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Vaisakhi recipes

Vaisakhi (or Baisakhi) is a double celebration to mark the spring festival and the founding of the Sikh religion. Celebrate nature's bounty with a banquet of dishes, from spicy tandoori treats to cool lassi and sweet kheer.
Delicious dal recipes

Don't be without a dal on your Baisakhi feast table. How spicy will you go?

Recipes include

  • Tarka dal
  • Sri Lankan dal with coconut and lime kale
  • Dal makhani
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Dal makhani

by Maunika Gowardhan
Main course

Dal pakora

by Romy Gill
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Dal paratha

by Romy Gill
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Dal with quick naan breads

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Dry curry of cabbage, carrot and coconut (Thoran)

by Rick Stein
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