swap_horiz Moong dal Alternatives

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Doenjang Jjigae

Doenjang jjigae is a traditional Korean stew centered around fermented soybean paste, doenjang. This savory dish provide...

Korean Everyday Fermented Stew

9.2 Excellent

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Lentil Soup (Mercimek Çorbası)

Mercimek çorbası is a traditional Turkish red lentil soup. It’s notable as a national dish deeply embedded in daily meal...

Everyday Warming Turkish National Dish

8.9 Great

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Frijoles de Olla

Frijoles de olla is a classic Mexican bean dish featuring pinto beans simmered slowly in a clay pot. The traditional pre...

Everyday Staple Mexican Pinto Bean

8.7 Great

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Tempeh Goreng

Tempeh goreng is a traditional Indonesian dish characterized by its preparation of deep-frying fermented soybean cakes....

Everyday Tempeh Indonesian Soybean

8.7 Great

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Pesarattu (Mung Bean Crepe)

Pesarattu is a savory flatbread or crepe from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, made from a batter of soaked whole gre...

Breakfast Crepe South Indian Mung Bean

8.6 Great

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Onde Onde

Onde Onde is a Southeast Asian glutinous rice ball confection, primarily Indonesian and Malaysian, filled with palm suga...

Dessert Mung Bean Malay Rice Ball

8.5 Great

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Dhal Bhat

Dhal Bhat is a staple meal of Nepal consisting of spiced lentil soup (dhal) served over steamed rice (bhat). It is eaten...

Everyday Rice Lentil Nepali

8.5 Great

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Lentejas con Chorizo

Lentejas con Chorizo is a classic Spanish lentil stew heavily flavored with chorizo sausage and smoked paprika. It is a...

Spanish Everyday Lentil Chorizo

8.4 Great

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Lenteja con Chorizo

Lenteja con Chorizo is a traditional Spanish stew combining lentils with chorizo sausage and vegetables such as onion, c...

Spanish Everyday Comfort Food Lentil

8.4 Great

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Amritsari chole

Amritsari chole is a North Indian chickpea curry originating from the city of Amritsar in Punjab. The dish is distinguis...

Indian Chickpea Curry Spiced

8.3 Great

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Bindae-tteok

Bindae-tteok is a traditional Korean savory pancake made primarily from soaked and ground mung beans. The batter is mixe...

Korean Street Food Pancake Mung Bean

8.3 Great

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Urad Dal

Urad dal consists of split and hulled black gram (Vigna mungo), a lentil widely cultivated and consumed across South Asi...

Classic Indian Everyday Protein Rich

8.3 Great

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Nohutlu Pilav (Chickpea Rice)

Nohutlu Pilav is a traditional Turkish dish consisting of white rice cooked with boiled chickpeas, typically prepared us...

Street Food Everyday Chickpea Turkish

8.3 Great

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Lobia Curry

Lobia curry is a South Asian dish featuring black-eyed peas simmered in an onion and tomato gravy flavored with cumin, t...

Everyday South Asian Pakistani North Indian

8.1 Great

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Toor dal

Toor dal, also known as split pigeon pea, is a fundamental pulse in Indian cuisine made from the seeds of the Cajanus ca...

Everyday Staple South Asian Curry

8.0 Great

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Parippu

Parippu is a staple South Asian and Sri Lankan lentil curry, particularly central to the culinary traditions of Kerala,...

Everyday South Asian Coconut Milk Sri Lankan

7.9 Good

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Chawli Bhaji (Black-Eyed Pea Curry)

Chawli Bhaji is a traditional vegetarian curry originating from the Indian state of Maharashtra, primarily made using bl...

Indian Everyday Curry Maharashtrian

7.9 Good

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Chana dal

Chana dal is a staple legume in South Asian cuisine consisting of hulled and split black chickpeas, known as Bengal gram...

Comfort Staple South Asian Curry

7.8 Good

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Ndengu

Ndengu is a Kenyan dish made by simmering green grams, also known as mung beans, with ingredients such as onions, tomato...

Everyday Kenyan East African Mung Bean

7.6 Good

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Aloo chana

Aloo chana is a South Asian dish consisting of boiled potatoes (aloo) and chickpeas (chana) seasoned with spices such as...

Comfort Chickpea Potato South Asian

7.3 Good