Gujarati Chicken Daal Recipe

Cooking Recipe :

Ingredients

• Chicken with bone   ½ kg
• Gram lentils  250 gm
• Onion  1 medium
• Tomatoes  2
• Green chilies  4
• Water  2 glass
• Coriander leaves  ¼ bunch
• Ghee  ¼ cup
• All spice powder  1 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste  2 tbsp
• Oil  4 tbsp
• Salt  to taste

Ingredients for Paste

• Turmeric  1 tsp
• Chili powder  1 tsp
• Coriander powder  1 tbsp
• Rushed black pepper  1 tbsp
• Cinnamon powder  ½ tsp
• Nutmeg mace ground  ½ tsp

 Method

1. Cut ½ kg chicken into pieces, soak 250 gm gram lentils for 2 hours.
2. Heat 4 tbsp oil in a pan, add ginger garlic paste and 4 chopped green chilies. Fry for 1 – 2 minutes.
3. In a bowl put together ½ cup water, 1 tbsp coriander powder, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tbsp crushed black pepper, ½ tsp cinnamon powder and ½ tsp ground nutmeg & mace. Mix well.
4. Now pour this spice mixture to the pan, fry for 1 – 2 minutes.
5. Then add chicken and fry well for 3 – 4 minutes. Now add soaked lentils, salt to taste and water as required. Cook on low flame for 20 – 25 minutes.
6. In another pan heat ¼ cup ghee, add in 1 chopped onion and fry till golden brown. Turn the flame off and keep aside.
7. Cut 2 tomatoes into thin round slices. Add to the lentils mixture and fry for 1 – 2 minutes.
8. Now add in onion baghar, 1 tsp all spice powder and ¼ bunch of coriander leaves.
9. Dish it out and serve hot.