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One pot chicken dhansak is a delicious home made lentil curry infused with spices that is so easy to make. Filling and providing a huge amount of your daily protein requirement it also comes in at only 437 calories too!
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One Pot Chicken Dhansak

One pot chicken dhansak is a delicious home made lentil curry infused with spices that is so easy to make.
Course Dinner
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 437kcal
Author Neil

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon sunflower oil
  • 6 cardamom pods crushed with skin removed
  • 2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
  • ¼ cinnamon stick
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 & ½ tablespoon garlic and ginger paste
  • 6 tomatoes roughly chopped
  • 300 g red split lentils
  • 600 ml chicken stock
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 750 g chopped chicken breasts
  • Freshly chopped coriander

Instructions

  • Gently heat oil
  • Add spices and gently fry for about 1 minute until the seeds start to pop, stir to prevent any burning of these spices.
  • Add the onion and ginger and garlic paste and cook until the onion is softened for about 5 to 7 minutes.
  • Add chopped tomatoes and cook until softened for about 10 minutes and keep stirring regularly.
  • Carefully remove these cooked ingredients to a blender or use a stick blender to blitz to a paste and then return to the pan.
  • Add the lentils and chicken stock, bring the curry to the boil and once boiling turn down to simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes until the lentils have softened. Add extra boiled water from a kettle if necessary then add the salt to taste.
  • Add the chopped chicken and cook the chicken within the lentil mixture for about 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
  • Serve garnished with chopped coriander.

Nutrition

Calories: 437kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 36.7g | Fat: 15.8g | Cholesterol: 71.2mg | Sodium: 865.7mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 450IU | Vitamin C: 26.4mg