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Dal Panchratan / Pancharatni (Dal Curry with Five Lentil Types)

February 18, 2020 43 Comments

Dal or lentil curry is my go-to dish when my vegetable tray looks empty and I need a quick-fix lunch or dinner. Both TH and I love it with roti and if I am in no mood to mix, roll, and cook up rotis, I just make an easy jeera rice (please ignore the pictures in that jeera rice post. kthanx) and we are good to go.

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What’s better than a simple dal tadka or dal makhani? Dal Pancharatni! Panchratan means five jewels and in this particular recipe we use a mix of five different types of dal or lentils. A dal cannot get more interesting than that!

dal panchratan / five lentils recipe

I got a bag of mixed dal from a  supermarket in Delhi when I was there last. This makes the job of making panchratan dal so much easier because otherwise you’d have to buy the dal separately. I haven’t seen this in Singapore though.

dal panchratan / five lentils recipe

Dal Panchratan / Pancharatani Recipe
Serves 2-4

Ingredients:
4 tbsp chana dal (split Bengal gram)
1/4 cup tuvar (arhar) dal
1/4 cup moong dal (split green gram)
3 tbsp urad dal (whole black lentils)
1/4 cup masoor dal (split red lentil)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 large tomato, pureed
1 large onion, ground to a paste
1″ piece of ginger, grated
3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste

For tempering:
2 tsp ghee (or oil)
1/2 tsp jeera / cumin seeds
1/4 tsp mustard seeds (optional)
A few curry leaves

How I Made It:

1. Pressure cook the mixed dal (lentils) with 5 cups water and the turmeric powder for 4-5 whistles or until the dal is cooked mushy. Alternately, bring the dal and water mixture to a boil and simmer on low heat until cooked. This will take between 45 mins to an hour.

2. Heat oil for tempering in a kadai (that’s big enough to hold everything) and add the ingredients in the given order. Let the cumin seeds splutter and turn brown and the mustard seeds (if using) pop. Next, add the ginger and garlic and fry for a minute.

3. The onion paste and red chilli powder go in next. Cook until the paste is fried to a ligher colour (about 3-4 mins). Next, add the pureed tomato and salt. Mix well and let it simmer for another 3-4 mins.

4. Finally, add the cooked dal, mix well and simmer for 5 mins until all the flavours have blended. Check salt.

dal panchratan / five lentils recipe
Best served hot with roti or lightly flavoured pulao / pilaf.
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  1. Sadhana

    March 7, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    Hi, soaking of dals not required?? I presume black lentils take extra time to cook if not soaked overnight..I've experienced while trying Dal Makhani…Correct me if 'm wrong!! BTW awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee blog and believe me ever since I started recipe googling, the first site that hits my mind is surely yours! Keep up ur GREATTTTT work:) TIA

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    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 8, 2013 at 3:13 am

      the dal used for dal makhani is different from these. this mixture of dal in dal panchratni is ok to cook without soaking but you can try soaking if you are worried it won't cook.

      thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Ramkishore Gupta

    October 21, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    beautifully photographed &very healthy dal.

    Reply
  3. itswhereiscribble

    July 12, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Hey Nags, I followed your recipe and the Dal came out really well! Thanks a ton! And I have put it in my blog and Tagged you. Hope you don't mind!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    May 13, 2012 at 8:03 am

    can I prepare this daal one day ahead and serve.

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    • Nagalakshmi V

      May 15, 2012 at 4:18 am

      yeah sure.

      Reply
  5. Anonymous

    March 30, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    Can we skip masoor dal and replace black urad dal with black moong dal instead?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      April 2, 2012 at 5:42 am

      i don't see why not.

      Reply
  6. Mary @Delightful Bitefuls

    July 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    Okay, this looks so fantastic! Loving everything about this and can't wait to try it out soon!

    Reply
  7. Amanda and Wes

    July 25, 2011 at 3:52 am

    HEY we are new to blogging and were trying to start up a food blog as well. Just curious, how do you add ingredient/recipe tabs to your blog page. Just like yours would be more than great 🙂 Thnaks!

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  8. Nags

    July 25, 2011 at 3:56 am

    Do a Google search for "navigation bar for Blogger" and you should hit up something.

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  9. Miri

    July 24, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    one of my favourite dals and yes you get mixed dals in Delhi…..makes it very convenienet, yiu even get mixed dal in proportion for maa ka dal…Yours looks perfect with the tadka

    Reply
  10. Ananda Rajashekar

    July 24, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    All mixed lentils pic looks gorgeous!!

