dal
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- noun
- /dɑl/
- UK
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dal
- When the mustard seeds start to pop, toss in the dried red chilies, urad dal, and curry leaves.
- dal (lentils)
- rice and dal
- red dal
People weren't eating alfalfa sprouts, or lentils would be cooked and become Dal or various recipes.
- People weren't eating alfalfa sprouts, or lentils would be cooked and become Dal or various recipes.
Examples
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For dinner, we enjoyed a spicy dal that complemented the rice perfectly.
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My mother used to cook this dal quite differently.
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For instance, even to have a simple meal of dal and rice, we require the farmer.
Blog text (26) -
See that she cooks your food properly, and ask her to prepare the dal like I showed her.
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We paused for a cup of tea and a plate of dal bhat, then pressed on.
Blog text (2) -
When the doctor left, Thapa brought in a plate of rice and dal and stood at the foot of the bed with his arms behind him.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's fast cooking, and the eggplant has a soft, chewy texture with crunchy bits of dal scattered through the dish.
Blog text (17) -
And when corn kernels are dried and cracked, they fit into another Indian culinary slot, the one normally reserved for lentils and other pulses lumped together as dal.
Academic text (1992) -
She served a delicious dal made from lentils alongside freshly baked naan.
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The chef prepared a rich dal with a variety of spices that enhanced its flavor.
Synonyms
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A dish of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid
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A soup made from lentils cooked in stock with onions and carrots
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Etymology
Dal for the lentil dish comes from Hindi and Urdu dal, which means 'lentil' or 'split pulse', and it came into English with South Asian cooking, so dal now means the lentil soup or stew often eaten with rice.