Dal

By Jojo
@Sojourn (13833)
India
April 25, 2019 8:37am CST
It is one of the simple yet tasty dishes which is popular across our country. In South India it may be called by a different name (Sambaram I guess).It consists of different lentils or pulses as the basic ingredient.It may be prepared as plain soup or as a curry (rich with spices). It is eaten with rice, flatbread, rice cakes etc. During the summer times, we often make plain lentil soups. It is a good source of protein. Did you have this food or would like to have it? Image:vegrecipesofIndia.com
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@LadyDuck (502670)
• Italy
25 Apr 19
I love this dish, I make it at home time by time. My husband loves spicy Indian food.
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@LadyDuck (502670)
• Italy
25 Apr 19
@Sojourn I usually make the curried, it is the one I prefer.
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@LadyDuck (502670)
• Italy
17 May 19
@kepweng I like a lot the taste of many Indian dishes, not all.
@Sojourn (13833)
• India
25 Apr 19
That's nice to know. Do you make the curried or the souped one, generally?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
25 Apr 19
Never tasted it but I'm willing to try.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
25 Apr 19
@Sojourn I'm a curry fan, I make curry dip when I crave, I like all types of spices, for sure I will like this.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
25 Apr 19
It is savoury in taste.Easy to make as well.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
27 Apr 19
In North India 'Dal' is a must with rice, For South people it is Sambar. The difference (you know it better) for Dal, there won't be other vegetables but for sambar all veggies will be there. Being in North I make both occasionally.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
29 Apr 19
@Sojourn I love all, I sue arhar dal for making sambar, but chana with other veggies.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
27 Apr 19
Which dal do you like (like chana dal, arahar ka dal etc. )?
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Apr 19
I have eaten it in an Indian restaurant in my country. I liked it a lot.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Apr 19
@Sojourn We might try to make it at home one day I think that my husband would like it, too.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
25 Apr 19
You can try this at home. It is easy.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
26 Apr 19
@Porcospino It will taste better if you can cook it in mustard oil.
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
26 Apr 19
Oh that looks good. I had some curry soup which I didn't know the name of. Now I wonder if it was Dal
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
28 Apr 19
@Sojourn Ah yes - this was also yellow, like in your picture. There was a bit of chicken and onion in it, but the main thing was the delightful broth - which tasted both like curry and warm - like hot pepper
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
26 Apr 19
What color was it? Dal is yellow in color, especially if you add turmeric.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
26 Apr 19
I like lentil soup! Ours is a different colored texture brown than the one in the photo. Your right about lentils they are very healthy for you
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
26 Apr 19
@Sojourn Oh I see... Thanks for explaining!
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
26 Apr 19
Well, the color comes from two things here, one from the use of mustard oil and the other from the use of turmeric.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
28 Apr 19
I've never had it but would like to try it. It looks delicious.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Apr 19
I haven't had dal in a long time, but I do like it.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
25 Apr 19
Nice to know you like them. Where did you had them first?
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Apr 19
@Sojourn I can't remember.
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@mayka123 (17083)
• India
27 Apr 19
I love dal and make it atleast three or four times a week.
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@mayka123 (17083)
• India
27 Apr 19
@Sojourn I try different ones each time i cook. And sometimes a combination of two or three different types.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
27 Apr 19
That's great. Which dal do you make often?
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
25 Apr 19
we have lentil soup many times.My husband does a great job from scratch.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
25 Apr 19
That's good.
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
1 May 19
Oh, I love it, but have only had it in Indian restaurants.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
1 May 19
@Sojourn I really should look up some recipes online. I do love it!
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
1 May 19
Those that we make every other day is nothing fancy,you know, It is basically a simple soup of pulses with only additive is turmeric and salt.If you want to spice things up, there are various elaborate processes,though.
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@ShifaLk (17811)
• India
3 May 19
Yeah I like the yellow one. And I have heard I cook this one awesome
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
3 May 19
That's good.
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@dya80dya (36805)
25 Apr 19
I haven't tried it, but I wish I can taste it.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
25 Apr 19
It is savoury. It is basically a soup made with pulses. You may try it at home.
@Tonietta (1179)
3 May 19
Oh I miss that with fish curry on the side delicious:)
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
4 May 19
Are you having an Indian meal in a restaurant ?
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@Tonietta (1179)
4 May 19
@Sojourn once in awhile but I do have an Indian friend before and loves to cook, spicy but very yummy:)
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
28 Apr 19
Never tried to Taste it,