Dahl is an Indian dish made from dried split pulses — lentils, beans, or peas — boiled until they go soft, often into a thick soup or stew, and cooked with spices. You eat it with rice or flatbread. It is everyday food across South Asia, not only restaurant food, though restaurants serve it too.

Dahl is an Indian dishDahl（達爾）是一道印度料理 made from dried split pulses用曬乾、剖半的豆類做成 lentils, beans, or peas像是扁豆、豆子或豌豆 boiled until they go soft煮到變軟 often into a thick soup or stew常常煮成濃湯或燉菜 and cooked with spices還會加香料一起煮。You eat it with rice or flatbread你會配飯或麵餅一起吃。It is everyday food across South Asia這是南亞各地的日常食物 not only restaurant food不只是餐廳才有的菜 though restaurants serve it too雖然餐廳也會賣。

English also uses it for the pulses themselves. You will see the spellings dal and daal; they are the same word. Informal kitchen English; in South Asian English it is completely ordinary.

English also uses it for the pulses themselves英文也會用這個字來指那些豆子本身。You will see the spellings dal and daal你也會看到 dal 和 daal 這兩種拼法 they are the same word它們是同一個字。Informal kitchen English這是廚房裡口語的英文 in South Asian English it is completely ordinary在南亞英語裡它完全是很普通的用字。

Though actually, it is not related to the Swedish name Dahl, and not related to the flower dahlia, even though those look close on the page.

Though actually不過事實上 it is not related to the Swedish name Dahl它跟瑞典姓氏 Dahl 一點關係都沒有 and not related to the flower dahlia也跟花名 dahlia（大理花）沒有關係 even though those look close on the page雖然這幾個字寫在紙上看起來很像。