How to improve dhansak?

[MinnieMountain]

DH has made a massive pot of chicken dhansak. He used fresh pineapple which seems to mean it’s missing that lovely sweet-sour flavour.

What can be added to it to make it taste like a proper dhansak?

Spoon full of mango chutney and a knob of butter

Thank you @AtleastitsnotMonday . I suspect it will take a whole jar!

Ooooh… do you have a good dhansak recipe?

Unfortunately not @BobandRobertaSmith .

I always use pineapple in my dhansak, although usually the tinned kind. Did he add tamarind sauce? this is the recipe I usually use.

Misty Ricardo has turned my curries from "oh was that meant to be curry" to "wow you can make that again". His lamb dhansak is delicious

yes it's a faff making everything but I do massive freezer batches and it's so worth it. My curries are now like going to a takeaway. It helps that I love cooking. You've got to read the book though to really understand how they get the flavours, he talks a lot about the ingredients and methods etc.

i now have a bottle of special infused curry veg oil that has been used for frying stuff like bhajis. I strain it and top up with fresh oil after I've used it and now omg it's phenomenal. Smells like a curry house and really gives a special aromatic edge

https://mistyricardo.com