दाल में मटर है।

Hindi usually puts the verb at the end, so है comes last.

A very literal breakdown is:

• दाल = dal / lentil dish
• में = in
• मटर = peas
• है = is / exists

So the structure is roughly:

• In the dal, peas are.

This is a normal Hindi sentence pattern. English and Hindi often use different word orders, especially because Hindi is generally Subject-Object-Verb and also places postpositions like में after the noun.

में means in, inside, or within.

So:

• दाल में = in the dal

Unlike English, Hindi uses postpositions instead of prepositions. That means the word for in comes after the noun, not before it.

Compare:

• English: in the dal
• Hindi: दाल में

है is the present-tense form of to be for singular or non-honorific subjects.

In this sentence, है works like is or there is. It is not always translated word-for-word. Here it gives the idea that peas are present in the dal.

So दाल में मटर है can be understood as:

• There are peas in the dal
• The dal has peas in it

Hindi often uses X में Y है to express that Y is in X.

This is a very common learner question.

Even though peas is plural in English, Hindi often treats ingredient words like मटर, आलू, प्याज़, etc. as a kind of mass/collective noun when talking about what a dish contains.

So मटर है can mean:

• there is pea/peas in it
• it contains peas

In everyday Hindi, this sounds natural.

If you wanted to be more explicitly plural and countable, you might hear something like:

• दाल में मटर के दाने हैं। = There are pea kernels/peas in the dal.

But दाल में मटर है is perfectly normal.

Not really in the same way as in English.

This sentence is better understood as a location/existence pattern:

• दाल में = in the dal
• मटर है = peas are / peas exist

So the sentence is basically saying that peas are present in the dal.

You do not need to force it into an exact English-style subject pattern. Hindi often expresses these ideas differently.

In Hindi, nouns often take an oblique form before a postposition like में, पर, से, etc.

However, not every noun shows a visible change in every form. दाल is one of those nouns where the singular form looks the same here.

So:

• direct: दाल
• oblique singular: दाल

That is why you still see दाल में, not some visibly different form.

It can mean either, depending on context.

In a sentence like दाल में मटर है, it most naturally means the dal dish—the cooked lentil preparation.

So the idea is usually:

• The dal contains peas
• There are peas in the dal

Hindi does not use articles like English a, an, and the.

So दाल can mean:

• dal
• the dal
• a dal dish

and मटर can mean:

• peas
• the peas
• some peas

The exact meaning depends on context.

Yes. That is a very natural English translation.

Hindi often uses a structure that literally looks more like In the dal, peas are, but in natural English we often say:

• The dal has peas in it
• There are peas in the dal

Both are good translations.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• daal mein matar hai

A few helpful notes:

• दाल = daal
  The aa is long, like a stretched a sound.
• में = mein
  This is roughly like main in English, but nasalized.
• मटर = matar
  The t here is retroflex (ट), made with the tongue curled slightly back.
• है = hai
  Roughly like hai in high, but shorter depending on speech.

Very simply:

• है = singular / non-honorific
• हैं = plural or respectful

Examples:

• दाल में मटर है। = There are peas in the dal.
• दाल में मटर के दाने हैं। = There are peas in the dal.
  Here दाने is clearly plural, so हैं is used.

So in your sentence, है is used because मटर is being treated as a collective ingredient rather than as individually counted peas.

Yes, you could, but the emphasis changes.

• दाल में मटर है। = neutral, natural way to say There are peas in the dal.
• मटर दाल में है। = The peas are in the dal, with more focus on मटर

Hindi word order is somewhat flexible, but the most natural basic version here is दाल में मटर है.

It is normal, everyday Hindi.

It is simple and natural for casual speech and basic description. Someone talking about food could easily say this in conversation.

It is also a useful beginner pattern because you can reuse it:

• सब्ज़ी में आलू है। = There are potatoes in the vegetable dish.
• चावल में नमक है। = There is salt in the rice.
• सूप में गाजर है। = There are carrots in the soup.