Dal Saag - Split Yellow Pea & Spinach Dal

Jenny Chandler, author of the superb recipe book Pulse, created this recipe for Hodmedod's British-grown split yellow peas. A variant on classic chana dal, this can be served as part of an Indian feast or eaten for a comforting simple supper with some flatbread or rice.

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Polly Robinson
Gopal's Curry Shack's "Roald Dal"

The wonderful and multi-award-winning Gopal's Curry Shack will be serving up various special dals and pulse dishes as part of the British Dal Festival Dal Trail. We're delighted that they've shared Mel's closely guarded recipe for this sumptuous coconut dal otherwise know as "Roald Dal".

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Polly Robinson
Fava Santorini

Despite the name this dish from the Greek island of Santorini is made not with fava beans but with split yellow peas - or more traditionally with a local variety of grass pea, an entirely different species of pulse. Either way it makes a simple but delicious dip and, in our book, counts as a dal by another name.

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