Lunch & dinner

Daal chawal with chicken tikka

  • Lunch & dinner
  • South Asian
  • 35 min hands-on
  • Halal

Ingredients

One standard portion

  • 70g halal chicken breast, tikka-marinated
  • 65g basmati rice (dry weight)
  • 15g ghee (3 tsp)
  • 30g red lentils (dry weight)
  • 30g onion
  • 40g tomatoes

Season as the method describes. Spices, salt, lemon and water aren’t weighed or counted below.

Per portion

Calories
599kcal
Protein
35g
Carbs
73g
Fat
19g

Added up from each ingredient’s typical values per 100g. A standard portion is this meal’s share of a 2,000 kcal day.

Method

  1. Simmer the lentils with turmeric for fifteen minutes; finish with a tarka of ghee, cumin and garlic.

  2. Grill the tikka-marinated chicken for twelve to fifteen minutes.

  3. Serve the daal over the rice with the tikka alongside.

In a plan

This is one of the dishes our plans cook from, and plans serve it for lunch or dinner, or as the iftar meal in Ramadan. There, the halal chicken breast, tikka-marinated, basmati rice (dry weight) and ghee are weighed out to your own numbers; everything else stays as written.

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General guidance, not medical advice. Please check with your doctor if you have a medical condition, are pregnant, or are new to exercise. Check every ingredient against your own allergies.