Chholar Dal

Chholar Dal

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Bengali chholar dal cooks split Bengal gram with coconut, raisins, ginger, cumin, and ghee, making a lightly sweet, festive lentil bowl with fragrant whole spices.

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πŸ”— Recipe adapted from Wikidata (Dish)

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ Instructions

Soak chana dal briefly, then simmer with turmeric until tender but not mushy.

Fry coconut pieces and raisins in ghee until golden.

Temper bay leaf, cumin seeds, dried chiles, and ginger in the same ghee.

Stir the tempering into the dal and simmer until the flavors meld.

Finish with garam masala and the fried coconut-raisin mixture.

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