This delicious and popular Parsi dish can be made with chicken or lamb. You can even omit the meat altogether and go vegetarian. Dhansak, mixed with National Haleem mix, is best to enjoy with brown rice and salad.
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I Made It
Hard
50 Mins
2-4 People
Ingredients
National Haleem Masala 1 packet
Chicken with bones 500 gm
Onion – chopped 1
Tomatoes – chopped 3
National Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tbsp
Arhar Daal ¼ cup
Moong Daal ¼ cup
Masoor Daal ¼ cup
Channa Daal ¼ cup
Pumpkin (kaddu) deskinned – cut in cubes ½ cup
Potato (small) – cut in cubes 1
Eggplant cut in cubes ½ piece
Ghee 4 tbsp
Lemons 3-4
Brown Rice – to be served 2 cups
For Dhansak Masala:
Coriander Seeds 1 tbsp
National Cumin Seeds 1 tbsp
Dried Talhaar Mirch 2
Cinnamon Sticks 5-6
Black Peppercorns 1 tsp
Cloves 4
Green Cardamom Pods 1
Black Cardamom 1
Caraway Seeds 1 tsp
Black Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds 1 tsp
National Turmeric Powder ½ tsp
Saffron a pinch
Ground Mace ¼ tsp
Nutmeg 1
Directions
Soak all the pulses Arhar Daal ¼ cup, Moong Daal ¼ cup, Masoor Daal ¼ cup and Channa Daal, ¼ cup in 1 bowl of water for an hour. Now cook them on pressure cooker with 2 tbsp of National Haleem Masala till all the pulses are boiled. Cool them. Blend them completely.
For Parsi Dhansak Masala, roast all the ingredients and let them cool. Now add them in a grinder and finely grind them.
Now separately, add 4 tbsp of ghee in a pan and 2 tbsp golden brown chopped onions in it and add 1 tbsp National Ginger Garlic Paste. Add ½ cup chopped tomatoes. Add the Chicken and cook for a while, till it changes color. Add 2 tbsp Parsi Dhansak masala and cook until it becomes a gravy. Add 2 tbsp National Haleem Masala and cook on low flame with 1 cup of water till chicken is boiled completely.
Now add all the blended pulses in it and cook it for 20 minutes on low flame.