Yes. I took a class on India and my teacher (who had been to India for three months) brought back many dishes involving lentils. They are quite good.
dhal or lentils
Soup!!
I always think of India when I think of lentils. Probably because of the high number of vegetarians, they have created many recipies in India.
There is no such thing as lentils. However, there are lentils. Lentils are a bean and they are commonly used in soup dishes.
rice and curry. Usually with lentils called dal.
pinto beans
Yes, but you may need to modify the cooking time depending how it is used in the recipe. Brown lentils cook in about 20 mins while green take 45.
Lentils in Hindi is called 'मसूर दाल' (masoor dal).
What people in India mainly eat is wheat, rice, lentils, pigs, sheep, goat an chicken.
yes
green lentils
Lentils are 'dals' in Hindi.