Chicken Dhansak.........Done!!!

[natterjak]

Dhansak seems to be a dish more prone to regional variations than most. Sadly the only recipes I've found online seem to be for the dhansak version I dislike, that with pineapple chunks in. The southeast England smooth version which appears from its pale colour to entirely lack tomato is yet to be mastered by me - certainly it's not simply a case of omitting the pineapple chunks.

Chewy's variation filmed at little India is pleasant enough but not what I know as a dhansak so I'm still looking. If anyone has a good recipe for a London / Kent / Surrey dhansak I'm all ears.

[DalPuri]

Hi NJ,
out of all the dishes i cooked from the KD1 book, the Dhansak came the closest to the real thing.
It Was a very long time ago though and might not have been as good as i remember 
But definitely NO pineapple! 

By the way, I never ever saw pineapple in a Dhansak until i moved away from London.

Frank. 

**edit: Come to think of it, the only dish i remember seeing years ago on a curry menu with pineapple in it was Chicken Maryland  ;D

[natterjak]

Hi frank,

Thanks for the reminder, i also made KD dhansak "back in the day" and it was the best result I achieved with that book. Still not really close to BIR AISTR though. Maybe I should revisit it though as the basis for a new effort using the base that I now use. I have the book after all. Thanks again

[Edwin Catflap]

I'm no Dhansak connoisseur but the pineapple really worked for me!!! But then again I am a Northener!  but have yet to have madras with a pie on top  , never say never

[Cory Ander]

Hi EC,

Looks great! And pleased to hear that you enjoyed it

Adding pineapple pieces is an option in my recipe, anyway, precisely because I know/knew some people don't like it!  If it offends thee, leave it out!   

[976bar]

Dhansak seems to be a dish more prone to regional variations than most. Sadly the only recipes I've found online seem to be for the dhansak version I dislike, that with pineapple chunks in. The southeast England smooth version which appears from its pale colour to entirely lack tomato is yet to be mastered by me - certainly it's not simply a case of omitting the pineapple chunks.

Chewy's variation filmed at little India is pleasant enough but not what I know as a dhansak so I'm still looking. If anyone has a good recipe for a London / Kent / Surrey dhansak I'm all ears.

Hi Chris,

I think this is more the Dhansak that us Southerner's are used to. I haven't tried this one yet but aim to give it a go as I have some Chicken Tikka left in the fridge and some Massuri Dhal, albeit out of base and need to make some

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=325.0

[Unclefrank]

You can puree the pineapple and add that instead of just the chunks i do make CA's Dhansak with both.
Either one is excellent. I puree a whole tin of pineapple rings, chunks or pieces and their juice as well then i add roughly 2-3 tbsp of the puree to each single portion, tasting as i add.