Curried Chicken and Lentils with Basmati Rice Recipe

Curried chicken and lentils served over basmati rice is comfort food to me. That may sound a bit strange coming from a southern girl but, it's true. I was incredibly blessed to spend several years when i was growing-up in south africa. The make-up of the countries population is very diverse, and each group brings their own specialties and flavors to the table. There's a large indian community that lives there and they became and remain, very special friends to my family. We immediately fell in love with their version of comfort food. That's right, curry. Curry in every form chicken, seafood, beef, mutton, vegetable, briyani, naan, roti and the list goes on and on.