.
6. When chickens are all sealed and nearly done, add the mashed lentils, stir well to mix with the flavours in the pan, add the split green chillies, and cook covered on low heat for another 5 minutes. If too thick, you can add some water at this point.check salt and add if more is required. Cook covered, until chicken is fully done. Keep stirring in between.
7. When done, turn off the heat and garnish with the chopped corriander.
8. Your lentil-chicken is ready. Serve with plain boiled rice or fried rice or roti, naan etc.... whatever you fancy. I served it with peas and carrots pulao.
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