These recipes do include spice mixtures (masalas) which Bryan prepares himself from freshly ground spices,
you will find recipes for curry powders and garam masalas
on this site.
Chicken Dhansak
Fried off a few potatoes, cut quite small dice and a medium courgette (could use aubergine).
Then when cooked, added half a green pepper, and cooked for another minute.
In a large cast iron pot, heated some
onion oil, and fried off 170g of
chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces.
Fried for 5 minutes.
Added dhansak masala spices, and cooked for another minute.
Added fried vegetables, then 125ml of
veg. stock and
250ml cooked lentils.
Heated through, and added half tsp tamarind concentrate and a squeeze of
lemon juice.
Added salt to taste, and served.
Wazza's Comments
Result. Not too hot and slightly tart.
Maybe a little more water would have thinned it a little, but good all round flavour.
