Si King – from The Hairy Bikers – served up a ‘very special’ chicken dhansak with red lentils on this morning.

The ingredients are: 8 chicken thighs, skin on and on the bone, Juice of 1 lemon, 2 tbsp olive or coconut oil , 2 large onions, finely sliced, 15g root ginger, grated, 6 garlic cloves, crushed or grated, 2 tbsp dhansak curry powder, 2 tbsp tomato puree, 2 tbsp tamarind paste, 150g split red lentils, well rinsed, 500ml chicken stock, 2 bay leaves, Salt and black pepper.

To serve: Basmati rice, Green chillies, Leaves from a few coriander sprigs and 100ml plain yoghurt.

See more Hairy Bikers recipes in the book titled: The Hairy Bikers: Our Family Favourites available from Amazon now.