Dal tadka is a popular Indian vegetarian dish flavored with tempered spices. It is prepared with lentil and is best served with rice and rot

Vengaya Sambar, a flavorful south indian lentil stew made from toor dal and pearl onions. It tastes so good with rice and tiffins.

Chayote dal – in which the juicy pear-like squash softens and melds into dal, adding an interesting counterpoint to the legume’s mealiness.

Avarakkai Kootu, a delicious and healthy accompaniment made from dal/lentil and board beans.

Malabar spinach / basale leaves cooked with toor dal, tempered with a garlic-chili tadka.

Indian dal with wolfberries. With a tadka of cumin and onions fried in ghee, this makes for a sensory delight!

A simple, yet flavorful Dal Tadka or Yellow Lentil soup made in Pressure Cooker. Make this along with pot-in-pot basmati rice. V+GF

Idi Sambar / Nellai Idi Sambar, one of the signature sambars from the Tirunelveli area with freshly made spices.

Lunch Sambar made from toor dal and mixed vegetables.

Simple and comforting lentil recipe with ghee flavored tempering!

Tasty and healthy spinach cooked with lentils and tempered mildly with Indian spices.

Indian vegetarian thali meal – toor dal tadka with spinach, aloo stir-fry, garlic chutney, brown rice and dahi.

Tangy yellow dal – in which raw mango slivers, with help from garlic and ghee, elevate workaday yellow lentils to exotic status.

Mixed legume dal (toor and green gram) with hot ghee tempering. Serve with chapatis and mangoes for a delicious summer meal.

Lentils with Moringa leaves are super delicious to relish with rice or roti. Moringa Leaves can be eaten fresh, cooked, or stored as dried.

Tangy gooseberry dal with potato bean curry, raita, and chapatis – a comforting Indian vegetarian meal.

Amaranthus greens cooked along with lentils and tempered with spices. Very flavourful and yummy side dish for both rice and roti.

Indian staple food that every household enjoy in their lunch or diner. A lentil soup with a flavorsome tadka.

Spinach Lentil Curry/Palak Toor Dal. A North Indian inspired dal curry with spinach and split pigeon peas in a coconut blend.

Comforting dal prepared with tomatoes

A healthy and filling one pot meal

Recipe for delicious Indian Toor Dal. Also details on common Indian spices.