Oily Toor Dal is skinned, split pigeon peas coated with edible oil to preserve and increase the shelf life. This slightly sweet, nutty flavored oily lentil is very nourishing and highly digestible, and used popularly in South Indian and Gujurati foods.
Various names of Toor dal in different languages:
Hindi: Arhar dal
Marathi: Tur dal / Toor Dal
Bengali: Arhar dal
Gujarati: Tuver
Kashmiri: Arhar dal
Oriya: Harada
Tamil: Tuvaram paruppu
Malayalam: Tuvara parippu
Telugu: Kandi Pappu
Kannada: Thugare bele
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