Serious question

[Dost]

I have also seen some Indians put turmeric in dal which gives it a very unappealing colour. I know you people are fond of your spices but I am sure skipping it on a dish that is fundamentally yellow will not give you cancer. There is no need to make yellow dal even more yellow by adding turmeric powder to it.
Also, use fresh tomatoes to help change the texture of the dish if the colour is something that puts you off.

In Pakistan, we typically eat daal with naan/rice, cucumbers and radishes on the side.

As much as I hate Tumeric personally, it is very good for digestion and has a lot of healing properties. In the days of the British in the subcontinent, when someone received a gunshot wound or cut, they would put tumeric on it and it would heal very quickly. This is something I heard from great grandfather.

[Dost]

I cook Dal in "safa ghwarri" (i dont know the English word, clarified butter oil?) and i put "tor mrach" (Black Pepper) on it

KPK me, aap logh tarka laga te he?

[toughpashtun]

Although Pashtuns are famous as meat eaters but because such a large percentage of us are below poverty line , or have mediocre means , that they actually eat vegatables or daal.
As pointed out , this daal khor calling is not only to do with eating but also 'farting' habits.

[salman47]

Lol!!! Which level chars are you smoking? #NoOffence

[Karachi]

I have also seen some Indians put turmeric in dal which gives it a very unappealing colour. I know you people are fond of your spices but I am sure skipping it on a dish that is fundamentally yellow will not give you cancer. There is no need to make yellow dal even more yellow by adding turmeric powder to it.
Also, use fresh tomatoes to help change the texture of the dish if the colour is something that puts you off.

Turmeric is very good for you, even cures cancers apparently, spices are mostly good for you, just dont add to much salt though, a lot of Indian now days use too much salt, before it was only spices

[Aham Brahmasmi]

IMO meat is good, every human needs Meat based protein and other resources to bet bigger and bulkier. Daalne have half amount of protain compared to an egg.

Vegetarian diet is good for Servival nothing else. As a gujarati i used to look malnourished when I was young teenagers lost as meat is no no for my brahmin family.

After reaching late teenager I started eating Eggs,Chicken,pork and lamb and started lifting. I am a 6" guy and my weight was 55 kgs... can you believe that ? (Now its 90 kgs and still growing)

What's more ironic is beef eating ("loving") brahmins suddenly dropped meat completely to country buddhaism 1000 years ago. Buddhaism decline but beef hate stayed.

[Zaadgaan Kabul]

The Paki Pashtuns even use Daal on funerals spreading it like corns over their dead ones

[Baserka]

^ They do that to attract pigeons and birds over the grave. It's a beautiful sight and then they can talk about how the deceased is so "jinati" since all the creatures have gathered around him. Which in reality is stupid because they are only there to feed and die once those grains expand in their bellies.
But yeah, I have seen some afghans to stuff like that too.

[khushal]

dalkhor is a farsi term. Pashtuns adopted this from farsiwan and farsiwan use it more than pashtuns. Im from Paktia and the first time I heard of it was from a kabuli calling a paki police dalkhor.

[salman47]

dalkhor is a farsi term. Pashtuns adopted this from farsiwan and farsiwan use it more than pashtuns. Im from Paktia and the first time I heard of it was from a kabuli calling a paki police dalkhor.

Still close to Pashto = 'Dal Khwarà'