Dal bhat

Dal bhat (Nepali: दालभात, Bengali: ডাল ভাত,Gujarati: દાળ ભાત, Marathi: डाळ भात) is a traditional meal popular in many areas ofNepal, Bangladesh and India. It consists ofsteamed rice and a cooked lentil soup calleddal. It is a staple food in these countries. Bhator Chawal means "boiled rice" in a number ofIndo-Aryan languages.