    Reply
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    July 24, 2011 at 11:19 am

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  12. Amin

    July 23, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Hello!…delicious…beautiful…

    Reply
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    July 23, 2011 at 6:36 am

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  14. tulip

    July 22, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    i sooo love panchratan dal. i'd anytime prefer it over any rajma chawal.

    Reply
  15. Sapthanaa Balachander (Alias) Abilashini

    July 22, 2011 at 9:25 am

    A lovely presentation,that looks so colourful!! Yummy!!!!

    Reply
  16. Nitha

    July 22, 2011 at 3:51 am

    Healthy one..

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  17. aipi

    July 22, 2011 at 1:53 am

    What a delicious preparation ~ love it n I so want to taste some now 🙂
    US Masala

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  18. Apu

    July 21, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    Yumm!! Love this dal – very typically from the north!!

    Reply
  19. Tina

    July 22, 2011 at 3:16 am

    Healthy dal dear..Beautiful clicks too..

    Reply
  20. Happy Cook / Finla

    July 21, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Wow that dal looks so so good and indeed handy if yo can buy a bag like that with all the dals mixed.

    Reply
  21. Harini

    July 21, 2011 at 4:58 pm

    love this preparation! beautiful presentation too!

    Reply
  22. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

    July 21, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Absolutely love it 🙂

    Reply
  23. Bigshanks BSc

    July 21, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    Great blog! Love to get new recipes and try them out

    Reply
  24. Madhu

    July 21, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    I love the cute bottle with the mixed dried lentila

    Reply
  25. quaintkal

    July 21, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    fantastic photographs here. the ones with the raw daals. great imagination! 🙂
    psst: love your blog and recipes..leaving a comment first time though 🙂

    Reply
  26. Priyanka Agrawalla

    July 21, 2011 at 11:43 am

    I dice the onions and tomatoes instead of the paste.. Simple and yummy dish 😀 I love it 🙂

    Reply
  27. Vimitha Anand

    July 21, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Flavorful and healthy recipe… Perfect for chapathis…

    Reply
  28. Glorypearl Dy

    July 21, 2011 at 10:36 am

    What I can say is that, putting a food blog is not good if you can't take a good picture. Clearly, you don't have that problem. Wonderful recipe. Amazing photographs. I'm going to follow your blog if I can.

    Reply
  29. Gayathri Ramdas Sreekanth

    July 21, 2011 at 10:26 am

    You must have known about this. But I don't recollect you sharing this or seeing the badge out here. You have been featured as one of the EXCELLENT blogs in the directory of best Indian blogs. Congratulations !!! Calls for a celebration..

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  30. Gayathri Ramdas Sreekanth

    July 21, 2011 at 10:11 am

    I luvvv dal and as u mentioned it's my comfort food/when-no-mood-to-cook dish. This recipe now gives me a variety to choose from and deplete my huge stock of dals. 🙂

    Reply
  31. Rekha shoban

    July 21, 2011 at 10:09 am

    healthy dal….excellent click nags!

    Reply
  32. cory meli

    July 21, 2011 at 9:36 am

    is it delicious

    Reply
  33. jeyashrisuresh

    July 21, 2011 at 9:30 am

    simple and delicious dal paired with roti or rice is my all time fav,clicks of the dal are so nice

    Reply
  34. Divya Vikram

    July 21, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    Looks amazing Nags. Havent tried adding ground onion paste in dals. Will make it next time I make dal for rotis.

    Reply
  35. Nandini Vishwanath

    July 21, 2011 at 8:30 am

    I love the second pic with the background.

    Reply
  36. Priti

    July 21, 2011 at 7:56 am

    I love this one …goes well with baati …and I mix it myself 🙂

    Reply
  37. simply.food

    July 21, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Dhal looks healthy and delicious too.

    Reply
  38. DEESHA

    July 21, 2011 at 7:12 am

    Nothing to beat the comfort of some home cooked dal. I'm a huge fan of anything that has mixed lentils. I sometimes make mixed dal khichdi too.

    Reply
  39. Paaka Shaale

    July 21, 2011 at 7:08 am

    I just love Lentils in any form Nags. And this panchratan Dal of yours looks very comforting and tempting. Beautifully photographed as well 🙂

    Reply
  40. Sharmilee! :)

    July 21, 2011 at 9:48 am

    I luv lentils in any form and this dal looks so colorful and sure flavourful too…Luv the pics esp the dhal in the glasses, very colorful they look…….

    Reply

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