Chicken Legs in Lentils - By Mauritian Foodies

green lentils

🥗Healthier: brown lentils

💰Cheaper: split peas

Brown lentils are more accessible and split peas are often less expensive.

chicken legs

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Skinless thighs reduce fat while drumsticks are often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats and canola oil is budget-friendly.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lighter and using seasoned water is cost-effective.

Add some salt, 1/2 tbs ginger garlic paste, pinch of cumin powder in chicken legs.

Put in pressure cooker, add water to cover the chicken legs and cook for 4-5 mins.

Soak lentils for 10-15mins for easy cooking.

Heat 1 tbs of refined oil, add onions, chilies, curry leaves, thym leaves, chopped, cumin seeds, 1/2 tbs ginger garlic paste, tomatoes, pinch of cumin powder, 1 1/2 tbs saffron powder, little water for cooking in pressure cooker.

Add the soaked lentils.

Add 2 glasses of water and put lentils to cook for 7-8 mins.

Open after 7-8 mins, half cooked lentils.

Add the chicken legs, set aside.

Add salt according to taste, and 1/2 tbs sugar.

Chopped coriander leaves.

Cook in pressure cooker for another 5 mins.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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