Chicken Dalcha Recipe

Chicken Dalcha

Dalcha is a gravy dish which has any meat which is cooked with dal and veggies in it. It is more like a meat sambar. This is a muslim recipe and it is normally served with ghee rice or any mild pulav. 

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Even though the ingredients list is quite long and it has so many component in it. But over all it is a simple curry to make. I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

How to Make Chicken Dalcha

1. Pressure cook toor dal with 3 cup of water for 3 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins.
2. Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself. Open the cooker and mash the dal well. Set aside.
3. Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add in whole spices and saute for a min.
4. Add in onions, salt and cook the onions till light brown.
5. Then add in Ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
6. Add in tomatoes, curry leaves, green chillies and saute till the tomatoes turn mushy.
7. Add in all spice powders and mix well.
8. Now add in chicken and toss well in the masala. Fry this for 5 mins till the chicken gets nice colour.
9. Add in coriander and mint leaves. Mix well.
10. Then add in all veggies except mango and mix well.
11. Add in water and mix well. Cover and pressure cook for 2 whistle. Simmer the flame for 10 mins.
12. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and add in dal, mango, tamarind pulp.
13. Simmer this for 10 mins.
14. Add in more coriander leaves and mix well.
15. Serve with rice or pulav.

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Chicken Dalcha Recipe

Chicken Dalcha Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is originated from Hyderabad and the basic ingredients for this recipe is toor dal, vegetables and meat.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Side dishes

Cuisine Indian

Servings 10 servings

Ingredients

  

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• Oil - 1 tblspn
• Ghee - 1 tblspn
• Cinnamon / Pattai - 4 cm piece
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 2 tsp
• Cardamom / Yalakai - 4
• Cloves / Krambu - 4
• Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
• Tomatoes - 2 large sliced thinly
• Curry Leaves - a handful
• Green Chillies - 3 slit
• Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
• Coriander Powder - 2 tblspn
• Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
• Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
• Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
• Fennel Seed Powder / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblspn
• Salt to taste
• Mint Leaves - ½ cup chopped
• Coriander Leaves - ½ cup chopped
• Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu - ¾ cup
• Chicken - 1 kg with bone
• Raw Banana - 1 peeled and cubed
• Potato - 2 medium size peeled and cubed
• Brinjal - 2 cubed
• Carrot - 1 cubed
• Raw Mango - 1 medium size cubed
• Tamarind Pulp - 2 to 3 tblspn

Instructions

 

• Pressure cook toor dal with 3 cup of water for 3 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins.
• Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself. Open the cooker and mash the dal well. Set aside.
• Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add in whole spices and saute for a min.
• Add in onions, salt and cook the onions till light brown.
• Then add in Ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
• Add in tomatoes, curry leaves, green chillies and saute till the tomatoes turn mushy.
• Add in all spice powders and mix well.
• Now add in chicken and toss well in the masala. Fry this for 5 mins till the chicken gets nice colour.
• Add in coriander and mint leaves. Mix well.
• Then add in all veggies except mango and mix well.
• Add in water and mix well. Cover and pressure cook for 2 whistle. Simmer the flame for 10 mins.
• Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and add in dal, mango, tamarind pulp.
• Simmer this for 10 mins.
• Add in more coriander leaves and mix well.
• Serve with rice or pulav.

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I used these veggies for this curry..I also added a carrot..