Chicken Dalcha

Chicken Dalcha

Ingredients:-

- 150 gm chana dal
- 1 kg chicken
- 4 onions
- 3 tomatoes
- 100 ml oil
- 5-6 green chilli 
- 2 spoon ginger garlic paste 
- 2 spoon curd (optional)
- 1.5 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp degi mirch powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp kasoori methi
- chop coriander
- whole spices 2 bay leaves, 2" cinnamon, 3 small elachi, 1 big elachi, 4 cloves, 1 javitri

Method:-

  1. Wash and soak 150 gm chana dal for 1 hour.
  2. Wash the 1 kg chicken
  3. In a pan boil the dal for 12 mins on medium flame with 1/2 tsp salt and tumeric powder.
  4. Fine chop onions and medium chop the tomatoes.
  5. Heat in kadai 100 ml oil, add 2 bay leaf, cinnamon stick, javetri, black cardomon, green cardomon, 4 cloves.
  6. Add chopped onions and stir on high flame for 2 mins.
  7. Add 2 tsp ginger garlic paste stir on medium flame. Add 1/2 tumeric powder, 1 tsp kashmiri mirch powder, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder. Mix on low flame.
  8. Add chopped tomatoes. Mix and add 1 tsp salt. Add 1/2 cup water. Add 1 1/2 tsp corriander powder, 1 tsp jeera powder, 1/2 tsp kasoori methi. Cook on medium flame. Add 2 spoon fresh curds. Mix and add chicken. Cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium flame. Stir it in between. Cook for another 8 minutes.
  9. Add the dal without the water from step 3. Cover and cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
  10. Add corriander leaves and 1/4 tsp garam masala.
  11. Optional: In small pan heat 2 tsp oil, 2 tsp chopped garlic, 5 slit green chilly, 1/2 kashmiri chilly powder. Pour this into the curry and lightly mix it.