The Story of How Arhar Became India's Favourite Dal
The Story of How Arhar Became India's Favourite Dal Tweeter facebook Google Plus Reddit Highlights India's favourite dal's status goes to the arhar It is also known as the yellow pigeon pea Dals remarkably unite disparate culinary traditions in the country The way pulses are used in the Subcontinent, hulled, often split, cooked in water almost like gruel and combined with rice to offer a complete protein diet to vegetarians , is quite unique. Nowhere in the world do we see such a predominant use of dals in diets and certainly not quite in this fashion. What is equally remarkable is how dals unite disparate culinary traditions in the country. Almost every region, every community however different and widespread, historically and geographically separate has a dalliance with dried lentils. And all these dals are cooked almost in identical ways, with water, salt and haldi, even though the tempering or the seasoning may differ from region to region.