Dal - India's super food

by **fabindia** » 06 Jul 2018, 05:26

Dal, also spelled daal, dhal, is India's super food. Basically it is lentil stew, so provides protein, carbs, fibre and vitamins. In UK, you may find Tarka Dal on the menu at an Indian restaurant but there are probably hundreds of different dal recipes. I bought a small paperback cook book in India with over 40 different recipes for dal. The only problem can be finding the various ingredients.

by **Grannyof4** » 06 Jul 2018, 11:14

I do a lot of Indian and Thai cooking and go on line to find unusual ingredients.

by **Freeranger** » 13 Jul 2018, 09:48

My student staple, alongside sausage curry!

by **fabindia** » 13 Jul 2018, 10:54

Freeranger wrote:sausage curry!

Haha - just goes to show anything can go into a curry, though would have to veggies sausages for me.

by **wendy** » 13 Jul 2018, 10:54

I love it Particularly Chana Dal.
I also love Vegetable Dansak, which has lentils in it