Chicken Dhansak (Traditional)

Ingredients

• Chicken breast (you can also do this on the bone if you wish)
  500 g
• Toor dal (just go for green lentils if you can't find any)
  300 g
• Fresh or minced ginger
  1 unit
• garlic cloves
  6 unit
• onions
  3 medium
• red pepper
  1 unit
• orange or yellow pepper
  1 unit
• potato
  1 large
• chopped tomatoes
  3 unit
• lime (juice of)
  1 unit
• tamarind paste
  1 tablespoon
• tin of pineapple rings in their own juice (optional)
  1 small
• bunch coriander (that's what you loyal allies of the Crown call cilantro)
  1 unit
• jaggery (substitute for dark brown sugar if you can't get jaggery)
  1 tablespoon
• sunflower oil or butter/vegetable ghee if you can get it (we ran out of ghee so used oil)
  1 unit
• Salt and pepper
  1 unit
• turmeric powder
  1/2 teaspoon
• good quality dhansak masala (or curry powder)
  3 teaspoon
• cumin powder
  1 teaspoon
• coriander powder
  2 teaspoons
• red chilli powder
  2 teaspoon