Meghalaya Style Do O Kalai Recipe - Chicken With Black Lentils

Step 1: To begin making Meghalaya Style Do O Kalai Recipe soak the black lentils overnight

Step 2: Start by grinding the onions, ginger, & garlic together in a small grinder jar to a smooth paste

Step 3: Add a couple of teaspoons of water only if required

Step 4: Keep it aside

Step 5: Take a pressure cooker and heat a little cooking oil in it

Step 6: On a medium heat, add the green chillies and saute for a few seconds

Step 7: Add onion-ginger-garlic paste and saute continuously so that the paste does not get burnt

Step 8: Once the raw smell disappears from the onion paste, add in the curry cut chicken and saute till well coated

Step 9: Once the chicken is well coated with the paste, add the red chilli powder

Step 10: Mix it well till the red chilli powder coats the chicken evenly

Step 11: Add the soaked urad dal lentils, salt to taste and cooking soda to the pressure cooker and mix

Step 12: Now close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook on a low heat for a couple of whistles till the lentils are tender and soft and mushy to form like a gravy and the chicken is cooked as well

Step 13: After a few whistles turn off heat, allow the pressure of the cooker to release naturally

Step 14: Once the pressure is released, remove the lid and add in the lemon juice

Step 15: Transfer the Do O Kalai into a serving bowl and serve hot

Step 16: Serve Do O Kalai Recipe with Yellow Pumpkin Pulav Recipe or Manipuri Style Tan Ngang Recipe, Manipuri Style Alu Kangmet Recipe and Narikol Pitha Recipe for a complete meal plate