Dal Makhani

We order this by the case and probably go through 2 or 3 cases for a family of three in a year. It's healthy, really tasty and better than any dal I've ever ordered at an Indian restaurant (or that I've made). It's quick and easy, open the can, add some water, heat it up and eat. It's great over rice. It's primarily the little black dal with a few kidney beans thrown in. It's not particularly spicy although we have noticed that occasional cans are a bit spicier than others. The dal is never "hot" spiced, but it is flavorful. Often, we'll get Indian food from a restaurant and supplement it with this dal because the quality is quite impressive. You can make it more or less spicy by increasing or reducing the water and you can add yogurt if you really want to tame it.

10 of the 12 cans were heavily dented which are a sign of spoilage. All cans had to be discarded.

An essential stand-by in my pantry. I've been using this for well over a decade, and always have some in my larder, to use either as a base for more substantial stews, with added onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers and black beans; or as a quick soup to eat with rice, rye or sourdough white bread. An excellent product with many uses.

Sometimes the canned version of something is as good or better than homemade. This is one of those products. Can eat as is or use it as a base for my own soup or stew. Not too spicy. Healthy.

I enjoy foods and dishes of a wide variety of origins, other than the basic bachelor mainstay of Mcdonalds and Dominos and HungryMan. Fastfood is fun on occasion, but, frankly, let's face it, fastfood is the worst form of unnatural, chemically infused, fat blistering, evil to ever be massed produced for human being consumption. Anyone who thinks otherwise was, like me, kidding themselves to the n'th power. But, enough of what a clown would feed you and on to what i was hoping to get from Jyoti Natural Foods "Dal Makhani, Aromatic Lentils and Beans". Nutrition, without addivites, and f.o.d. Well today while removing the contents of the above mentioned product from it's can i found what appears to be a tooth, it looks like a tooth OR a tooth shaped rock. I'm not sure, and seriously questioning the act of preparing a dish with this one container. This is by no means a joke or some tripe attempt at defamation of JYOTi, and do enjoy their products and will probably continue to use them, as soon as i can resolve the origin of this mysterious object. In summary i think that food is important to a healthy life. And I do struggle with this fact everyday. And i do enjoy food that edifies my body. That in mind I'm probably over reacting to finding this object in my can, but dangit that looks like a tooth. I've read the reviews and must say thanks to everyone that posted on this product. It's the only way we can stay informed and empower each other. Even if the posts disagree, their there and posted for us to review and contemplate.

These are too spicy for me. Even adding yogurt to them didn't help. I would not recommend them to friends or anyone thinking these are good for stockpiling food.

I LOVE Jyoti products. When my grocery store stopped selling them I looked online and thought I'd give that a try. All the cans came dented - some very dented (more than recommended eating from by the USDA and some that you can easily push in the sides of the can. I don't feel comfortable eating from most of them after reading the USDA suggestions for dented cans. This was false advertising in my opinion and should have been explicitly included in the product description.

One of my favorite quick meals. Good made into soup or as a filling for wraps, tortillas, chapati, etc. Top with onion, tomato, cucumber.