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Dal Bati Churma

Dal Bati Churma is a traditional Rajasthani dish consisting of three components: bati (baked lentil balls), churma (a sw...

Indian Traditional Festive Rajasthani

9.5 Brilliant

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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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Maa Ki Dal

Maa Ki Dal is a deeply flavorful lentil stew originating from Punjab, India. It features overnight-cooked whole black ur...

Indian Traditional Punjabi Black Lentil

9.2 Excellent

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Rasam

Rasam is a thin, spicy lentil-based soup originating in South India. It’s traditionally prepared using toor dal alongsid...

Thin Digestive South Indian Toor Dal

9.0 Excellent

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Moong Dal Khichdi

Moong Dal Khichdi is a simple Indian dish consisting of moong dal (split green gram) and rice cooked together. It’s nota...

Simple Indian Rice Moong

9.0 Excellent

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Dal Gosht

Dal Gosht is a traditional Indian main course featuring lamb simmered in a rich lentil stew. The dish originates from Mu...

Indian Lamb Meat Mughlai

8.9 Great

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Dahi Vada

Dahi vada is a traditional Indian chaat dish featuring small, deep-fried balls of urad dal (black lentils). These vadas...

Indian Street Food Yogurt Urad Dal

8.9 Great

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Shorbat Adas

Shorbat Adas is a traditional lentil-based soup popular in middle eastern and Arab cuisines. It’s characterized by its s...

Everyday Middle Eastern Arab Cumin

8.9 Great

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Dal Fry

Dal Fry is a popular Indian dish made by boiling pigeon pea lentils and finishing them with a tempering of spices fried...

Indian Restaurant Style Vegetarian Toor Dal

8.7 Great

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Sabut Masoor Dal

Sabut Masoor Dal is a whole red lentil curry widely cooked across the Indian subcontinent, valued for retaining more fib...

Simple Indian Everyday Vegetarian

8.7 Great

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Sopa de Lentejas

Sopa de Lentejas is a traditional Spanish soup featuring brown lentils and vegetables, notable for its vast regional var...

Simple Spanish Everyday Vegetarian

8.2 Great

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Dal Chawal

Dal Chawal is the quintessential everyday meal of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of cooked lentils (dal) served ove...

Simple Indian Everyday Comfort Food

8.2 Great

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Moth Dal Curry

Moth Dal Curry is a dish made from moth beans, a drought-resistant legume native to the Indian subcontinent, particularl...

Indian Everyday Dry Rajasthani

8.1 Great

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Moong Dal Tadka

Moong dal tadka is an everyday Indian dish of split yellow mung lentils finished with a hot spiced oil tempering (tadka)...

Light Indian Everyday Tempered

7.9 Good

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Dal Palak

Dal Palak is a nutritious Indian lentil curry that combines boiled yellow or red lentils with chopped spinach and tradit...

Indian Everyday Vegetarian Healthy

7.7 Good

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Amti

Amti is a classic Maharashtrian lentil curry distinguished by its sweet, sour, and spicy flavor profile, typically thick...

Traditional Thin Maharashtrian Toor Dal

7.6 Good

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Red Lentil Soup

Red Lentil Soup is one of the most widespread lentil preparations globally, appearing across Turkish, Middle Eastern, an...

Simple Vegan American Everyday

7.5 Good

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Bhaja Moong Dal

Bhaja Moong Dal is a traditional Bengali side dish where split mung beans are dry-roasted before boiling to achieve a di...

Simple Indian Roasted Bengali

7.4 Good

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Lentejas Guisadas

Lentejas Guisadas is a braised lentil preparation common throughout Spain and Latin America, slow-cooked with sofrito, s...

Simple Everyday Comfort Food Latin American

7.3 Good

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Musur Dal

Musur Dal is a staple Bengali dish made from split red lentils that are boiled and tempered with cumin, dried chilies, a...

Indian Everyday Comfort Food Bengali

6.5 Fair