Produce of India: The highest producer of masoor dal in India is Madhya Pradesh, followed by Uttar Pradesh, west Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand ,Rajasthan , and Assam. A few other states also produce but in very little amount.

History: Masoor is one of the most commonly used lentils in India. There are various varieties of masoor available in the market. Whole and split,with skin or without. Red, white and yellow lentils are decorticated, i.e. they have their skin removed. Sabut means whole, and the brownish skin is retained in this variety of masoor. Food historian KT Achaya points to the masoor as one of the oldest dals of the subcontinent mentioned in the early Vedic texts. He postulates that the word “masoor” itself is of aboriginal origin. However, for some reason in later day and age, the dal’s image seems to have undergone a makeover.