Quick coconut dal with tomato sambol from East: 120 Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing (page 212) by Meera Sodha

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  • jd_z77v3u on January 23, 2026

    I had borrowed an ebook of this cookbook from the library before I bought it. I tried this dal and immediately ordered my own copy of the cookbook. it's so good

  • Tealismyname on September 07, 2025

    This was very tasty and I really liked the tomato sambol. It feels like we've elevated the dish and provides excellent contrast to the dal.

  • et12 on October 01, 2023

    We liked this. I used Chana dal instead of lentils and so had to cook longer and thickened with corn flour, but it was really tasty.

  • aeybkme on May 29, 2023

    Don't skip the tomato sambal on top, it adds much needed freshness!

  • snackbaby on February 23, 2023

    love this. i sometimes replace the curry leaves with 2-3 lime leaves for a slightly fresher flavor in the dal

  • joelle on November 05, 2022

    I have mixed feelings about this. The dal is *very* rich and needs some brightness from the sambol, but I found the raw onions to be overpowering. If you're sensitive to raw onion, keep that in mind.

  • LFL on July 17, 2022

    5 stars. So good! I would say it’s closer to 4 servings than 2. We left out the curry leaves and the finger/serrano chili but otherwise made as directed with full fat coconut milk. The dal is sublime even just by itself and the sambol is almost as good. They go together really well. Whether you make both together or just one, the results are delicious. The only adjustment I might make in the future would be to cut the salt by 25%.

  • Cvtbird on June 20, 2021

    Delicious! I don’t like tomato so did the Sambol without it which was tangy and provided texture. One of the best dal I’ve had.

  • Melissa_427 on June 15, 2021

    So tasty! Spicier than I would have imagined!

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