Once a Staple, Why Dal is Today a Luxury For Many | Read

In the vegetarian Sharma household, especially for their six-year-old son Ayush, dal was once an everyday affair. Today, it is made every second day. "We have now started having dal on alternative days. Dal is important for us as its main source of protien I have a growing son at home so we have to have dal. I hope the government takes steps to control prove rise as dal is very important and part of staple diet especially of the poor," homemaker Monica Sharma says.