TAJ Premium Indian Chana Dal, Split Desi Chickpeas (4-Pounds)

The Premium Indian Chana Dal offers a fresh, flavorful, and nutritious addition to various dishes. It cooks evenly and retains a delightful, nutty taste, perfect for soups, curries, and stews. The dal is easy to digest and an excellent source of protein and fiber, making it ideal for vegetarian diets. Its quality stands out, with minimal debris or broken pieces, ensuring a hassle-free cooking experience. Highly recommended for those looking for authentic, high-quality lentils

I love Hummus, in restaurants, AND I also love to try to make a restaurant-quality Hummus myself. I've tried so many different recipes at home over the years. All had involved working from canned chickpeas/garbanzos (OK but with a "tinny" or mealy taste), or, dried chick peas (takes lots of time to boil, especially if the peas are old, once cooked you have to hand-peel the translucent outer skin from each individual pea because if you don't the finished Hummus will be really grainy)... I've never been really happy with my results. BUT -- using Chana Dal -- basically Indian dried garbanzo beans, but not canned, already split, no skins -- it's amazing! This particular product arrived & it was very clean, fresh, nice -- I cooked per instructions then used it in my Hummus recipe and I was super happy. This is the dried bean you need to have for your Hummus & I won't do Hummus the 'old way' again!

What can I say about chana dal except that its low glycemic goodness always makes you feel GREAT after consuming it! Just 25 minutes in the pressure cooker with spices, chopped green peppers and chopped spuds- produces heaven in a bowl with a square of butter, a dollop of sour cream or kefir and cilantro. Never tire of it. This bag is a good price. Buy it and cook healthfully and deliciously!

Walmart wanted to charged more for this same product. I live three hours from the nearest Indian market. So this was convenient.

So far so good. This chana dal didn't upset my stomach whatsoever because I'm actually allergic to regular yellow peas dal. It looks so much like it that I was nervous to try it at first, only tasting one half teaspoon and waiting a couple hours but I was good! I then ate it the entire week with no ill effects. The packaging was good, it came on time and it was consistent with even toned chana kernels, nothing weird like pebbles or stray kernels of other grains. I intend to definitely reorder when this is done and I'll update if anything negative happens. So if there's no update then the product continued in its good quality.

I cook a lot of Indian-style foods, but don’t have an Indian grocery store near me. I order these regularly as a pantry staple. Great flavor, and they cook very quickly compared to dry beans.

Even though these are human food, I bought these to make homemade dog food for my diabetic dog. To me, the flavor and texture was very reminiscent of peanuts.These would be a great choice for any diabetic. According to multiple sources on the internet, their glycemic index is only about 8 per serving. That's right, 8, that is not a typo.I will purchase again.

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