Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, toor dal or yellow split pea soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Use an immersion blender to purée some of the dal, leaving some intact and getting some very smooth, or whisk vigorously to break up some of the soft dal. Toor dal, dry red chillies and Kashmiri chilli powder are all readily available in Indian grocery stores. With Cereals it makes a complete balanced vegetarian diet which is rich in protein.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have toor dal or yellow split pea soup using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup:
- Make ready 1.5 cups toor dal or yellow pigeon peas
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Make ready To season the dal
- Take 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida or hing
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Get 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Get 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- Take 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
- Take 1 teaspoon ginger paste
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
- Prepare 1/2 Serrano pepper, sliced thinly
- Make ready 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- Take 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped, the riper the better
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Get 1/2 teaspoon ghee
Toor Dal looks like yellow split lentils. It is the tastiest of all the lentils and the most popular dal throughout India. This dish is a specialty of West India, where it is eaten almost every day. Green split peas are a little sweet, while yellow split peas are mild and somewhat earthy.
Instructions to make Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup:
- Wash toor dal and soak for at least 4 hours
- Put soaked toor dal, the 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder, and salt into a pressure cooker. Cook for 30-40 minutes on medium heat.
- Whisk the dal till smooth, and keep it aside.
- In a pan, heat oil on medium heat. Add hing and cumin seeds.
- Add ginger, garlic, and sliced peppers.
- When ginger and garlic turn golden, add onions and cover the pan for 2-3 minutes or until onions soften.
- Add tomatoes, cover till they’ve become slightly mushy, then mix in the three powdered spices and a pinch of salt.
- Pour in the dal, and mix well. Simmer for 10-12 minutes.
- Turn off the heat, and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Serve with rice or chapattis.
The name may refer to any yellow-colored lentil or a specific variety, such as mung dal or toor dal. Lentils are flatter than peas and often packaged split. Yellow split peas are most often used to prepare dal in Guyana, Suriname, Mauritius, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Fiji. Referred to as simply dal, it is prepared similarly to dals found in India, but also may be used in a variety of other recipes. Yellow split peas are used to make a sweet snack in Beijing cuisine.
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