Bengali Dal Recipes

Daal-bhaat (dal and rice) forms the basis of sustenance across South Asia and Bengalis are no different. Dal is served at lunch with rice. Spicier versions are served with luchi, porota, or rooti for breakfast or dinner.

Bengali Dal Recipes

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Daal-bhaat (dal and rice) forms the basis of sustenance across South Asia and Bengalis are no different. Dal is served at lunch with rice. Spicier versions are served with luchi, porota, or rooti for breakfast or dinner.

  • Cooking time
    20 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Bengali Egg Tadka

Bengali road/dhaba-style tadka dal

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  • Cooking time
    2 hours
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Chhola’r Dal

Savoury-sweet preparation of curried split Bengal gram

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  • Cooking time
    45 minutes
  • Nutrition
    197
    kcal

Dhoka'r Dalna

Fried lentil cakes in a flavourful sauce

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  • Cooking time
    90 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Peyaj Diye Mosur Dal

Bengali Masoor dal with onions and panch phoron

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  • Cooking time
    20 minutes
  • Nutrition
    108
    kcal

Bhaja Moong Dal Shobji diye

Roasted moong dal with fresh, winter veggies

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  • Cooking time
    40 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Kacha Moong Dal

A quick and delicate dal tempered with radhuni, a type of seed that is quite unique to Bengal.

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  • Cooking time
    20 minutes
  • Nutrition
    111
    kcal

Tok Daal Aam Diye

Sweet and sour mosur dal with green mangoes

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  • Cooking time
    30 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Kacha Moog-Mosur Dal

An easy and hearty Bengali moog-mosur dal with ripe winter tomatoes and fresh coriander

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  • Cooking time
    30 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Biulir Dal

Mildly flavoured kolaier dal or urad dal

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  • Cooking time
    45 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Arahar Dal

Light, refreshing toor dal with tomato and coriander

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  • Cooking time
    20 minutes
  • Nutrition
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Panchmishali Dal

Roasted moong dal with a medley of summer vegetables

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  • Cooking time
    40 minutes
  • Nutrition
    130
    kcal

Garur Dal

A special dal that uses vegetables that are in season for exactly one week

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  • Cooking time
    2 hours
  • Nutrition
    162
    kcal