Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup
Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup

Hey everyone, 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. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

The Indian toor dal (split pigeon peas) and chana dal (split yellow gram, desi chickpeas) are commonly also referred to as peas, although from In the Caribbean split peas are a key ingredient in many Indian dishes. Moroccan Berber cuisine has "tamaraqt" or yellow split pea soup with olive oil. Split peas are field peas that are grown specifically to be dried.

To begin with this recipe, we must 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 it.

The ingredients needed to make Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup:
  1. Make ready 1.5 cups toor dal or yellow pigeon peas
  2. Make ready to taste Salt
  3. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  4. Make ready To season the dal
  5. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida or hing
  6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
  7. Take 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  8. Take 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  9. Get 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
  10. Take 1 teaspoon ginger paste
  11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
  12. Get 1/2 Serrano pepper, sliced thinly
  13. Take 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  14. Make ready 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped, the riper the better
  15. Make ready to taste Salt
  16. Get 1/2 teaspoon ghee

Photography Credit: Sheryl Julian and Emma Christensen. As winter soups go, split pea is definitely in the stick-to-your-ribs category. Recently, I discovered that green split peas also come in a yellow. This yellow split pea soup with Chinese eggplant recipe is quite a Mauritian classic.

Instructions to make Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup:
  1. Wash toor dal and soak for at least 4 hours
  2. 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.
  3. Whisk the dal till smooth, and keep it aside.
  4. In a pan, heat oil on medium heat. Add hing and cumin seeds.
  5. Add ginger, garlic, and sliced peppers.
  6. When ginger and garlic turn golden, add onions and cover the pan for 2-3 minutes or until onions soften.
  7. Add tomatoes, cover till they’ve become slightly mushy, then mix in the three powdered spices and a pinch of salt.
  8. Pour in the dal, and mix well. Simmer for 10-12 minutes.
  9. Turn off the heat, and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Serve with rice or chapattis.

The Mauritian Dal dish (Dholl et Bringelle) is quite easy to make. To this day and even prior to my vegan days, my favourite soup has always been dal or yellow split pea soup. I often say that I could live on rice and. To finish the dal soup, you have to puree it. The consistency is entirely up to you and you can add more water if desired.

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