Where does chicken dalcha come from?

Dalcha, is an Indian lentil-based stew originating from Hyderabad, Telangana, India . Its origins may lie with a similar middle eastern dish Harees which is more of a gruel with cooked meats. Primary ingredients are lentils, can be chana dal or sometimes tur dal.

What is the meaning of dalcha?

Dalcha is a Hyderabadi dal based dish that is not only delicious but is equally healthy. It has 3 major variants that are dal, mutton and a vegetarian one.

What is the difference between sambar and dalcha?

Dalcha is similar to sambar because we use toor/channa dal and tamarind paste, but we also add certain ingredients that we typically don't add when we make sambar . The traditional recipe is made with mutton but here is a vegetarian version of dalcha made using raw mango, raw banana and eggplant.

Chicken Dalcha Recipe (2024)

Published: Jul 1, 2022 | Last Updated On: Jul 1, 2022 by Aarthi

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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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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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Ingredients for Chicken Dalcha

Oil - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
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 tbsp
Tomatoes - 2 large sliced thinly
Curry Leaves - a handful
Green Chillies - 3 slit
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tbsp
Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tbsp
Fennel Seed Powder / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tbsp
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 tbsp

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

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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