If you are trying to lose weight and wondering whether urad dal should stay on your plate or come off it, the short answer from most dietitians is: keep it. Urad dal is not a food that works against weight loss. When eaten in the right form and the right quantity, it actively supports it. […]

Buying good quality urad dal is only half the job. The other half is storing it correctly once it comes home. Most people do not think about this until they notice their batter is not fermenting the way it used to, or the dal smells faintly off, or idlis that were consistently soft a month […]

Most people who eat urad dal regularly have no idea how nutritionally dense it actually is. It shows up at breakfast as idli and dosa, at lunch as a side dish, and at dinner as dal makhani, but rarely does anyone stop to ask what is actually in it. The answer is impressive. Urad dal […]