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Dhansak Blend
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Dhansak Blend

Dhansak Blend
£1.79
  • A sweet, sour and spicy curry!
  • Ingredients: tamarind powder (tamarind, starch), coriander leaf, coriander, cumin, Kashmiri chilli, turmeric, fenugreek leaf, cinnamon, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cloves, mace, bay, nutmeg, chilli
  • Contains 1 portion (3 tbsp) - serves 4
  • Your recipe card will be emailed to you after you checkout

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Dhansak is a hugely popular dish that originates from the Parsi community in Mumbai, who originally fled Persia over 1000 years ago. This dish uses lentils to create a thick, dhal-like sauce, and it has a sweet, sour and spicy flavour - very typical of Parsi cooking and demonstrative of both Persian and Indian influences.

Recipe

Slow Cooker Dhansak Recipe

You Need: 

500g diced lamb or chicken or use baby potatoes for a veg version
½ a small butternut squash (about 300g prepared weight) - peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
1 large onion - finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic - finely grated or crushed
Fresh ginger - finely grated or finely chopped to make 2 tsp
20g butter - roughly chopped
1 tbsp tomato puree
100g red lentils
1 tbsp sugar (dark brown is best)
1 tbsp vinegar (white wine or cider vinegar is best)
Rice and chutney to serve

Method:

Place all of the ingredients in a deep pan with 400ml water, the DHANSAK BLEND and 1 tsp salt
Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally and adding an extra splash of water if necessary, for 2 hours (or 4+ hours in a slow cooker) or until the lamb and lentils are tender
Serve with the rice and chutney on the side

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 1 hour 20 mins

Heat rating: 2/5
Spices included

Ingredients: tamarind powder (tamarind, starch), coriander leaf, coriander, cumin, Kashmiri chilli, turmeric, fenugreek leaf, cinnamon, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cloves, mace, bay, nutmeg, chilli

May contain CELERY, MUSTARD and SESAME. Allergens are listed in CAPITALS

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Spicery Customer

I made chicken dhansak in the slow cooker and it was delicious! So full of flavour and so easy to make. Glad I ordered 2 packs and will definitely be ordering more. This is the 2nd slow cooker blend I've used, tried the tagine first, and both have been fantastic!

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Spicery Customer

A tasty dish. Compares well with the Dhansak recipe from the Curry legends book.

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Spicery Customer

Another success thanks to this wonderful spice blend by The Spicery. Lovely depth of flavour. The heat was just right for us. I wasn't sure about the addition of lentils but actually, it worked well. I'll certainly use the Dhansak again. Oh and...

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Spicery Customer

Cooked this in the slow cooker. Overall was a really good curry. It needed cooking uncovered for the last hour to thicken it up a bit. Also, it could have been a bit hotter. As I batched cooked and froze half I will add a bit of chilli next time.

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