Tags: Food.
Dal or paripu (Nepali दाल daal; Hindi दाल dāl; Bengali ডাল dāl; Kannada ಬೇಳೆ bēḷe; Malayalam പരിപ്പ് parippu; Marathi डाळ ḍāḷ; Tamil பருப்பு paruppu; Telugu పప్పు pappu or dāl; Urdu دال) is a preparation of pulses (dried lentils peas or beans) which have been stripped of their outer hulls and split. It also refers to the thick stew prepared from these pulses an important part of Indian Nepali Pakistani Sri Lankan West Indian and Bangladeshi cuisine.