I can't do coconut anything, so left it out. It was still delicious. Served over basmati rice with the garam masala available for anyone that wanted to spice things up. Thanks.

this is a tasty, mild dahl. made with variations that many others mentioned. -- used veggie broth in place of water. -- doubled all spices. -- added 1/2 tsp. yellow curry. wish i had -- doubled the fresh spinach. i like about equal parts lentils to spinach. with the current recipe there is not enough spinach for my taste.

delicious! i used this recipe for my first attempt at dahl. i used half red lentils and half split yellow peas. i also didn't have any chili powder, mustard seed, or coconut milk; but added yogurt like another reviewer suggested. it was splended! and it made the house smell so good.

Just a tad bit soupier than I expected, but very good flavors. Next time, I'll cut back on the water a bit. It was quite filling too. Hubby went back for seconds. Thanks for the recipe!

I'm always looking to save time, so I skipped the soaking step, and didn't bother chopping the spinach. The dish turned out very well and was huge. We ate this for three days.

This is an easy to make, wonderful recipe with great flavor! I used chicken broth instead of water. I made the mistake of adding salt on top of this so I would recommend using broth and then omitting the salt. Thanks for the awesome recipe!

Looks good. A bit of change in cooking. After butter melts add mustard seeds first. Let tem pop then add cumin seeds,let them brown, then add onins.

Just like what my friend from Kerala makes. I added some coriander powder,ginger powder and 2 teaspoons of curry paste. I also put it in a chicken broth base. But used the coconut milk very authentic. I like the recipe

This was yummy. :) Added a few tablespoons of plain yogurt to make it a bit creamier.

This didn't quite work for me. It turned out very soupy. The flavors were good together. I'll have to try it again.

Fantastic recipe that even the carnivores loved! The spices need tweaking though- I had to increase them because it was a otherwise a little bland. What really made a difference though was a bit of lemon juice... Once these alterations were made I vowed to make it regularly!

I found the original recipe quite bland so I doctored it up. I used more salt and chili powder than called for and subbed plain yogurt for the coconut milk. I also added a few various spices at random to give it more taste (and I am now kicking myself for not keeping track of what I was adding!). I scaled it to 4 servings but it made a LOT.

Just tried this recipe tonight and it was delicious! Like previous users, I added a bit more spices to the dish by eyeballing it more or less. As well, I left out the coconut milk. Great to freeze and great to make if you're in a hurry for something nutritious and yummy.

We thought this was okay. I have bags of lentils in my cupboard and I was trying to find something other than the lentil-soup standard. I followed the recipe, doubling the spices as suggested, while omitting the coconut milk because I was out. I felt the lentils were undercooked (even with a long time on the stove warming until hubby came home) and the flavor was just lacking. Maybe it was just a need for more salt, I'm not sure, but with as much cumin and chili powder as I put in, you'd think it would be more "wow". Anyway, we didn't hate it, but we didn't love it either. Thanks for the recipe.

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This dahl is so good and mild. I love the fresh spinach, which turns out so tender. My husband is going to love this, if I leave any for him. I did add half tsp of curry, I browned my onions and cooked all of the spices with my onion (except the garam masala). Instead of water, I used vegetable stock. This is such a keeper. Thanks for sharing this.

Very hearty and delicious! (Also, quick to prepare and not that many dishes to wash afterward...) I omitted the coconut milk and increased the spices. Of course, keep in mind that the taste of this recipe can vary drastically, depending on spice freshness and quality, so taste as you go along.

My first time trying a Dahl and this website. What a great start! I took the advice of others and doubled the spices, except instead of doubling chilli powder I added an equal amount of cayenne pepper. I used lite coconut milk by Thai kitchen and it added depth and wasn't too sweet. I used water, not veg. stock and it was pleanty spicy.

This came out really good, I had to make more servings since I was cooking for a larger group and it came out really good.

The rating is with the changes made from suggestions here. I doubled the spices, used broth instead of water. I didn't carmelize the onions, however, which wasn't missed. I tasted the dahl before I added the coconut milk (very tasty!), and then added the coconut milk. The addition of the coconut milk made it a tiny bit richer, but certaintly not sweeter. I wonder if the previous reviewer who was so disappointed with the addition of the coconut milk used sweeted coconut milk? It turned out wonderfully. Btw, this makes 4 main course helpings, not 4 side dish helpings, as I quickly learned from having doubled the recipe!