Gahat Ki Dal is a Kumaoni dish prepared from Gahat (a kind of lentil). The dish is also consisting of other ingredients such as, turmeric, rice, coriander powder, red chilli powder, fat, ginger, asafetida, garlic, cumin seeds. Kumaoni are the people and the language of the people of Almora, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Udhamsingh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand, a region in Indian Himalayas.