Indian Lentil Soup? Oh, let me count the ways…..you can vary the lentils, change up the spices, mash it up into a thin broth or thicken it up with veggies. You can sweeten it, sour it, make it too hot to hold. But before there was spicy or soupy or veggie-filled, there was Dal Tadka. […]
Tag: lentil soup
Ambad Dal in Ratnagiri (Hot and Sour Lentil Soup)
This recipe is inspired by the Maharashtrian Ambad Goad Varan. Ambad means sour. Goad means sweet. Varan means lentil soup. My version omits the sugar, ups the heat and replaces the tuvar dal with a mixture of green and white vatana (dried peas). What emerges is a hot and sour lentil soup with the textural […]