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Lentils doing their best impression of comfort food that also loves you back.

means A spiced South Asian dish of split lentils (or peas) simmered down into a thick, savory soup or stew.

from From Hindi/Sanskrit 'dal,' meaning 'split' — referring to the lentils being split in half, not whole, before cooking. The word traveled into English alongside the dish itself as South Asian cuisine spread globally.

protein per bowl
rivals meat, minus the guilt
name origin
hindi for split pulses
cooking hack
tempering spices in ghee at the end
global reach
every indian household, infinite variations
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