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Summary
I’d like to clear up any confusion. Dal is not a soup. In fact, there is a dish called dal soup, and it’s different from the dal we’re talking about here. Think of dal as similar in use to gravy—in other words, not a side dish or its own course. It is eaten on rice or with flatbreads, or with dry curries, and vegetables; it is meant as part of a meal. It is the sentimental heart of the meal, even. There is a deep-soul comfort to be found in a bowl of cooked basmati rice, dal, minced sweet onion, salt, and an indecent amount of ghee.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (225 g) moong dal (split yellow lentils)
- 3 cups (710 ml) water
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- Medium-grain kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons ghee or unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 small onion, minced
- 1 or 2 fresh or dried whole red chiles
- Leaves picked from a small bunch of cilantro
- Fresh lime wedges
Instructions
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Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 244 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 8 g 12.45%
- Saturated Fat: 5 g 22.99%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 20 mg 6.67%
- Sodium: 14 mg 0.56%
- Calcium: 48 mg 4.79%
- Potassium: 410 mg 11.72%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 18.25%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 31 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 6 g 22.2%
- Sugar: 1 g
- Protein: 13 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 21.68%
- Vitamin C 21.95%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat2
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat1
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq