Review of the Chicken Dhansak Recipe
Hi, Ray here again.
It’s the weekend again and time for another yummy curry from the Curry Focus website.
This time I selected the chicken dhansak. The recipe is easy to follow and I really like the blend of spices, dal and chicken that are in the dish.
I already had most of the ingredients in the kitchen. Luckily I had run out of red lentils (masoor dal) and this gave me the excuse to go down to my favourite Indian store where I got the lentils, some fresh coriander, a can of pineapples and a packet of stuffed paratha. The stuffed paratha are not part of the recipe but they go very well with curries.
I started cooking the dal and prepared the ginger, garlic, chillis, onion and chicken whilst it was cooking.
I drained the cooked lentils and stir-fried the first set of spices before stir-frying the chicken.
Then I stir-fried the second set of spices before cooking the onions. The curry was getting quite dry so I added some of the pineapple juice to stop the curry from sticking.
Then the chicken, pineapple, cooked lentils, ginger, lemon juice and the cilantro were added to the frying pan. I mixed everything up, covered the frying pan and simmered the curry for 10 minutes.
The rice went into the microwave at the same time.
With about 3 minutes to go until the curry was ready, I started microwaving the stuffed paratha.
When everything was ready, I served up the dhansak on rice, garnished with a little more cilantro.
The curry was served up to the assembled dinner guests who quickly made the food disappear.
The dhansak was popular and scored a rating of 7 out of 10, with a medium spice heat.
It was an easy curry to make and the result was a delicious meal.
