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The 4 different types of dals or lentils keep the taste buds active

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 22 Mar

There is a feeling the same food day after day can disturb the taste buds. For those reasons, there are 4 dals I eat masoor, moong, biuli and arhar in alternate days. these lentils are eaten with rice. They can also be eaten with...

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Masoor dal is a popular lentil eaten in India

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 25 May 25

Masoor dal is a very popular lentil eaten in India. The dal is cooked with onion, coriander leaves, and the gravy becomes tasty. Some tomatoes are added also. The dal can be eaten both with rice and also chapatis. It is a dish for...

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Today I had biuli dal lentil and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 25 Mar 25

Today I had biuli dal lentil and rice. I also had prawn curry with the rice. The prawns are boiled and cooked with potatoes. Buili is one of the soft lentils which add taste and can be eaten with rice.

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One of the lentils in bengal called kolai dal is fried to form bori

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 23 Nov 24

In bengal there is one of the lentils called kolai dal or biuli dal. That is converted into pulp and dried in sunlight to form a hard dish called bori. This food is inserted in fish curries like bhetki fish curry. Then it is eaten...

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Matar dal in bengal is cooked with radish and potato

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 23 Nov 24

Matar dal in bengal is cooked with radish and potato. Matar dal is one of the popular lentils in bengal. Radish is red in colour in bengal. It is cooked with red radish called lal mulo in bengali. In hindi it is called muli. The...

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Papad is very popular in bengal.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 2 Sep 24

In bengal many people eat lentil and rice. There are different forms of lentils like masoor dal, moong dal, biuli dal, to name a few. Along with that they eat a thing called papad which is required to be heated in food oil. It...

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Bengalies in monsoon prefer a food called khichri.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 6 Aug 24

In monsoon in bengal there is a food which is preferred called khichri. It is a combination of moong dal or lentil and rice. It is cooked together. Potatoes and cauliflowers are boiled and added in the food. It tastes very nice.

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Today I had a mixed dal with rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 28 Jun 24

Today I had a mixed dal with rice. The mixed dal or lentil include masoor dal, moong dal, urad dal, matar dal. In bengal certain vegetables are added like bottlegourd, potatoes and other vegetables. The dals have their own...

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Today I had boiled prawns and moong dal with rice.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 11 Jun 24

Moong dal which is yellow in colour is one of the popular lentils in Calcutta. I had the dal with rice. I also had boiled prawns with rice. It includes the jabda chingri. The smaller ones are called shrimps in Calcutta. These are...

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Today we had vegetable thali

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 9 Jun 24

In calcutta vegetable thali food is very popular. In that there is some rice chapatis. There is also a dish called sukto and dal. Then there is potato poppy seed dish called aloo posto. Lastly there is papad chutney and a...

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Today I had yellow dal bittergourd curry and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 4 Jun 24

Today I had yellow dal bittergourd curry and rice. The dal is called biuli dal. it is one of the popular lentils. Bittergourd is called uche in bengali and karela in hindi. The curry has potatoes also. the food is eaten with rice

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Today I had boiled prawns and masoor dal.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 22 May 24

Today I had boiled prawns and masoor dal. The boiled prawns add taste. They are medium in size and bigger than the shrimps. The masoor dal is one of the very popular lentils in India. I had it with rice.

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Today I had sambhar dal and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 17 May 24

Today I had sambhar dal and rice. Sambhar dal is a form of lentil where a number of vegetables are added. Papayas, raw bananas, potatoes, drumsticks are boiled and mixed in the dal or lentil. It tastes lovely.

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Today I had drumstick curry masoor dal and rice.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 1 Apr 24

Today I had drumstick curry masoor dal and rice. The drumsticks are called data in bengali. There are two types one are the tender ones used to make shukto. The other are the bigger ones used to make curry with potatoes. It is...

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Today I had a food called gota seddo.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 16 Feb 24

Today I had a food called gota seddo. It is a combination of black buili dal (lentil) and potatoes and beans and peas. The entire thing is mixed once boiled and eaten with rice. The thing is this type of food is eaten cold. It is...

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Today I had fenugreek spinach and masoor dal.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 13 Feb 24

Today I had fenugreek spinach also called methi sak and masoor dal. I had the dish with rice. Masoor dal is one of the most popular lentils in India. Regarding the spinach it adds vitamin. It is also eaten as paratha and eaten...

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Today I had peas kachori chola dal and bottlegourd curry

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 7 Jan 24

Today I had peas kachori chola dal and bottlegourd curry. The peas kachori is called koraishuti kachori in bengali. chola dal is one of the popular lentils in Bengal. Bottlegourd is called lau and the curry can be eaten with both...

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Today I had bittergourd curry and masoor dal and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 12 Dec 23

Today I had bittergourd curry and masoor dal and rice. Bittergourd has a bitter taste and is called ucche in bengali and carela in hindi. Potatoes are added in the curry. Masoor dal is one of the popular lentils in India. It is...

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Today I had masoor dal cabbage curry poppy seed fry and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 4 Dec 23

Today I had masoor dal. It is one of the most popular lentils in India. Along with that I had cabbage curry. Cabbage is called badhakopi in bengali. Poppy seed fry is a lovely dish called posto bora. The fry has a sleeping effect...

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Today I had bottlegourd curry and rice.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 13 Sep 23

Today I had bottlegourd curry and rice in my lunch. It is called lau and chalkumro in bengali. It tastes very nice. Many people cook it with moong dal or lentil also. It is a watery vegetable so good in tropical countries.

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