Dal With Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Grate the garlic and ginger into a large roasting dish. Add the lentils, onions, cauliflower, turmeric and cumin seeds. Pour over 500ml boiling water and give everything a good mix. Rub the chicken thighs with the oil, curry powder and a pinch of salt and pepper. Nestle these into the lentils, then cook in the oven for 40 mins until the lentils and chicken are cooked through.
• Add the spinach and tomatoes to the dish, remove the chicken and return to the oven briefly for a couple of mins until the spinach has wilted. Season to taste. Serve with the lemon wedges and yogurt.

Steps:

• clean dal and boil with enough water,salt and turmeric till soft then mashed it with water .
• Cut the chicken into 2-3inch pieces.Put the onions,garlic,ginger,salt, chili powder, ground coriander, chicken and 1,1/2cups water in a heavy based pot. cook for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the meat is half cook.
• Add oil ,tomatoes and green chillies and cook for 5 minutes.
• then add mashed dal with water.
• and cook for 10 to 15 minutes .then sprinkle Garam Masala.

Steps:

• Soak the moong dal for 1/2 hour in water.
• Meanwhile, wash the chicken pieces, and remove the skin and excess fat.
• Set aside.
• Dice one onion and set aside.
• In a dutch oven or other large cooking vessel heat 3 Table. oil over medium heat.
• When the oil is hot, add 3/4 of the diced onion.
• Set the remaining 1/4 of the onion aside for later use.
• Cook the onion, stirring frequently, until the onion is 3/4 cooked.
• Add the ginger and the chicken thighs and cook, turning over the chicken occasionally, for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the turmeric and the cayenne and mix well with the chicken.
• Drain the moong dal and add to the chicken with about 4 cups water.
• Add 1 diced tomato (optional).
• Blend and bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for at least 45 minutes, but more like one hour.
• You will probably need to keep adding water every 10-15 minutes.
• The dal should be well cooked (cook until smooth) and the chicken very tender.
• Remove the chicken from the dal and debone it, returning the chicken meat to the dal (lentils).
• Meanwhile, in a small frying pan on high heat put 3 Table. oil, the remaining 1/4 diced onion, the cumin seeds, minced garlic and minced green serrano chiilies.
• Stir nonstop until almost burnt, but not quite.
• Add to the dal.
• Add salt to taste and mix well.