Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, dal with split peas (pressure cooker). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) Bought yellow split mung bean/split peas, thinking to make some sweet dessert (tau suan) or ang ku kueh (kueh is a malay/indonesian word for cake) with it but so so lazy 😂 so kept it for quite some time in the storage drawer. But recently, I am more aware of the food i eat. This Instant Pot Split Pea Dal comes together with minimal effort with the help of your electric pressure cooker.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook dal with split peas (pressure cooker) using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker):
- Make ready 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Make ready 1 pcs onion chopped
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, finely grated/minced
- Make ready 1-2 inches fresh ginger, peel and finely grated (about 2 tbsp)
- Get 2 teaspoons ground corriander
- Take 1 teaspoon ground tumeric
- Get 1 teaspoon ground cummin
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper/more if you can take the heat
- Get 1.5 cups yellow dried split peas
- Make ready 3 cups water
- Take 2 pcs tomatoes, chopped
- Prepare To taste Salt
- Get To taste chicken powder (omit this if you are vegetarian)
- Prepare for serving:
- Get 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped + extra for garnish
- Get 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
- Get To taste kosher salt and black pepper
NEVER fill the pressure cooker more than half-full with split peas and their cooking liquid. Use at least a tablespoon of fat. Lentils used for Pressure Cooker Dal Fry. Toor dal or Yellow Split Pigeon Pea or Arhar Dal is the one of the most popular dal made in India.
Instructions to make Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker):
- Wash the split peas few times, set aside
- Using pressure cooker: add vegetable oil, stir fry onions and a pinch of salt and sauté until softened, 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in garlic, ginger, coriander, turmeric, cumin, and cayenne and cook for another minute until fragrant.
- Add split peas, water, tomatoes, salt and stir to combine, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pressure cooker.
- Cover and seal the lid. Cook it for 10 minutes
- Once the 10 minutes are up, allow the pressure to release naturally
- Open the lid, stir in the cilantro (i didn’t have cilantro at that moment so i didn’t use it) and season with additional salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve with basmati rice, or wrap (add chicken,spinach and use the dal for the spread. Super yummy!)
The cooked toor dal is also popularly called as Dal Tadka or Dal Fry. Dal tadka is very quick to prepare and can be ready in minutes. It is one of the easiest to make for a week night dinner. Pour water into a pressure cooker. Add split peas, ham hock, onion, celery, thyme, garlic powder, and black pepper.
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