Simple Dal Chicken Recipe | Chicken Lentil Curry | Dal Murgh
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cuisine: INDIAN
Ingredients
- 500 gms Chicken with bone
- ½ cup split red lentil ( Masoor dal)
- ½ cup skinned split green gram ( Moong dal)
- 3 tablespoons mustard oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
- 1 large potato, diced
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- coriander leaves
Instructions
- Clean and wash the dals well.
- Heat Mustard oil in a deep bottom pan.
- When the oil turns hot, add bay leaves, cumin seeds, dry chillies, sliced onions and saute till they turn golden brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add washed Masoor dal and Moong dal. Stir it well.
- Add salt and turmeric powder and saute.
- Add diced potatoes and saute for six to ten minutes.
- Add 500g chicken and saute on medium heat until chicken pieces turn white.
- Add 3 cups of water. cover and cook till chicken and potato pieces are half cooked.
- Open the lid, stir and add enough water to the chicken and the potato pieces are fully cook and the lentils melt well.
- lastly, add coriander leaves and turn off the heat.
- Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with rice.