Naurangi dal is a lentil-based dish that is popular in North Indian cuisine. “Naurangi” means “nine colors” in Hindi, and the dish gets its name from the variety of colorful lentils that are used to make it. These lentils include split chickpeas, split pigeon peas, split black gram, split green gram, kidney beans, whole green peas, red lentils, and black-eyed beans. The lentils are soaked, boiled, and then cooked with a variety of spices, such as cumin, coriander, turmeric, and chili powder.