lentils

The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume known for its lens-shaped seeds.
The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume known for its lens-shaped seeds.
Indian pulses are usually available in three types: the whole pulse, (sabut), the split pulse with the skins on, (chilka dal) or the split pulse without the skin, (dhuli dal).

Sabut simply means "whole". Dal means "split" with or without the skin. Chilka means with skin & dhuli means without skin.

For example, split (sabut) urad beans are urad dal, split sabut masoor beans are masoor dal.

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  1. Frizz1974

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  2. Morning Glory

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  3. SatNavSaysStraightOn

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  4. F

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  5. Morning Glory

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  6. winterybella

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  7. Morning Glory

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  8. Morning Glory

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  9. zoribrida

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  10. Morning Glory

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  11. Caribbean girl

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  12. winterybella

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  13. cupcakechef

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  14. SatNavSaysStraightOn

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  15. winterybella

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  16. cupcakechef

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  17. Duck59

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  18. C

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  19. SatNavSaysStraightOn

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  20. SatNavSaysStraightOn

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