What to cook with chana dal
36 recipes in the Saucepan catalog use chana dal. 21 of them are built around it. It turns up most in Indian and South Indian recipes.
- recipes use it
- 36
- are built around it
- 21
- median total time
- 50 min
- ready in 30 minutes or less
- 7
Recipes built around chana dal
DosaIndian · 55 min
Authentic Dosa RecipeSouth Indian · 12 hr 25 min
Soft IdliSouth Indian · 9 hr 25 min
Puran PoliMaharashtrian · 2 hr 40 min
Dal Makhani Recipe (Restaurant Style)Punjabi · 10 hr 10 min
Jain Style Dal MakhaniNorth Indian · 40 min
Papad Dal DhokliIndian
Authentic Dal TadkaIndian · 1 hr
Indian Dal Tadka (Restaurant-Style)Indian · 40 min
Crispy Masala Dosa & Dosa Batter RecipeIndian · 24 hr 25 min
Dal Tadka (Tempered Lentils)Indian
Dal TadkaIndian · 45 min
With chana dal, in 30 minutes or less
What goes with chana dal
Ingredients that most often share a recipe with chana dal, out of 36 recipes.
- Mustard seed53% of recipes
- Curry leaves47% of recipes
- Asafoetida36% of recipes
- Fenugreek47% of recipes
- Ghee42% of recipes
- Turmeric50% of recipes
- Chili42% of recipes
- Mung beans14% of recipes
Where chana dal shows up
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Counted from 5,756 public recipes, updated 2026-11-04. A recipe is built around an ingredient when it is in the title or among the first two lines of the ingredient list.





