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Mercimek Çorbası

Mercimek çorbası is a classic Turkish lentil soup centered around red lentils. It’s renowned for its velvety smooth cons...

Traditional Everyday Turkish Soup

9.4 Excellent

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Ash-e reshteh

Ash-e reshteh is a traditional Iranian lentil soup featuring wide, hand-cut noodles alongside beans, herbs, and lentils....

Iranian Noodles Soup Herbs

9.2 Excellent

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Hyderabadi haleem

Hyderabadi haleem is a rich, slow-cooked dish originating in Hyderabad, India. It combines wheat berries, lentils, meat...

Main Meat Ramadan Lentils

9.1 Excellent

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Misir wot

Misir wot is a traditional Ethiopian lentil stew made primarily from red lentils. The dish’s distinctive flavor comes fr...

Main Ethiopian Stew Berbere

9.1 Excellent

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Gongura pappu

Gongura pappu is a traditional South Indian lentil dish originating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It utilizes gongura...

Main Tangy Lentil Andhra

9.0 Excellent

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Mulligatawny

Mulligatawny is a spiced lentil soup developed in colonial India during the British Raj. It blends Tamil rasam—a traditi...

Colonial Curry Spiced Soup

8.9 Great

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Arachuvitta sambar

Arachuvitta sambar is a traditional Tamil lentil stew. It distinguishes itself through the incorporation of freshly grou...

Main Vegetable Tamil Lentil

8.8 Great

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Mujadara

Mujadara is a traditional Levantine dish featuring lentils and bulgur wheat. The dish’s distinctive flavor comes from sl...

Main Levantine Bulgur Lentils

8.8 Great

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Harak osbao

Harak Osbao is a traditional Syrian dish featuring a hearty lentil stew. The key element is a distinctive sauce built ar...

Main Pasta Tamarind Syrian

8.8 Great

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Vospov Kufte

Vospov Kufte is a traditional Armenian dish made from mashed red lentils and bulgur formed into spiced patties, notable...

Traditional Soup Armenian Caucasian

8.7 Great

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Mauritian dholl puri

Mauritian dholl puri is a traditional lentil-based dish originating from Mauritius. It consists of a thinly baked flatbr...

Street Food Main Flatbread Mauritian

8.7 Great

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Hyderabadi khatti dal

Hyderabadi khatti dal is a distinctive Indian lentil dish originating from Hyderabad. It features a prominent sour flavo...

Indian Main Tamarind Hyderabadi

8.6 Great

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Mujaddara musafaya

Mujaddara musafaya is a traditional Levantine rice and lentil dish distinguished by its creamy texture. The lentils are...

Main Rice Levantine Onions

8.6 Great

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Ash-e shole ghalamkar

Ash-e shole ghalamkar is a traditional Iranian lentil dish, rich in flavor and texture. It features lentils simmered wit...

Iranian Meat Soup Herbs

8.6 Great

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Mamidikaya pappu

Mamidikaya pappu is a traditional Andhra lentil dish featuring raw mangoes. It’s particularly notable during mango seaso...

Main Seasonal Mango Lentil

8.5 Great

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Huggi

Huggi is a Karnataka rice and mung-dal dish, notable as the local pongal-like preparation served sweet or savory in fest...

Main Savory Festival Karnataka

7.7 Good

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Katachi amti

Katachi amti is a Maharashtrian dal from India made with water from cooked chana dal, notable as a companion to puran po...

Indian Main Festival Maharashtrian

7.4 Good

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Habisha dalma

Habisha dalma is an Odia lentil and vegetable dish from India, notable during the Kartika month when many households eat...

Main Festival Vegetable Lentil

6.9 Fair

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Pesara pappu charu

Pesara pappu charu is an Andhra-style lentil broth from India, notable for using split mung dal in a thin, tamarind-sour...

Main Soup Lentil Andhra

6.8 Fair

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Osaman

Osaman is a thin Gujarati lentil broth from India, notable for using the strained liquid of cooked toor dal with jaggery...

Indian Main Gujarati Soup

6.4 Fair